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Intellectual Property Rights:
Key in US-Canadian Economic Relationship

From left to right: Susan Banks, Virgil Bodeen, Janine Hancock, Tina Piper, Nina Busuladzic, and Ben Banks

In April, two delegates from Canada visited Utah under the auspices of the Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program to examine Protecting Intellectual Property Rights.

Detective Janine Hancock investigates mass marketing, telemarketing, and internet fraud cases as a member of the Toronto Police Service's Fraud Squad.

Professor Tina Piper explores ways to bring together copyright holders and advocates of fair use at McGill University's Centre for Intellectual Property Policy (CIPP). Her research has focused on the impact of IPR on medicine and patients' rights, and she has been particularly interested in the IP challenges faced by research universities and virtual scientific communities. Continue reading...