E. Richard Gold
@IP_policy
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Patents, innovation, & open science /Recherche brevets, innovation, & science ouverte. @consciencemeds @richardgold.bsky.social
Montreal Canada
Joined October 2012
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đšïž âVaccines have done more to improve public health than any other medical intervention.â A Viewpoint focuses on cancer vaccines and the future of immunotherapyâanalysing trials, different vaccine approaches, and how the next generation of cancer vaccines can help improve
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With my @lawbytespod podcast on a holiday break, this post looks back at the ten most popular episodes of the year. Topping the charts this year was a discussion with Sukesh Kamra on law firm adoption of artificial intelligence and innovative technologies. https://t.co/HxIuQQ8yHQ
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The final Law Bytes podcast of 2025 released last week took a look back at the year in digital policy. With the podcast on a holiday break, this post looks back at the ten most popular episodes of...
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We're launching a new substack at the Abundance and Growth Fund! I think we've got a pretty amazing team behind this: @aarmlovi, @salonium, @jddwor, @dylanmatt, plus Willow Latham-Proenca and Nisha Austin (more about us in the reply!). https://t.co/fKcmMQHUlK
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If we have learned nothing else this year, it is that Canada cannot afford to copy US policies & strategies. But that is what we do with #innovation. We must leverage what we have through mission-oriented policies: https://t.co/KRZ0ex4jnM
@mcgillu @LawMcGill
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This country must stop copying U.S. policies developed under circumstances of abundance
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"Canadaâs future prosperity will depend less on how much we spend and more on how intelligently we organize and protect the knowledge we already produce." Well said, @IP_policy (Richard Gold).
Opinion: Canadaâs innovation policy: designed in Ottawa, owned in America
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Me in @TheHillTimes on Canadian health innovation and #OpenScience: https://t.co/vRrHntLOxS
@mcgillu @LawMcGill
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When patents create an unbalanced system of protection, regulatory exclusivities, which safeguard a firmâs data from being copied by competitors while still allowing scientific collaboration, offer a...
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L'Europe a une productivité égale ou supérieure au niveau US depuis des décennies, grùce aux investissements dans la formation, la santé et les infrastructures. Il faut sortir de l'auto-dénigrement & investir davantage! https://t.co/4x9LkTcBem
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New op-ed by me and Estrid Jakobsen with @sciencepolicy on using #OpenScience as a strategy to advance Canadian #innovation and #productivity: https://t.co/nSRW3eUUbT
@mcgillu @LawMcGill
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From new medicines to better software and smarter factories, ideas drive progress. In fact, research shows that roughly half of US economic growth has come from innovation in inventions, software,...
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McGill is recruiting top-tier researchers working abroad through the federally funded Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program, addressing global and national challenges. The first round is due in early 2026. Learn more and submit your candidacy: https://t.co/jCKiqIcddn
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1. Early in the Trump administration there were predictions of a brain drain from US universities. It's hard to tell how substantial the losses are at this point, but academics are leaving the US for more stable environments, @drewqjoseph.bsky.social reports.
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âA large part of what we loved about the United States is no longer thereâ: Amid talk of a brain drain, some scientists leave the U.S. behind.
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High skilled immigration is probably one of the innovation policies with the strongest evidence base. Nice literature review here.
I've written a lot on the fiscal effects of immigration. But what if just looking at the fiscal effects misses one of the most important effects of immigration? New Substack post on immigration and innovation:
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Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @CellCellPress
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Congratulations @MarcMillerVM on your appointment! As not only the MP for @mcgillu but a graduate of @LawMcGill where we explore the impact of culture on law and of law on culture, we are proud to see you take on the post of Canadian identity and culture.
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"The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure." â @stefanswartpet & Madhukar Pai argue children have the right to be vaccinated.
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Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
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"SMEs have been sold the idea that without patents they cannot survive, even when those patents get in the way of their goals. Whatâs often overlooked is that patents are just one form of IP, and not always the most advantageous."
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Intellectual Property Strategies in the age of AI To biopharmaceutical firms, AI is both an opportunity and a threat. The opportunity comes from the advent of better tools and processes that reduce...
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As @picardonhealth argues, at a time that Canada needs to invest in R&D to address economic headwinds, this is counterproductive and harmful.
How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth
https://t.co/zAn0I6vaw1 via @GlobeDebate
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The governmentâs AI consultation wrapped up last week with the strategy coming by year end. Mozilla President Mark Surman has been focused on benefits of public AI models and open source as a better approach. He joins the @lawbytespod podcast to discuss. https://t.co/PJ7PDSML03
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 248: Mozilla President Mark Surman on Why Canadaâs AI Strategy Should Prioritize Public AI Models https://t.co/U7Kj1Djky8
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Joel Mokyr's work points to the transformational impact of #OpenScience. When we open up knowledge and share it more, we accelerate the potential of people to create new, practical ideas that lead to growth.
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt âfor having explained innovation-driven economic growthâ with one half to Mokyr
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âMerck is just the latest in a long line of drug companies that have introduced new versions of their medicines that allow them to keep charging high prices [to patients] even as their original patents expire.â
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