Canada is Intellectual Property Blacklisted

June 10, 2009
Intellectual Property News and Interesting Facts

When thinking of a country such as Canada, you may imagine law abiding citizens who care about the rights of others.

Even though true, the USA has put Canada on its watch list for lacking appropriate legislation to protect intellectual property on the Internet. Canada together with countries such as Venezuela, Russia, Pakistan, and China have made it to the intellectual property blacklist of the USA, because they have not taken enough steps to protect the intellectual property rights in the digital world.

Canada is also accused of not doing enough to prevent the flow of counterfeit products over its borders. South Africa may take a few hints here as well since counterfeit DVD products seem to be readily available on our streets.