I sent this to a friend, who is a partner at a prominent law firm. Their response, verbatim: “lol no. We’ve tried all the frontier models. It’s useful for doing a first pass on low level stuff, but makes tons of mistakes and associate has to check everything.”

Simplistic models of #IntellectualProperty get in the way of building a biopharmaceutical company. Here I discuss how going #OpenScience can lead to proprietary rights later on: lifescienceleader.com/doc/open-scien…

Europe’s summer of humiliation? Yes. But behind the optics lies cold, hard trade math that puts a somewhat different spin on this story. 🧵 ft.com/content/698517… via @ft

Mboko! 🙌

Great question from David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙: Why does Air Canada get a Sec107 arbitration, but Canada Post doesn't?? Critical difference: Air Canada management wants it, Canada Post's doesn't. All kinds of legal and Charter issues raised by this arbitrary and inconsistent approach. #canlab

“We will be challenging this blatantly unconstitutional order”

I am looking to supervise a law doctoral student at McGill Faculty of Law | Faculté de droit to start in September 2026 interested in the economic contributions of #innovation in Canada. Apply directly to the Grad Office (not through me). Info at mcgill.ca/law/grad-studi…

Kyle Briggs, David Durand & TJ Misra: Canada must adopt a national IP policy to turn taxpayer-funded research into economic growth and avoid falling behind. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/ip-ind…

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“Merck 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.”

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.

Nobel winner: ‘Invest seriously in research’ to boost innovation researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe…

The government’s 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 Michael Geist's Podcast Series podcast to discuss. x.com/mgeist/status/…

As André Picard argues, at a time that Canada needs to invest in R&D to address economic headwinds, this is counterproductive and harmful.

"SMEs have been sold the idea that without patents they cannot survive, even when those patents get in the way of their goals. What’s often overlooked is that patents are just one form of IP, and not always the most advantageous." canadiansme.ca/intellectual-p…

"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." — stefan swartling peterson & Madhukar Pai argue children have the right to be vaccinated. statnews.com/2025/11/12/chi…

Congratulations Marc Miller ᐅᑭᒫᐃᐧᐅᓃᐸᐄᐧᐤᐃᔨᐣ Mikotsikaa on your appointment! As not only the MP for McGill University but a graduate of McGill Faculty of Law | Faculté de droit 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.

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 Cell cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

High skilled immigration is probably one of the innovation policies with the strongest evidence base. Nice literature review here.

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.