![Canada emergency legislation allows health minister to circumvent patent laws during COVID-19 public health emergency](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/10/Canadian_flag_1571755314.jpg)
The Canadian legislature passed emergency legislation on Wednesday that will allow the Minister of Health to circumvent patent laws for supplies that are necessary to combat the COVID-19 public health emergency. The bill requires payment of renumeration for the patentees in the “amount that the Commissioner considers to be adequate renumeration in the circumstances.” “These [...]