Is intellectual property law the new protectionism? Canada should be wary
&quot;Intellectual property is designed to encourage innovation and the dissemination of knowledge by, somewhat paradoxically, restricting access to knowledge.&quot;<p>For software this still makes no sense. As far as protectionism is concerned, protectionism is precisely the way first-world economies became such. It&#x27;s a myth that trade liberalization moved any economy indigenously forward. (This does not mean that all liberalization is bad)