Vancouver plans to tax empty properties 1% of their assessed value
Intelectual Property (especially patents and copyrights) should also be taxed at 1% of their assessed&#x2F;declared value. And a single infringer should never be liable for more than the assessed value.<p>Not because patents are empty, but because this would create the incentive for patent owners to assess a real value to them, and not &quot;bajillion dollars&quot;, which they do now.