IP Menu - Canada - Intellectual Property Resources

COUNTRY	CANADA (CA) Government Patent Office IP Firms / IP Organisations Patent Resources Trade Mark Resources Design Resources Domain Name Resources	Copyright Resources Plant Breeders Rights Circuit Layout Resources Company Resources Trade Practices IP Case Law Resources National Library / Other

GOVERNMENT	Canadian Government Entry Point
PATENT OFFICE	Canadian Intellectual Property Office
IP FIRMS / ORGANISATIONS	ATTORNEY LISTINGS Canadian Patent and Trade Mark Agents hosted on the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website. IP FIRMS IP Firms of Canada See IP Firms of Canada for more information about Intellectual Property firms in Canada. INVENTOR ORGANISATIONS Le monde des inventions Quebecoises "The Association of the Inventors of Quebec is a non-profit-making organization whose mission is to help, frame and support the inventors québécois, to defend their rights and to protect their interests" INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATIONS Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada (PTIC)
PATENTS	RESOURCES Canadian Patent Database Canadian Intellectual Property Office - Patent Database hosted on the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website, provides access to over 75 years of patent descriptions and images, approximately 1,300,000 patent documents. Canadian Patent Office Record Canadian Intellectual Property Office - Canadian Patent Office Record hosted on the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website. Manual of Patent Office Practice Canadian Intellectual Property Office - Manual of Patent Office Practice hosted on the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website. esp@cenet http://ep.espacenet.com/ provides access to patent information from Canada from 1970 for bibliographic information and does not carry facsimile images. For coverage see http://gb.espacenet.com/espacenet/gb/en/help/15350.htm SurfIP.gov.sg The SurfIP.gov.sg is an Intellectual Property site for integrated and customised searching of various patent office databases (CA, EP, SG, TW, UK, US, WO) as well as web sources for IP information. This site is a special project by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) in promoting IP information awareness and usage by harnessing IT power. LEGISLATION Patent Act Canadian Patent Act hosted on the Justice Canada website. Patent Rules Canadian Patent Act hosted on the Justice Canada website. CLEA World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Collection of Laws for Electronic Access. Extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for this country. Coverage extends to over 35 countries
TRADEMARKS	RESOURCES Canadian Trade-marks Database Canadian Trade-marks Database, hosted on the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website, is comprised of all active and many inactive marks that were either applied-for or registered pursuant to the current Trade-marks Act or former trade-mark legislation. The database also includes all trade-marks which were cancelled, expunged, abandoned or refused after 1979, and some, but not all marks which were cancelled, expunged, abandoned or refused prior to 1979. CAMARK - CANADA This database is hosted on the Questel.Orbit Network. This database is useful as a preliminary trademark screening tool for checking on the availability of new product and service names. ($) CDNameSearch Interactive Trademark Search on CDROM and Internet with US (USPTO) and Canadian (CIPO) databases for intellectual property professionals. ($) TRADEMARKSCAN - Canada This database is hosted on the Dialog Network. This database is useful as a preliminary trademark screening tool for checking on the availability of new product and service names. ($) Trade Marks Examination Manual The Canadian Intellectual Property Office Trade Marks Examination Manual in Adobe PDF format - hosted on the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website. Trade Marks Examination Wares and Services Manual The Canadian Intellectual Property Office Trade Marks Examination Wares and Services Manual hosted on the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website. Trade Mark Practice Notices These practice notices are intended to provide guidance on current Trade-marks Office practice and interpretation of relevant legislation. However, in the event of any inconsistency between these notices and the applicable legislation the legislation must be followed. Hosted on the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website. LEGISLATION Trade-marks Act Canadian Trademarks Act hosted on the Justice Canada website. Trade-marks Regulations Canadian Trade Marks Regulations hosted on the Justice Canada website. CLEA World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Collection of Laws for Electronic Access. Extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for this country. Coverage extends to over 35 countries.
DESIGNS	RESOURCES A Guide to Industrial Designs hosted on the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website. Industrial Design Office Practices hosted on the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website. LEGISLATION Industrial Design Act Industrial Design Act hosted on the Justice Canada website. Industrial Design Regulations Industrial Design Regulations hosted on the Justice Canada website. CLEA World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Collection of Laws for Electronic Access. Extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for this country. Coverage extends to over 35 countries.
DOMAIN NAMES	RESOURCES Canada (.ca) - Search the Domain Name Registry of Canada
COPYRIGHT	RESOURCES The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency, is a reproduction rights organisation (RRO), which provides legal access to copyright-protected works in Canada. LEGISLATION Copyright Act Copyright Act hosted on the Justice Canada website. Copyright Regulations Copyright Regulations hosted on the Justice Canada website. CLEA World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Collection of Laws for Electronic Access. Extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for this country. Coverage extends to over 35 countries.
PLANT BREEDERS RIGHTS	RESOURCES Plant Breeders' Rights Office Plant Biosafety Office Variety Registration Office List of Varieties, by Crop Kind (In Adobe Acrobat PDF format) - hosted on the Variety Registration Office website. LEGISLATION Plant Breeders' Rights Act and Regulations Plant Breeders' Rights Act and Regulations hosted on the Justice Canada website. CLEA World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Collection of Laws for Electronic Access. Extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for this country. Coverage extends to over 35 countries.
CIRCUIT LAYOUT	RESOURCES LEGISLATION Integrated Circuit Topography Act Integrated Circuit Topography Act hosted on the Justice Canada website. CLEA World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Collection of Laws for Electronic Access. Extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for this country. Coverage extends to over 35 countries.
COMPANY & BUSINESS	RESOURCES Business Information Site. The Business Information Site contains information on Canadian businesses and companies.. Canadian company capabilities. A multimedia database with over 30,000 Canadian companies and 200,000 products and services. All of the information in Canadian Company Capabilities has been provided by the companies themselves, or by other sources external to Industry Canada. Federal Corporations Data Online. Corporations Database searchable by fields including name and number fields. Carlson Online Carlson Online allows you to search for Canadian Company information. LEGISLATION
TRADE PRACTICES	RESOURCES The Competition Bureau "The Competition Bureau is responsible for administration and enforcement of the Competition Act, the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act, the Textile Labelling Act and the Precious Metals Marking Act. Its role is to promote and maintain fair competition so that Canadians can benefit from lower prices, product choice and quality services. The Bureau's operating principles can be summarized in five words: Confidentiality, Fairness, Predictability, Timeliness and Transparency." LEGISLATION Competition Act Competition Act hosted on the Justice Canada website
IP CASE LAW	Canadian (CIPO) Commissioner's Decisions Database The CIPO Commissioner's Decision Database is hosted on the CIPO website. This is a searchable database that contains the public bilingual decisions issued by the Commissioner since 1970. The data for new Commissioner's Decisions will normally be available on the site within a week of the Commissioner's Decision being made public. Canadian Legal Information Institute - CanLII Federal Court of Canada Supreme Court of Canada Supreme Court of Canada at the Virtual Canadian Law Library, University of Montreal Faculty of Law British Columbia Superior Courts. Provides access to Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of British Columbia decisions from 1996 onwards. Court of Appeal for Ontario Court of Appeal for Ontario - provides judgements from 1998 onwards.
NATIONAL LIBRARY/ OTHER	National Library of Canada AMICUS Web AMICUS is an information resource developed and maintained by the National Library of Canada (NLC) for libraries, researchers and the public. Canada Yellow Pages (Telephone Directory)