Global Innovation Policy Center

March 15, 2017

Canada


Primary Sources

  • Act to amend the Copyright Act (access to copyrighted works or other subject-matter for persons with perceptual disabilities) (2016)
  • An Act to amend the Patent Act and the Food and Drugs Act (The Jean Chrétien Pledge to Africa) (2004)
  • APOTEX INC. Appellant and SANOFI-AVENTIS, SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GmbH and SANOFI-AVENTIS CANADA INC., Dockets: A-191-12, A-193-12, A-397-12, A-474-12, Citation: 2014 FCA 68, Federal Court of Appeal, March 14 2014
  • ASTRAZENECA CANADA INC. ASTRAZENECA AKTIEBOLAG and ASTRAZENECA UK LIMITED Appellants and APOTEX INC. and APOTEX PHARMACHEM INC, Date: 20150706 Docket: A-420-14 Citation: 2015 FCA 158, Federal Court of Appeal
  • CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada, [2004] 1 S.C.R. 339, 2004 SCC
  • Certification of Countries Granting Equal Copyright Protection Notice (C.R.C. , c. 421) (2012)
  • Combating Counterfeit Products Act (2014)
  • Copyright Act (2016)
  • Copyright Modernization Act  (2012)
  • Copyright Regulations, 1997 (current to February 3, 2016; last amended on June 2, 2007; English and French version) (2016)
  • Cosmetic Regulations (regulations current to May 25, 2015)
  • Criminal Code (consolidated version, status as at December 15, 2014) (2014)
  • Customs Act (Act current to March 31, 2015) (2015)
  • DROLET V. STIFTUNG GRALSBOTSCHAFT, 2009 FC 17, [2010] 1 F.C.R. 492
  • Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, (Act to Implement Certain Provisions of the Budget Tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014, and other Measures) (2014)
  • Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2 (A Second Act to Implement Certain Provisions of the Budget Tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014, and Other Measures Assented on December 16, 2014) (2014)
  • Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1 (Act to Implement Certain Provisions of the Budget Tabled in Parliament on April 21, 2015, and other Measures) (2015)
  • ELI LILLY AND COMPANY v GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, Under the Arbitration Rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and the North American Free Trade Agreement (Case No. UNCT/14/2), Claimant’s Memorial, September 29 2016
  • Exception for Educational Institutions, Libraries, Archives and Museums Regulations (2013)
  • Food and Drug Regulations (consolidated version of May 25, 2015) (2015)
  • Food and Drugs Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. F-27) (consolidated version of May 25, 2015) (2015)
  • Industrial Design Act (consolidated version) (2016)
  • Industrial Design Regulations (consolidated version of May 25, 2015) (2015)
  • Manual of Patent Office Practice, Canadian Intellectual Property Office, (2010)
  • Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Patent Act (2014-1) (2014)
  • Order Suspending the Application of Concessions on Imports of Certain Products Originating in the United States (SOR/2005-106)(Order current to May 25, 2015) (2005)
  • Patent Act (2016)
  • Patent Rules,  (2016)
  • Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (SOR/93-133) (2011)
  • Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations, Guidance Document, (2012)
  • Patented Medicines Regulations (SOR/94-688) (2008)
  • Regulations Amending the Food and Drugs Regulations (Data Protection) (2006)
  • Regulations Amending the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (SOR/2006-242) (2006)
  • Regulations Amending the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (2008)
  • Regulations Repealing the Manufacturing and Storage of Patented Medicines Regulations, adopted 28 September 2000 (2000)
  • Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Canadian Assn. of Internet Providers, [2004] 2 S.C.R. 427, 2004 SCC 45
  • STATUTES OF CANADA 2015 CHAPTER 36 An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 21, 2015 and other measures, Bill C-50, (2015)
  • Tobacco Products Information Regulations (SOR/2000-272) (2011)
  • Tobacco Reporting Regulations (SOR/2000-273) (2005)
  • Trade-marks Act (2016)
  • Trade-marks Regulations (current to January 6, 2016; last amended on April 1, 2014) (2016)
  • TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION and NICHOLAS HERNANDEZ, JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE, Docket: T-1618-13, Federal Court of Appeal, Toronto, December 3, 2013
  • Use of Patented Products for International Humanitarian Purposes Regulations (SOR/2005-143) (2005)
  • Voltage Pictures LLC and John Doe and Jane Doe, Federal Court, Docket T-2058-12, February 20 2014, Toronto
  • World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act (Act current to May 25, 2015) (2015)

Secondary Sources

  • AIPPI (2010) Protection against the dilution of a trademark, (Q214): Canada, S Garland
  • AIPPI (2011) Exceptions to copyright protection and the permitted uses of copyright works in the hi-tech and digital sectors, (Q216B): Canada, A Macchoine
  • AIPPI (2011) The availability of injunctions in cases of infringement of IPRs, (Q219): Canada, M Crinson et al
  • AIPPI (2011) The patentability criterion of inventive step / non-obviousness, (Q217): Canada, F Cote
  • AIPPI (2011) The requirement of genuine use of trademarks for maintaining protection, (Q218): Canada, B Mayo
  • AIPPI (2012) The interplay between design and copyright protection for industrial products, (Q231): Canada, C Behman
  • AIPPI (2013) Relief in IP proceedings other than injunctions or damages, (Q236): Canada, S Hamilton et al
  • AIPPI (2014) IP licensing and insolvency, Question 241, Canada, Andrew Jones et al, April 25 2014
  • AIPPI (2014) Plain Packaging Questionnaire, (QS212), Canada, J Auerbach
  • AIPPI (2014) Second medical use or indication claims, (Q238): Canada, M Zischka
  • AIPPI (2015) Acquiescence (tolerance) to infringement of Intellectual Property Rights, (Q192): Canada, BE Morgan,
  • AIPPI (2015) Exceptions and limitations to copyright protection for libraries, archives and education and research institutions, (Q246): Canada, B Gray
  • AIPPI (2015) Limitations of the Trademark Protection (Q195): Canada, RM Perry
  • AIPPI (2015) Taking unfair advantage of trademarks: parasitism and free riding, (Q245): Canada, B Barrette,
  • AIPPI (2015) Trade secrets: Overlap with restraint of trade, aspects of enforcement, (Q247): Canada, J Markwell,
  • AIPPI (2016) Study Question (Copyright) – Linking and making available on the Internet, Brian Gray et al, April 28 2016
  • AIPPI (2016) Study Question (Designs) – Requirements for protection of designs, Canada, B Barrette et al, April 25 2016
  • Ashurst Australia (2014) Additional damages awarded for copyright infringement of photographs on website & other news, Online TMT News, March 27 2014
  • Blatchford, A (2016) Rising anti-trade sentiments among G20 peers complicates Canada-EU deal, The Star, September 4 2016
  • Bourget-Merle, L (2015) Reexamination and Impeachment: Two Ways to Oppose a Patent after it has been Issued, ROBIC, Vol 10 no 2
  • Bremner, P (2015) Patent Utility Update in Canada – Clarity may not be Explicitly Promised, Slaw Magazine, May 14 2015
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  • Canada Fashion Law (2012) Glass Half Empty for Industrial Design Protection in Canada?, October 25 2012
  • Canadian Intellectual Property Office (2013) Examination Practice Respecting Computer-Implemented Inventions PN 2013-03, March 8 2013
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  • Considerati (2014) Because it’s free, The damage to the Dutch film industry as a result of downloading from illegal sources, June 2014
  • Couture, M et al (2014) CETA – what does it mean for IP in Canada?, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, October 2 2014, Lexology
  • Crichton, M (2015) Industrial design protection in Canada: Court of Appeal confirms broad scope of protection, Gowlings WLG, May 1 2015
  • De Gucht, K (2014) Statement on CETA, European Commission, Trade, September 16 2014
  • Desrosiers J et al (not dated) “THE LAW OF TRADE SECRETS IN QUEBEC AND IN CANADA: A PRAGMATIC APPROACH”, Fasken Martineau LLP
  • Dias, D (2015) Patentholders can be sued for more than 100 per cent of damages: SCC, Canadian Lawyer Magazine, April 23 2015
  • Divon, J (2015) Canada Goose knockoffs worry wintercoat competitor, Globe and Mail, February 4 2015
  • Donovan, PW (2014) Important Amendments to Canadian Trade-mark Law, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP
  • European Commission (2014) Consolidated CETA Text, September 26 2014
  • Fan, E (2008) “Protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information”, Torys LLP
  • Ferguson, Brian (2012) Economics of Intellectual Property Protection in the Pharmaceutical Sector, Macdonald Laurier Institute
  • Ferguson, K (2014) Recent developments in section 8 jurisprudence, April 17 2014, Smart, Biggar & Fetherstonaugh
  • Galloway, G (2015) Liberal pledge to demand plain cigarette packaging draws cheers, The Globe and Mail, October 30 2015
  • Giddens, P (2014) Changes to Canada’s Trademark Law Explained, INTA Bulletin, Vol 69, No 13, July 15 2014
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  • Government of Canada (2016) Canadian Content in a Digital World, Focusing the Conversation, Consultation Paper, September 2016
  • Government of Canada (2016) Canadian Content in a Digital World, RESULTS OF THE PRE-CONSULTATION QUESTIONNAIRE, September 2016
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    authorities under Vanessa’s Law, Canada Gazette, Vol 150, June 18 2016
  • Health Canada (2015) Amendments to the Food and Drugs Act: Guide to New Authorities (power to require and disclose information, power to order a label change and power to order a recall), July 31 2015
  • House of Commons Canada, Bill C-30, FIRST READING, OCTOBER 31, 2016
  • Internet Security Task Force (2015) Six Strikes And Youʹre (Not Even Close To) Out; Internet Security Task Force Calls for End of Copyright Alert System, Press Release, May 12 2015
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  • Isaac, B (2014) Canadian Combating Counterfeit Products Act passed into law, Smart, Biggar & Fetherstonhaugh, December 10 2014
  • Isfeld, G (2014) Canada, EU agree on ‘historic’ free-trade pact — but there’s still more work ahead, National Post, August 5 2014
  • Jorgenson, P (2015) Court of Appeal upholds the invalidity of AstraZeneca’s patent for esomeprazole (NEXIUM), comments on utility, Smart, Biggar & Fetherstonaugh, August 21 2015
  • Krantz, MJ (2016) Notice and Notice Regime Does Not Change Law for Obtaining Norwich Orders, Bennet Jones, August 29 2016
  • Larose, E & Martin J (2015) FILES EXHIBITED, FINES UNLIMITED: HEALTH INDUSTRY RISKS UNDER THE NEW BILL C-17, Cassels Brock, February 17 2015
  • Liberal Party of Canada (2015) A New Plan for a Strong Middle Class, Party Platform
  • Marks & Clerk (2015) Canada following on the heels of the USA in implementing the Patent Law Treaty, 28 April 2015
  • Natural Resources Canada (2010) “AUDIT OF COMMERCIAL OFF -THE – SHELF SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT”, Government of Canada, Ottawa
  • Nordicity (2013) Canada’s Video Game Industry in 2013 Final Report, July 2013, Prepared for: Entertainment Software Association of Canada
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  • Norton Rose Fulbright (2014) Pharma in brief – Federal Court of Appeal weighs in on section 8 damage quantification, March 2014
  • Norton Rose Fulbright (2014) Pharma in brief – Supreme Court to consider section 8 damage quantification, October 2014
  • Norton Rose Fulbright (2015) Pharma in brief – Canada Federal Court of Appeal finds that “promised” utility need not be coterminous with the inventive concept, July 2015
  • Norton Rose Fulbright (2015) Pharma in brief – Supreme Court of Canada affirms Federal Court of Appeal in ramipril section 8 quantification action, April 2015
  • Owens, RC (2016) Fix Canada’s copyright law before it puts publishers out of business, Financial Post, July 26 2016
  • Özege, S (2015) It’s Official! Copyright in Canada Extended to 70 Years for Sound Recordings, Music Canada, News, June 24 2015
  • Panetta, A (2015) Canadian reply to $500 million U.S. pharma suit: Guesses don’t make valid patents, The Star, February 11 2015
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  • Van Barr, CC (2014) Federal Court of Appeal updates Section 8 damages law, July 9 2014, Lexology
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  • Vizzaccaro, J (2016) Update on Vanessa’s Law: The implementation of Health Canada’s powers under the modernized Food and Drugs Act, Lexology, July 6 2016
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  • Wilson, C (2015) Police seize $12 million worth of counterfeit luxury goods across GTA, CP24.com, December 1 2015
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  • WTO (2015) TRADE POLICY REVIEW CANADA MINUTES OF THE MEETING, August 20 2015
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