Strategis for Legal Research

Obtain legal related information by clicking on the appropriate subject link:

1. Bankruptcy
   
   1. Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy
      Provides information on bankruptcies, insolvencies, estates, commercial re-organizations, consumer proposals, and receiverships in Canada as well as insolvency registration, debtor assistance service, complaints and inquiries service, and name searches.
   2. Insolvency Name Search
      Provides insolvency name searches in Canada. This fee-based service is offered by the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy.
      
      
2. Biotechnology
   
   1. Biotechnology Regulatory Assistance Virtual Office (BRAVO)
      Access this guide to various governmental acts, regulations and guidelines that apply to Canadian biotechnology products and applications.

3. Corporations
   
   1. Corporations Canada
      Provides information on federal incorporations, amalgamations, corporate charter amendments, dissolutions of corporations, rulings on the use of corporate names, collecting and disseminating information on federal companies, and compliance and enforcement activities related to federal statutes.
   2. Corporate Law Policy
      Provides information on Canada's marketplace framework laws in the areas of insolvency and corporate law.
   3. Corporations Canada Monthly Transactions
      Provides a listing of newly-created federal corporations and their amendments. Corporations Canada Monthly Transactions are published monthly by Corporations Canada of Industry Canada.
   4. Forms, Policies, Fees and Legislation
      Acquire down-loadable Information Kits and Administrative Forms that are required under the Canada Business Corporations Act and the Canada Cooperative Act.
      
      
4. Intellectual Property
   
   1. Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
      Provides information on intellectual property in Canada: Patents, Trade-marks, Copyrights, Industrial Designs, Integrated Circuit Topographies
   2. Business Intelligence Express (BIX)
      Demonstrates the value of Canadian patent and trade-mark records as a source for business technical information.
      
      
5. Telecommunications
   
   1. Gazette Notices and Petitions
      Provides a listing of the notices taken from the Canada Gazette pertaining to government activities in the area of broadcasting, radiocommunications, and telecommunications.