This page provide you with some information on new events regarding
intellectual property.
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The Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Minister of
Industry clarify the issue of the educational use of copyright
material on the Internet
The Government of Canada Introduces Bill to Amend the Copyright Act
The Government of Canada Announces Upcoming
Amendments to the Copyright Act
Assessing the Economic Impacts of
Copyright Reform on Selected Users and Consumers
OECD requests comments on Draft Guidelines for the Licensing of Genetic
Inventions
Government of
Canada Proposes Amendments to Intellectual Property Rules for
Pharmaceuticals
OTTAWA, December 13, 2004
Minister of
Industry Tables Technical Amendments to the Patent Act
OTTAWA, December 3, 2004
Government of Canada
Seeks Public Input on Regulations Complementing Bill C-9, The Jean Chrétien
Pledge to Africa
OTTAWA, October 12, 2004
- The Jean Chrétien
Pledge to Africa Act Approved by Parliament
OTTAWA, May 13,
2004
Call for Comments - on Possible Amendments to the Definition of Small
Retransmission Systems Regulations (SOR/89-255) and the Definition of
"Small Cable Transmission System" Regulations (SOR/94-755)
Interim Report on Copyright Reform: Report of the
Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage
Final Publication in Part II of the Canada Gazette and Coming into
Force of the Order Amending Subsections 11.18(3) and (4) of the Trade-marks
Act
Status Report on Copyright Reform submitted to the Standing Committee on
Canadian Heritage by the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Minister of
Industry
Final publication in Part II of the Canada Gazette
of amendments to the Local Signal and Distant Signal Regulations (SOR
89-254)
Copyright Reform Process
Assessing the Economic Impact of Copyright
Reform on Authors, Makers, Photographers
and Publishers in Canada in Reference to Two New Copyright-Related Treaties:
WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT),
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT), Marcel Boyer
Memorandum Concerning the Implementation in
Canada of Articles 11 and 18 of the WIPO Treaties Regarding
the Unauthorized Circumvention of Technological Measures Used in Connection
with the Exercise of a Copyright Right, Olgilvy Renault
Technological Measures Circumvention Provisions,
Davies, Ward & Beck
Assessing the Economic Impacts of Copyright
Reform in the Area of Technology-Enhanced Learning, Ronald
Hirshhorn
Assessing the Economic Impacts of Copyright
Reform on Internet Service providers, Paul Chwelos
Performers and Producers of Sound Recordings
in Canada, Ruth Towse
Call for comments on proposals for privilege and self-regulation of
patent and trade-mark agents
Industry Canada is seeking views on proposals made by the Intellectual
Property Institute of
Canada to grant privilege protection to and establish self-regulation for
Canadian patent and
trade-mark agents. Please consult the discussion
paper
and provide your comments no later than February 23, 2004.
Pre-publication in Part I of the Canada Gazette of proposed amendments to the
Local Signal
and Distant Signal Regulations (SOR 89-254) (November 2003)
Press Release on Bill on Internet Retransmission Passed (December
2002)
Supporting Culture and Innovation: Report on the Provisions and Operation of
the
Copyright Act (October 2002)
