Intellectual Property Links:
Canadian

• Government of Canada
• Industry Canada
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• BusinessGateway.ca
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Canadian Heritage
• Copyright Board
• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
• Justice Canada
• Library and Archives Canada - Legal Deposit
• Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
  
  
• Canadian Innovation Centre
• Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)

Government of Canada

Government of Canada Primary Internet Site

Industry Canada

Strategis

Canada's business information site.

Intellectual Property Policy Directorate (IPPD)

The IPPD bears primary responsibility for the development of Canada's intellectual property policies.

Life Sciences Gateway

Intellectual Property in the Life Sciences Industry

Trans-Forum

A Technology Transfer Tool For Canadian Universities and Colleges (information about intellectual property is available on this site).

Canada Business

The centres provide Canadian business people with a wide range of information on government services, programs and regulations.

Schoolnet

A site dedicated to education, educators and students.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

BusinessGateway.ca

BusinessGateway.ca provides a single access point to all the government services and information needed to start, run and grow a business.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Plant Breeders' Rights Office

59 Camelot Drive
Nepean, Ontario
K1A 0Y9

Telephone : (613) 225-2342
Fax : (613) 228-6629

Canadian Heritage

Copyright Policy
The Directorate of Copyright Policy is responsible for formulating and maintaining an integrated copyright policy for Canada as well as developing a legislative framework for the modernization and enhancement of copyright protection.

Copyright Board

The Board is an economic regulatory body empowered to establish, either mandatorily or at the request of an interested party, the royalties to be paid for the use of copyrighted works, when the administration of such copyright is entrusted to a collective-administration society. The Board also has the right to supervise agreements between users and licensing bodies and issues licences when the copyright owner cannot be located.

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Justice Canada

Acts:

• Patent Act
• Trade-marks Act
• Copyright Act
• Industrial Design Act
• Integrated Circuit Topography Act

Agreements:

• North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (1993. c. 44)

Consolidated Statutes of Canada

Library and Archives Canada - Legal Deposit

Legal Deposit is the means by which a comprehensive national collection is gathered together as a record of the nation's published heritage and development. Canadian publishers are required to send two copies of all the books, pamphlets, serial publications, microforms, spoken word sound recordings, videorecordings, electronic publications issued in physical formats (CD-R, CD-I, computer diskette, etc.), and one copy of musical sound recordings and multi-media kits they publish, to Library and Archives Canada.

Patented Medicine Prices Review Board

The PMPRB contributes to Canadian health care by ensuring that prices of patented medicines are not excessive.

Canadian Innovation Centre

The Canadian Innovation Centre at Waterloo, Ontario, is Canada's leading organization dedicated to assisting inventors, entrepreneurs and innovative companies.

Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)

The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) is Canada's pre-eminent association of professionals who specialize in intellectual property: patents for inventions, trade-marks, copyright, and industrial designs. IPIC is committed to the protection and promotion of intellectual property in the Canadian economy.