Intellectual Property Links: Canadian

Government of Canada
Industry Canada
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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)

International Links

Government of Canada

Government of Canada Primary Internet Site

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

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

Schoolnet
A site dedicated to education, educators and students.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Plant Breeders' Rights Office

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

Patent Act
Trade-marks Act
Copyright Act
Industrial Design Act
Integrated Circuit Topography Act
North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
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.