Intellectual Property Statutes and Regulations with Related
Materials 2010 has been organized to reflect the following five areas of
intellectual property:
- Patents
- Copyright
- Trade-marks
- Domain Names
- Industrial Designs and Miscellaneous Intellectual Property
Materials
Each section groups the relevant Canadian legislation,
including applicable regulations and enforcement guidelines, as well as
appropriate international materials of interest to Canadian practitioners. In
addition to the applicable Acts and Regulations governing the five areas of
intellectual property, the following guidelines, policies and international
conventions have been reproduced in this edition:
- Manual of Patent Office Practice (MOPOP)
- Patent Cooperation Treaty, Patent Cooperation Treaty Rules
and the Contracting Parties thereto
- Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Memoranda D9-1-2, titled
"Copyrighted Books", and D19-4-3, titled "Copyright and Trade-Marks"
- Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic
Works, and the Contracting Parties thereto
- Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers
of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, and the Contracting Parties
thereto
- Universal Copyright Convention, and the Contracting Parties
thereto
- WIPO Copyright Treaty, Agreed Statements and the Contracting
Parties thereto
- WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, Agreed Statements,
and the Contracting Parties thereto
- Trade-marks Examination Manual and amendments
- Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Marks,
1989, and Contracting Parties thereto
- Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, Rules and
Approved Providers therefore
- Canadian Internet Registration Authority Registrant
Agreement, Registration Rules and Canadian Presence Requirements
- Industrial Design Office Practices
- Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property,
and the Contracting Parties thereto
- Contracting Parties to the World Trade Organization
- Competition Bureau Intellectual Property Enforcement
Guidelines.
New and revised legislative material in the 2010 edition
includes:
- CIRA Domain Name Dispute Resolution Rules
- CIRA Doman Name Dispute Resolution Policy
- Amendments to Patent Rules
- Amendments to Competition Act
- Amendments to Industrial Design Regulations
- Updated Industrial Design Office Practices
- Updated Manual of Patent Office Practice – Chapter 17
Biotechnology
- Amendments to Regulations under Patent Cooperation
Treaty
- Updated CIRA Policy 1 – Registrant Agreement –
Version 1.9
- Updated CIRA Policy – General Registration Rules –
Version 3.13
- Updated Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention for the
Protection of Industrial Property
The legislation is current to Canada Gazette Part II, Volume
143:19 (September 16, 2009).
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