Glossary C
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- Canada Business
- Canada Business provides a comprehensive first stop for information on government services, programs and regulatory requirements for both the federal and provincial/territorial orders of government.
- Canadian Copyrights Database
- Online database including all Canadian copyrights which were registered since October 1, 1991, pursuant to the Copyright Act.
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
- An agency of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada delivering all federal inspection services related to food, animal health, and plant protection. CFIA administers and enforces 13 federal acts and their respective regulations; the Plant Breeders' Rights Act is one of them.
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
- An agency of Industry Canada that administers Canada's intellectual property legislation and regulations regarding patents, trade-marks, copyrights, industrial designs and integrated circuit topographies to ensure that they meet present and future client needs and best contribute to the Canadian economy.
- Canadian Patents Database
- Online database containing patent bibliographical information, descriptions and image documents on issued patents in Canada since 1920.
- Canadian Trade-marks Database
- Online database containing all active and many inactive marks that were either applied for or registered pursuant to the current Canadian Trade-marks Act or former trade-mark legislation.
- Claim (patents)
- A concisewritten statement that defines the invention covered by the patent application. The patent protects what falls within that definition. Anything outside the identified claim is not protected.
- Confidentiality agreements
- Confidentiality agreements, known also as non-disclosure agreements, are contracts in which the parties agree not to disclose the secret information they share and not to make unauthorised use of such information (e.g. a secret innovation or creation).
- Copyright
- The right to copy which means that an owner is the only person who may copy his or her work or permit someone else to do so.
- Copyright Act
- Federal legislation governing copyright in Canada
- Copyright document
- A document specifying the title and type of work protected along with other information from a copyright file with the Copyright Office.
- Copyright infringement
- Violation of copyright through unauthorized copying or use of a work or other subject matter under copyright.
- Copyright licence
- Legal agreement granting someone permission to use a work for certain purposes or under certain conditions. A licence does not constitute a change in ownership of the copyright.
- Copyright Office
- The office that is responsible for registering copyrights. Registration means that the office has recorded the details of the copyright and has issued a certificate of registration. The Copyright Office is part of CIPO's Copyright and Industrial Design Branch. The Branch maintains the Register of Copyrights, which contains information regarding specific copyrights. The Branch also maintains a Register of copyright assignments and licences. Copyrights, industrial designs and integrated circuit topographies are all managed under the direction of the Copyright and Industrial Design Branch.
- Copyright protection
- In general, copyright means the sole right to produce or reproduce a work or a substantial part of it in any form.
