Government Links

Below are links to organizations and content related to intellectual property (IP).

Disclaimer: Links to non-CIPO Web sites are provided solely for the convenience of users. CIPO is not responsible for the accuracy, currency or the reliability of the content. For additional details see Important notices.

Canada

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  • Plant Breeders' Rights Office
    The Plant Breeders' Rights Office administers the Plant Breeders' Rights Act (1990) and Regulations, which provide legal protection to plant breeders for new plant varieties for up to 18 years.
• Canadian Heritage
  • Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)
    CHIN's mission is to promote the development, presentation, and preservation of Canada's digital heritage content for current and future generations of Canadians.
  • The Copyright Policy Branch, in co-operation with the Intellectual Property Policy Directorate of Industry Canada, is responsible for formulating and implementing an integrated Canadian copyright policy.
• Competition Bureau Canada
  • Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines - Draft for Consultation Purposes Only
    The Bureau has received an increasing number of requests for information on its treatment of IP under the Competition Act. This document, the Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines, sets out how the Competition Bureau views the interface between IP law and competition law. It also explains the analytical framework the Bureau uses to assess conduct involving IP.
  • The Competition / Intellectual Property Interface - Present Concerns and Future Challenges for Industry Canada
  • Speaking Notes, Sheridan Scott, Commissioner of Competition Bureau, Competition/IP Symposium
    March 29-30, 2007
• Copyright Board of Canada
  The Board is an economic regulatory body empowered to establish, either by mandate 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.
• Health Canada
  • Advisories, Warnings and Recalls
    Health Canada provides timely information on issues that concern the health of Canadians.
  • Counterfeit batteries warnings
  • Counterfeit avian flu vaccine warnings
• Industry Canada
  The department's mission is to foster a growing competitive, knowledge-based Canadian economy.
  • Canada Business - Service for entrepreneurs
    Resources for businesses and entrepreneurs in provinces and territories across Canada.
  • Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
    CIPO is a Special Operating Agency (SOA) associated with Industry Canada, responsible for the administration and processing of the greater part of intellectual property in Canada.
  • Canadian Patent Office Record (CPOR)
    The Canadian Patent Office Record is published weekly and contains new patents, Canadian applications open to public inspection, and important notices.
  • Canadian Trade-marks Journal
    The Journal is published every Wednesday in compliance with Rule 17 of the Trade-marks Regulations (1996). Anyone with valid grounds to oppose may do so in accordance with the Trade-marks Act and Regulations (1986).
• Intellectual Property Policy Directorate
  IP policy information site from Industry Canada containing consultations, discussions, press releases, current issues, and more.
• Justice Canada
  The Minister of Justice is responsible for more than 45 statutes and areas of federal law.
• Library and Archives Canada
  • Legal Deposit
    Canadian publishers are required to send two copies of all the books, pamphlets, serial publications, microforms, maps, spoken word sound recordings, video recordings, electronic publications issued in physical formats (CD-ROM, CD-I, computer diskette, etc.), and one copy of musical sound recordings, multi-media kits, and online publications they publish, to Library and Archives Canada.
• National Research Council Canada
  The NRC Research Press publishes 16 international scholarly journals as well as books and conference proceedings.
  • Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI)
    CISTI is a science library and a world leader in document delivery for all areas of science, technology, engineering, and medicine
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)
    The NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) provides a range of both technical and business oriented advisory services along with potential financial support to growth-oriented Canadian small- and medium-sized enterprises.
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
  • Intellectual Property Rights Crime

USA

• Federal Judicial Center (FJC), Educational Programs and Materials
  An Introduction to the Patent System (video)
  A 17-minute video designed to be shown to jurors in patent jury trials. Contains background information intended to help jurors understand what patents are, why they are needed, how inventors obtain them, etc.
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  • Canadian Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines
    Presentation before the FTC / Department of Justice hearings.
  • Competition and Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy
    Report, notice of public hearings, press releases, public comments, schedule of hearings, meetings/conferences. Available in English and Spanish.
• United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
  • Stop Fakes Web-site
    The USPTO has created this Web site to help small businesses consider the benefits of strong IP protection - both in the United States and overseas - and decide whether it is right for them.

International

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  WIPO was established by the WIPO Convention in 1967 with a mandate from its Member States to promote the protection of IP throughout the world through cooperation among states and in collaboration with other international organizations.

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