Intellectual Property Institute of Canada / L’Institut de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada
Registration:
4
of
8
(2016-11-06
to
2017-07-16)
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Industry self regulation that would include potential changes to the Patent Act
- To protect from forced disclosure in litigation the confidential communications between patent and trade-mark applicants (under the Patent Act and the Trade-marks Act) and their patent and trade-mark agents.
Regulation
- To prevent the inadvertent loss of patent or trade-mark rights of innovators due to clerical and administrative errors or force majeure situations.