IP/N/1/CAN/28  
IP/N/1/CAN/P/17  
IP/N/1/CAN/T/9  
 
19 December 2019  
(19-8802)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English/French  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS  AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 O F THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
CANADA : COLLEGE OF PATENT AG ENTS AND TRADE -MARK AGENTS ACT  
Notifying Member  CANADA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title College of Patent Agents and Trade -mark Agents Act  
Subject matter  Trademarks; Patents (including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification  [  ] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[X] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2019/IP/CAN/19_7249_00_e.pdf   
 
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The College of Patent Agents and Trade -mark Agents Act  establishes the College of Patent Agents 
and Trade -mark Agents, which is to be responsible for the regulation of patent agents and trade -
mark agents in the public interest. The College of Patent Agents and Trade -mark Agents Act, among 
other things,  
 
• requires that individuals obtain a licence in  order to act as patent agents or trade -mark agents 
and that licensees comply with a code of professional conduct;  
 
• authorizes the College 's Investigations Committee to receive complaints and conduct 
investigations into whether a licensee has committed p rofessional misconduct or was 
incompetent;  
 
• authorizes the College 's Discipline Committee to impose disciplinary measures if it decides 
that a licensee has committed professional misconduct or was incompetent; and  
 
• creates new offences of claiming to b e a patent agent or trade -mark agent and unauthorized 
representation before the Patent Office or the Office of the Registrar of Trade -marks.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, French  IP/N/1/CAN/28 • IP/N/1/CAN/P/17 • IP/N/1/CAN/T/9  
 
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  Entry into force  13 December 2018  (although not all provisions are in force)  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  27 September  2019 
Other information  IP/N/1/CAN/ 24 (Bill C-86) enacts the College of Patent Agents and Trade -
mark Agents Act    
 
Bill C-86 (see Subdivision D of Division 7 of Part 4): 
https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42 -1/bill/C -86/royal -assent   
 
College of Patent Agents and Trade -mark Agents Act :  
https://laws -lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C -33.7/FullText.html   
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada  
Patent Policy Dir ectorate  
 
235 Queen Street  
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H5  
Canada  
Telephone:    343 -291-3783 
 
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada  
Copyright and Trademark Policy Directorate  
 
235 Queen Street  
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H5  
Canada  
Telephone:    343-291-3163 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.