IP/N/1/CAN/23  
IP/N/1/CAN/D/4  
3 July  2019 
(19-4453)  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 : INDUSTRIAL DESIGN RE GULATIONS  
Notifying Member  CANADA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Industrial Design Regulations  
Subject matter  Industrial designs  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text  https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/IP/CAN/19_3339_00_e.pdf   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/IP/CAN/19_3339_00_f.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/CAN/D/3, IP/N/1/CAN/9 ; IP/N/1/CAN/D/2  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Further to amendments made to the Industrial Design Act by Bill C -43, a second Act to implement 
certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (see 
notification IP/N/1/CAN/D/3), which have now entered into force, the new Industrial Design 
Regulations (SOR/2018 -120) facilitate Can ada’s accession to the Hague Agreement Concerning the 
International Registration of Industrial Designs (Hague System), carry out the amendments that 
were made to the Industrial Design Act, and further modernize Canada’s domestic industrial design 
regime.  
 
Highlights to the changes in the Regulations include the following:  
 
• Electronic communications are deemed received 24/7, regardless of whether the Canadian 
Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is open or closed to the public;  
 
• Filing date requirements h ave been simplified to align with international standards;  
 
• Application requirements have been simplified;  
 
• An applicant no longer needs to provide signed authorization to appoint an agent; and  
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• The Regulations contain specific provisions that apply only to international registrations that 
designate Canada and that are received from the World Intellectual Property Organization. 
Transitional provisions outline how the office will process an application received before the 
coming into force.  
 
Together with the amendments made under Bill C -43, these amendments enabled Canada to 
accede to the Hague System on November 5, 2018, and to significantly modernize its industrial 
design regime.  
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, French  
Entry into force  5 November 2018  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  28 May 2019  
Other information  Industrial Design Regulations: https://laws -
lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR -2018-120/FullText.html  
 
Industrial Design Act (as amended): https://laws -
lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/i -9/FullText.html  
 
Bill C-43, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled 
in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures: 
https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/41 -2/bill/C -43/royal -assent  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada  
Canadian Intellectual Property Office  
Copyright and Industrial Design Branch  
  
50 Victoria Street, Room C -114 
Place du Portage, Phase I  
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada  
K1A 0C9  
Telephone:    819 -934-5630