IP/N/1/CAN/13
IP/N/1/CAN/O/3
23 April 2015
(15-2125)  Page: 1/2
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English/French
 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT 
 
CANADA: CRIMINAL CODE 
Notifying Member C ANADA  
 
Details of the notified legal text 
 
Title  
 Canadian Criminal Code 
Subject matter Copyright and Trade-marks 
Nature of 
notification  Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
 Other law or regulation 
 
Link to legal text https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/IP/CAN/15_1066_00_e.pdf  
 
Notification status  First notification 
 Amendment or revision to notified legal text 
 Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s) 
 
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to IP/N/1/CAN/1/Add.1 
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSource
=Cat&query=@SymbolMatc h=IP/N/1/CAN/1/Add.1&Language=English&Cont
ext=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/CAN/3 "https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSource
=Cat&query=@SymbolMatc h=IP/N/1/CAN/3&Language=English&Context=S
criptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/CAN/E/1 
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSource
=Cat&query=@SymbolMatc h=IP/N/1/CAN/E/1&Language=English&Context
=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Canadian Criminal Code, as amended by Bill C-8 , An Act to amend the Copyright Act and the 
Trade-marks Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (the bill having received 
Royal Assent on December 9, 2014) 
 
Bill C-8  amends the Trade-marks Act and the Copyright Act . The bill aims to reduce trade 
in counterfeit goods sold to Canadian consumers and businesses by providing new enforcement 
tools. The amendments made by the bill enact new border enforcement measures and create new 
civil causes of action and criminal offences.  
 IP/N/1/CAN/13 • IP/N/1/CAN/O/3 
 
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  Bill C-8  amends the Trade-marks Act  to, among other things, expand the scope of what 
can be registered as a trade-mark and to allow the Registrar of Trade-marks to correct errors that 
appear in the trade-mark register, as well as to streamline and modernize the trade-mark 
application and opposition process. The bill also amends the definition of what constitutes a criminal 
offence under the Copyright Act  and makes minor amendments to the Criminal Code  and the 
Customs Act.   
(See also Other information below) 
 
Language(s) of notified text English and French 
Date of adoption 9 December 2014 
Entry into force On a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council 
 
Notification details 
 
Submission date 
of notification  23 January 2015 
Other information  
 Bill C-8  amends the Trade-marks Act and the Copyright Act  and, inter alia , 
amends the definition of what constitutes a criminal offence under the 
Copyright Act  and makes minor amendments to the Criminal Code  and the 
Customs Act. 
 
"http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublicatio ns/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mo
de=1&DocId=6830555 " 
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible Justice Canada 
Criminal Law Policy Section 
 
284 Wellin gton Street 
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0H8 
Canada 
Telephone:  613-957-4951