{"id":4834,"date":"2019-08-16T08:01:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T08:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/san-martin.es\/?p=4834"},"modified":"2019-08-16T08:15:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T08:15:12","slug":"canada-modernizes-its-patent-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/san-martin.es\/en\/2019\/08\/16\/canada-modernizes-its-patent-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada modernizes its patent law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has launched several amendments to the Patent Act and the new Patent Rules, which will come into force on October 30, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>This updated legislative regime will permit Canada to implement the <strong>Patent Law Treaty (PLT)<\/strong>.\u00a0ThisTreaty, already ratified by more than 40 countries, harmonizes and streamlines patent administrative procedures among national intellectual property (IP) offices and delivers key benefits for businesses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More efficient process to secure a filing date.<\/li>\n<li>Harmonized administrative procedures and formalities.<\/li>\n<li>Modernized patent legislative framework.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With this last reform Canada completes a serial of reguilatory changes in different aspects of the IP Laws, as Canada has recently joined four other IP treaties: the<strong> Madrid Protocol<\/strong>, the <strong>Singapore Treaty<\/strong> and the <strong>Nice Agreement<\/strong> for trademarks on June 17, 2019, as well as the<strong> Hague Agreement<\/strong> for industrial designs on November 5, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>More information, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ic.gc.ca\/eic\/site\/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf\/eng\/wr04652.html\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has launched several amendments to the Patent Act and the new Patent Rules, which will come into force on October 30, 2019. This updated legislative regime will permit Canada to implement the Patent Law Treaty (PLT).\u00a0ThisTreaty, already ratified by more than 40 countries, harmonizes and streamlines patent administrative procedures among national intellectual property (IP) offices and delivers key benefits for businesses: More efficient process to secure a filing date. Harmonized administrative procedures and formalities. Modernized patent legislative framework. With this last reform Canada completes a serial of reguilatory changes in different aspects of the IP Laws, as Canada has recently joined four other IP treaties: the Madrid Protocol, the Singapore Treaty and the Nice Agreement for trademarks on June 17, 2019, as well as the Hague Agreement for industrial designs on November 5, 2018. 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