Canadian Trademark Registration Process

Canada Profile

Canada consists of 10 provinces and 3 territories. It is located at the northernmost point of the North American continent. With a land area of 9.98 million square kilometers, the country is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse countries in the world. According to 2018 statistics, Canada's population is approximately 40 million. Canada shares a border with the United States and is surrounded by the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans. Canada is a constitutional monarchy with a federal parliamentary democracy. Its capital is Ottawa, and the five largest metropolitan agglomerations are Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary and Ottawa.

Canadian Intellectual Property Legal System

• "Patent Law"
• "trademark law"
• "Designs Act"
• "Integrated Circuit Topology Law"
• Civil Service Inventions Act
• "Integrated Circuit Topology Law"
• Copyright Act

International Organization/Agreement

• Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled
• WIPO Copyright Treaty
• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
• The Strasbourg Agreement on the International Patent Classification
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
• "Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization"
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property