Patents

Amendments to the Patent Act

• Legislation information on Bill C-29, An Act to amend the Patent Act, including the text of the bill, legislative history and important speeches in Parliament
• Legislation information on Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Patent Act and the Food and Drugs Act, including the text of the bill, legislative history and important speeches in Parliament

Regulations

• The Regulations Amending the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations
  October 18, 2006
• The Order Amending Schedule 1 of the Patent Act (Oseltamivir Phosphate)
  October 4, 2006
• The Order Amending Schedule 1 of the Patent Act
  September 21, 2005
• The Use of Patented Products for International Humanitarian Purposes Regulations
  May 10, 2005
• Amendments to the Manufacturing and Storage of Patented Medicines Regulations
  October 7, 2000

Patenting of biotechnological inventions

Several informative and illustrative studies of the economic, legal and ethical issues associated witth the patenting of biotechnology are available.