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IP/N/1/CAN/P/21  
 
11 August 2023  
(23-5487)  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 : BILL C -47 (AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE BUDGET  
TABLED IN PARLIAMENT ON MARCH 28, 2023)  
Notifying Member  CANADA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Bill C -47 (An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in 
Parliament on March 28, 2023)  
Subject matter  Patents (including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/CAN/23_11678_00_e.pdf  
https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/CAN/23_11678_00_f.pdf   
 
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/CAN/P/16  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Bill C-47 amends the Patent Act to, among other things:  
 
(a) authorize the Commissioner of Patents to grant an additional term for a patent if certain 
 conditions are met;  
 
(b)  authorize the Governor in Council to make regulations respecting the additional term; and  
 
(c)  authorize the Commissioner of Patents and  the Federal Court to reconsider the duration of an 
 additional term.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English /French  
Entry into force  22 June 2023  
Other date    IP/N/1/CAN/33 • IP/N/1/CAN/P/21  
 
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  Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  9 August 2023  
Other information  https://www.parl.ca/Content/Bills/441/Government/C -47/C-47_4/C -
47_4.PDF  
(Bill C-47) 
 
https://laws -lois.justice.gc.ca/PDF/P -4.pdf 
(Patent Act (as amended) ) 
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada  
Patent P olicy Directorate  
 
235 Queen Street  
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H5  
Canada  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  