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IP/N/1/CAN/P/19  
 
23 April 2020  
(20-3210)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English/French  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS  AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 O F THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
CANADA : BILL C -13 (AN ACT RE SPECTING CERTAIN MEA SURES IN RESPONSE TO  COVID -19) 
Notifying Member  CANADA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Bill C-13 (An Act respecting certain measures in response to COVID -19) 
Subject matter  Patents (including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification  [  ] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[X] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2020/IP/CAN/20_2850_00_e.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/26, IP/N/1/CAN/P/16  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
On March 25, 2020, Bill C -13 (An Act respecting certain measures in response to COVID -19) received 
Royal Assent. Bill C -13 amends Canada 's Patent Act to empower the Commissioner of Patents, on 
the application of the Minister of Health, to authorize the Gov ernment of Canada or another specified 
person to supply a patented invention to the extent necessary to respond to a public health 
emergency that is a matter of national concern.  
 
These amendments include safeguards to protect the interests of patent holde rs; for example, 
ensuring that a patent holder receives adequate remuneration for the use of the patent, placing 
limitations on the duration of the authorization, providing the patent owner with notice of the 
authorization, and ensuring that the patent own er has recourse to the courts if any person authorized 
acts outside the scope of the authorization.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, French  
Entry into force  25 March 2020  
Other date   Adoption: 25 March 2020  IP/N/1/CAN/30 • IP/N/1/CAN/P/19  
 
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Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  21 April 2020  
Other information  Patent Act: https://laws -lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/p -4/FullText.html  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada  
Marketplace Framework Policy Branch, Patent Policy Directorate  
 
235 Queen St  
Building CD Howe  
Ottawa, Ontario K 1A 0H5  
Canada  
 
Telephone:   343-291-2697 
 
 
* 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.   