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Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2 (S.C. 2018, c. 27)

Assented to 2018-12-13

PART 4Various Measures (continued)

DIVISION 7Intellectual Property Strategy (continued)

SUBDIVISION DCollege of Patent Agents and Trade-mark Agents Act (continued)

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

 The following provisions come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council:

  • (a) the definition Board in section 2, sections 11 to 20, 25 to 32, 34 to 62 and 64 to 74 and paragraphs 76(1)(c) to (f), (h) and (i) of the College of Patent Agents and Trade-mark Agents Act, as enacted by section 247; and

  • (b) section 249, subsections 250(1) and (3), sections 251 to 253 and 255 to 257 and subsection 258(1).

SUBDIVISION EAmendments relating to preservation of usage rights

R.S., c. B-3; 1992, c. 27, s. 2Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

 Subsection 65.11(7) of the French version of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Propriété intellectuelle

    (7) Si le débiteur a autorisé par contrat une personne à utiliser un droit de propriété intellectuelle, la résiliation n’empêche pas la personne de l’utiliser ni d’en faire respecter l’utilisation exclusive, à condition qu’elle respecte ses obligations contractuelles à l’égard de l’utilisation de ce droit, et ce, pour la période prévue au contrat et pour toute prolongation de celle-ci dont elle se prévaut de plein droit.

 Section 65.13 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (8):

  • Marginal note:Restriction — intellectual property

    (9) If, on the day on which a notice of intention is filed under section 50.4 or a copy of the proposal is filed under subsection 62(1), the insolvent person is a party to an agreement that grants to another party a right to use intellectual property that is included in a sale or disposition authorized under subsection (7), that sale or disposition does not affect the other party’s right to use the intellectual property — including the other party’s right to enforce an exclusive use — during the term of the agreement, including any period for which the other party extends the agreement as of right, as long as the other party continues to perform its obligations under the agreement in relation to the use of the intellectual property.

 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 72:

Marginal note:Intellectual property — sale or disposition

  • 72.1 (1) If the bankrupt is a party to an agreement that grants to another party a right to use intellectual property that is included in a sale or disposition by the trustee, that sale or disposition does not affect that other party’s right to use the intellectual property — including the other party’s right to enforce an exclusive use — during the term of the agreement, including any period for which the other party extends the agreement as of right, as long as the other party continues to perform its obligations under the agreement in relation to the use of the intellectual property.

  • Marginal note:Intellectual property — disclaimer or resiliation

    (2) If the bankrupt is a party to an agreement that grants to another party a right to use intellectual property, the disclaimer or resiliation of that agreement by the trustee does not affect that other party’s right to use the intellectual property — including the other party’s right to enforce an exclusive use — during the term of the agreement, including any period for which the other party extends the agreement as of right, as long as the other party continues to perform its obligations under the agreement in relation to the use of the intellectual property.

 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 246:

Marginal note:Intellectual property — sale or disposition

  • 246.1 (1) If the insolvent person or the bankrupt is a party to an agreement that grants to another party a right to use intellectual property that is included in a sale or disposition by the receiver, that sale or disposition does not affect that other party’s right to use the intellectual property — including the other party’s right to enforce an exclusive use — during the term of the agreement, including any period for which the other party extends the agreement as of right, as long as the other party continues to perform its obligations under the agreement in relation to the use of the intellectual property.

  • Marginal note:Intellectual property — disclaimer or resiliation

    (2) If the insolvent person or the bankrupt is a party to an agreement that grants to another party a right to use intellectual property, the disclaimer or resiliation of that agreement by the receiver does not affect that other party’s right to use the intellectual property — including the other party’s right to enforce an exclusive use — during the term of the agreement, including any period for which the other party extends the agreement as of right, as long as the other party continues to perform its obligations under the agreement in relation to the use of the intellectual property.

R.S., c. C-36Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act

 Section 36 of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (7):

  • Marginal note:Restriction — intellectual property

    (8) If, on the day on which an order is made under this Act in respect of the company, the company is a party to an agreement that grants to another party a right to use intellectual property that is included in a sale or disposition authorized under subsection (6), that sale or disposition does not affect that other party’s right to use the intellectual property — including the other party’s right to enforce an exclusive use — during the term of the agreement, including any period for which the other party extends the agreement as of right, as long as the other party continues to perform its obligations under the agreement in relation to the use of the intellectual property.

Transitional Provisions

Marginal note:Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

 Subsections 65.11(7) and 65.13(9) and sections 72.1 and 246.1 of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, as enacted by sections 265 to 268, apply only in respect of proceedings that are commenced under that Act on or after the day on which this section comes into force.

Marginal note:Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act

 Subsection 36(8) of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, as enacted by section 269, applies only in respect of proceedings that are commenced under that Act on or after the day on which this section comes into force.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

 This Subdivision comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

SUBDIVISION FPrivileged Information

R.S., c. A-1Access to Information Act

 The Access to Information Act is amended by adding the following after section 23:

Marginal note:Protected information — patents and trade-marks

23.1 The head of a government institution may refuse to disclose any record requested under this Act that contains information that is subject to the privilege set out in section 16.1 of the Patent Act or section 51.13 of the Trade-marks Act.

R.S., c. P-21Privacy Act

 The Privacy Act is amended by adding the following after section 27:

Marginal note:Protected information — patents and trade-marks

27.1 The head of a government institution may refuse to disclose any personal information requested under subsection 12(1) that is subject to the privilege set out in section 16.1 of the Patent Act or section 51.13 of the Trade-marks Act.

2002, c. 28Related Amendment to the Pest Control Products Act

 Paragraph 42(2)(g) of the Pest Control Products Act is replaced by the following:

  • (g) any advice from a person or body referred to in paragraph 44(1)(f), unless disclosure of the advice may be refused under section 23 or 23.1 of the Access to Information Act;

Coordinating Amendments

Marginal note:2014, c. 20

  •  (1) In this section, other Act means the Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1.

  • (2) If subsection 366(1) of the other Act comes into force before the day on which this Act receives royal assent, then, on that day, the English version of this Act, other than this section, is amended by replacing “trade-mark”, “trade-marks”, “Trade-mark” and “Trade-marks” with “trademark”, “trademarks”, “Trademark” and “Trademarks”, respectively.

  • (3) If subsection 366(1) of the other Act comes into force on the day on which this Act receives royal assent, then this Act is deemed to have received royal assent before that subsection 366(1) comes into force.

Marginal note:Bill C-58

 If Bill C-58, introduced in the 1st session of the 42nd Parliament and entitled An Act to amend the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, receives royal assent, then, on the first day on which both section 10 of that Act and section 273 of this Act are in force, section 23.1 of the English version of the Access to Information Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Protected information — patents and trade-marks

23.1 The head of a government institution may refuse to disclose any record requested under this Part that contains information that is subject to the privilege set out in section 16.1 of the Patent Act or section 51.13 of the Trade-marks Act.

 

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