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Budget Bill

Bill C-86, the budget bill that implements changes to the Patent Act, the Trade-marks Act and the Copyright Act, enacts the College of Patent Agents and Trade-mark Agents Act and makes changes for IP licenses in insolvency received royal assent yesterday. Bill C-86 received minor amendments as it went through parliament.

The final text is available (link).

See my earlier post on Bill C-86 with a summary of the changes.

Some changes were made as the legislation went through parliament, including the following (let me know if I missed any in the IP related sections):

College of Patent Agents and Trade-mark Agents Act
14 An individual is not eligible to be appointed or elected as a director if they
(a) are less than 18 years of age;
(b) have the status of bankrupt;
(c) are a member of an association whose primary purpose is to represent the interests of persons who provide advice on patents or trade-marks;
(d) were, within the preceding 12 months, a member of a governing body or a steering committee of an association referred to in paragraph (c);
…
17 A director ceases to be a director if they
(a) die;
(b) resign;
(c) become bankrupt;
(d) become a member of an association whose primary purpose is to represent the interests of persons who provide advice on patents or trade-marks;
(e) become a member of a governing body or a steering committee of an association referred to in paragraph (d);
…
Copyright Act (Copyright Board Reform)

38.1(4.1) Subsection (4) applies with respect to the following acts:

(a) the performance in public of musical works or dramatico-musical works, of performer’s performances of such works, or of sound recordings embodying such works or performances; and

(b) the communication to the public by telecommunication of musical works or dramatico-musical works, other than as described in subsection 31(2), of performer’s performances of such works, or of sound recordings embodying such works or performances.