{"id":793,"date":"2021-04-19T17:24:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T17:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpatacabamcdev.wpengine.com\/?page_id=793"},"modified":"2022-07-27T18:47:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T18:47:46","slug":"college-of-patent-agents-and-trademark-agents-act","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cpata-cabamc.ca\/en\/about-us\/regulation\/college-of-patent-agents-and-trademark-agents-act\/","title":{"rendered":"College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"793\" class=\"elementor elementor-793\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63e0d78 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63e0d78\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2b67b0\" data-id=\"e2b67b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51015da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51015da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents (CPATA) was established by the Government of Canada by statute enacted in 2018. The following rationale for creating CPATA was articulated:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-004c796 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"004c796\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tPatent and trademark agents play an essential role in helping firms obtain formal intellectual property rights, yet the profession lacks a modern governance structure (in contrast to other trusted professions\u2014e.g. lawyers, engineers, doctors). Implementing a modern regulatory framework will ensure that businesses can trust the advice they receive from these important professionals. Ensuring the integrity of the profession has recently become more essential, as communication with IP agents is now protected by statutory privilege in the same way as solicitor-client advice. This privilege could be abused without adequate oversight.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10d66c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10d66c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A full description of the details behind establishment of the College may be found <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ic.gc.ca\/eic\/site\/693.nsf\/eng\/00167.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cpata-cabamc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Frequently-asked-questions_-College-of-Patent-Agents-and-Trademark-Agents-Strategic-Policy-Sector.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frequently Asked Questions?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b41773f elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b41773f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/laws-lois.justice.gc.ca\/eng\/acts\/C-33.7\/FullText.html\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents Act, S.C. 2018, c. 27, s.247<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baf0d96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"baf0d96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52cbd8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52cbd8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">June 2022 Amendments  <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae50b60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae50b60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Amendments to the CPATA Act, which were enacted in Bill C-19, came into force on June 23. These changes address gaps and modernize elements of the legislation, to allow CPATA to better perform its regulatory function.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The primary changes include:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Governance<\/span><\/b><\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<br \/><\/span><\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The changes clarify that CPATA has the capacity and the rights, powers and privileges of a natural person, they allow the Board to fill vacancies among elected Directors and they grant statutory immunity to the Directors and all who are engaged in CPATA\u2019s regulatory work.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Operations<\/span><\/b><\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<br \/><\/span><\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The amendments authorize the Registrar to delegate some decision-making powers to staff.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Complaints and investigations<\/span><\/b><\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<br \/><\/span><\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The changes expand the powers of the Investigations Committee so that they are no longer limited to dismissal or referral to a hearing. The Registrar is also empowered to dismiss a complaint at the outset, based on criteria set out in by-laws. The powers of the Investigations Committee and the Registrar are subject to a review at the instance of a complainant. The Investigations Committee and the Discipline Committee may make rules respecting the practice and procedure before them and rules for carrying out their work and for the management of their internal affairs.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents (CPATA) was established by the Government of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-793","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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