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Federal Court

Federal Court (Canada) - Court Index and Docket - Search the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal case dockets by court file number (default), patent number, or party name
Federal Court - Decisions Advanced Search - Search the decisions of the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal by court file number, party name or keyword/phrase searches
Registry Phone Numbers – Provides a list of Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal phone numbers
Supreme Court of Canada - SCC Case Information – Search the Supreme Court of Canada dockets to obtain the status of files, including leave applications, using the SCC file number or the lower court’s citation

Legal Searches

Australia Case Law Search – Free Australian case law searches
BAILII - Case Law Search – Free British and United Kingdom case law searches
CanLII – Case Law Search – Free Canadian case law and statute searches
German Court searches – Free searches of German court decisions
lexisONE® Community Search – Free searches of selected US case law (free registration)
PACER – Obtain and view US court dockets and documents (registration required)

Legislation and Statutes Online

Jurisdiction	Internet
Federal Statutes	Department of Justice
British Columbia Statutes	British Columbia Statutes Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Alberta Statutes	Alberta Queen's Printer
Saskatchewan Statutes	Saskatchewan Queen’s Printer
Manitoba Statutes	Manitoba Queen's Printer
Ontario Statutes	Ontario's e-Laws Legislative assembly of Ontario - Bills Ontario Gazette
Quebec Statutes	Les Publications du Québec website
New Brunswick Statutes	New Brunswick Queens Printer
Nova Scotia Statutes	Nova Scotia Office of the Legislative Counsel
Newfoundland Statutes	Newfoundland & Labrador House of Assembly
Prince Edward Island Statutes	PEI Legislative Counsel
Yukon Statutes	Yukon Statutes
Northwest Territories Statutes	NWT Legislation
Nunavut Statutes	Nunavut Court of Justice Library

Frequently Used Legislation in Intellectual Property Practice

Courts of Justice Act - R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194 – Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal Courts Rules – Direct link to the Federal Courts Rules
Patent Act – Direct link to the current version of the Patent Act
Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations – Direct link to the current version of the PM(NOC) Regulations
Copyright Act – Direct link to the current version of the Copyright Act
Trade-marks Act – Direct link to the current version of the Trade-marks Act

Patent Searches

Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) – View and search Canadian Patents, Trade-marks and Industrial Designs
DEPATISnet - German Patent Office – Link to the German Patent Office
EP File Wrappers (EPO) – Obtain European Patent file wrappers for free
European Patent Office – Obtain European Patents and many original patents from other countries around the world; sets out the patent family of each patent
US File Wrappers – Obtain US Patent file wrappers for free for select patents (the remaining are available on this site for a fee)
US Patent Full-Text Database Number Search – Search US Patents by patent number, inventor, or patent text
WIPO Patent searches – Search and view patents published under the World Intellectual Property Office

Regulatory Sites

Clinical Investigator Inspection List (US - FDA) – View FDA decisions on drug submissions
eCPS 2008 – Link to the electronic version of the Compendium of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Ontario eFormulary Search – Link to the Ontario Formulary listings
Health Canada Drug Product Database (DPD) – Provides the latest product monographs and other information on Canadian drugs
Health Canada Notice of Compliance Search – Link to a searchable database of Notices of Compliance from Health Canada (drug approvals)
Patent Register – Provides the patents listed against patented medicines that must be addressed by a generic company

Library Searches

Great Library Catalogue – Osgoode Hall library catalogue searches
HOLLIS – Harvard library catalogue searches
University of Toronto library catalogue
Journal Titles and Abbreviations – List of many journal titles and abbreviations

Intellectual Property Organizations

Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
Canadian Bar Association IP Section
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPA)
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
International Trademark Association (INTA)
Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
International Trademark Association (INTA)
International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)
The Association of Trademark Owners (MARQUES)
The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA)
Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG)
Licensing Executives Society (LES): www.usa-canada.les.org and www.les.org
Copyright Society of the USA

General Legal Organizations

Canadian Bar Association (CBA): www.cba.org
Ontario Bar Association (OBA): www.oba.org
International Bar Association (IBA): http://www.ibanet.org
Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC): www.lsuc.on.ca
American Bar Association (ABA): www.abanet.org
Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA): www.cancorpcounsel.org
Advocates’ Society: www.advocates.ca

Private / Commercial Organizations That Run IP / Pharma Related Conferences / Seminars

Canadian Institute: www.canadianinstitute.com
Federated Press: www.federatedpress.com
IT.CAN: www.it-can.ca
Insight: www.insightinfo.com

Provincial Bar Associations

Federation of Law Societies
Law Society of British Columbia
Law Society of Alberta
Law Society of Saskatchewan
Law Society of Manitoba
Law Society of Upper Canada
Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
Law Society of New Brunswick
Quebéc Bar
Law Society of Prince Edward Island
Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
Law Society of Yukon
Law Society of the Northwest Territories
Law Society of Nunavut

Federal Government

Prime Minister’s Office
Ministries & Departments
Parliament Access to current (and archival) bills, hansard, committee reports, status of current legislation
Canada Gazette
Part I: Notices and Proposed Regulations
Part II: Official Regulations
Part III: Acts of Parliament
Orders in Council Available from 1990 – present (full text from November 2002 – present)