PATSCAN

Asher, Gordon A., Legislative history of the patent act. At QL: search Canadian Patent Reporter under "patent act"

Provides comprehensive information on history of patent legislation in Canada; excellent and brief introduction into the history of Canadian Patent Acts with comparisons to the British and USA traditions.

Patent Law of Canada, editor-in-chief Gordon F. Henderson, et al. Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, 1994.

Textbook type; chapters are written by different authors; introduces the main issues of the topic; excellent source for the beginning of the research into the patent law.

Takach, G.F. Patents: a Canadian compendium of law and practice. Edmonton: Juriliber, 1993.

Provides text of legislation, Patent Rules and regulations; excellent index and bibliography; contains not only Canadian, but also U.S. and European coverage.

Fox, Harold G. The Canadian Law and Practice relating to letters patent for inventions. Toronto: Carswell Co., 1969.

Classic textbook source. Not current, but could be useful for the historical perspective and introduction into the traditional issues associated with patents. Provides British North America acts and selected statutes both historical and current to the publication, as well as a short historical review; together also with many acts and orders in council relating to Canada and its Provinces, etc.

Robinson, J. Christoper, Timothy P. Lo, and Michael J. Roman. Intellectual property. [Vancouver, B.C.]: UBC Faculty of Law, 2000. 1996

v.2 is designated to Patents. Textbook created by the faculty of UBC; excellent organisation. Provides index to Canadian literature on intellectual property: articles, case comments, texts, and government publications together with notices to the intellectual property profession, updated as of December.

Canadian intellectual property review: Revue Canadienne de propriete intellectuelle. Ottawa: Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada, 1984.

Index to Canadian literature on intellectual property: articles, case comments, texts, and government publications and notices to the intellectual property profession, updated as of December 1996.

Kratz, Martin P. J. Obtaining patents. 2nd ed. Canada practice guide. Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, 1999.

Canadian Intellectual Property Office. A guide to patents. Ottawa : Canadian Intellectual Property Office, 1998.

Hanbook type source; provides practical information on procedure of obtaining patent; accompanied by miscellaneous information sheets from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office; contains a directory of patent agents in Canada. Dimock, R.E., et. al I thought of that! : a practical guide to patents, trade-marks, and copyright: Practical guide to patents, trade-marks, and copyright. North York, Ont. : CCH Canadian, c1999.

Practical guide; contains necessary forms, and information regardin procedure of obtaining the patent in Canada; includes index; the book is a follow-up to the book Eureka! Now What? ...