D19-4-3 (Revised), Copyright, Trade-marks and Geographical Indications

Ottawa, September 21, 2017

This memorandum outlines and explains the legislation governing the role of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in dealing with counterfeit protected marks (i.e. trade-marks or geographical indications) or pirated copyright goods.

This memorandum has been updated to:

1. Reflect amendments made to the Trade-marks Act as a result of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act (CETA), which expanded the Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSAs) Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Program to include counterfeit geographical indications (GI); and,
2. To provide rights holders with a mechanism that they can use to provide the CBSA with information (Intel) about dangerous goods that they suspect are counterfeit or pirated.

This memorandum is available on the CBSA website at http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d19/d19-4-3-eng.html.