Cablegate: Ottawa Launches Ipr Toolkit

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COMMERCE PASS TO SUSAN WILSON AND KRISTINE SCHLEGELMILCH

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CA KIPR ECON
SUBJECT: OTTAWA LAUNCHES IPR TOOLKIT

REF: A. SECSTATE 59250

B. OTTAWA 01522

1. The Mission Canada IPR Working Group is pleased to
announce that the Canada IPR Toolkit is now available on
Embassy Ottawa,s general website, in response to Ref A. The
toolkit is designed to assist smaller businesses in locating
the information necessary to protect their IP in Canada. As
noted in Ref B, the toolkit is more streamlined than the
China or Russia versions. Because Canada has clear laws and
a reliable judicial system relatively easy for U.S.
businesses to navigate, the toolkit acts as a straightforward
link-based guide that directs the user to a number of GOC
websites specifically addressing IPR issues. The toolkit
also points the user to a number of U.S. and international
IPR sources.

2. The toolkit may be accessed by clicking on the
&Intellectual Property Rights Toolkit8 icon on the Embassy
Ottawa homepage, canada.usembassy.gov/content/index.asp

Visit Canada's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/ottawa

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