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2. Article 55 of the TRIPS Agreement provides that "...in appropriate cases, this time-limit [of ten days] may be extended by another ten days". Is such time extension foreseen in your laws? If yes, please cite the relevant provisions. If not, please explain how an applicant can avail himself of this possibility as provided by the TRIPS Agreement.
There is no express reference to an additional ten working days in either the Copyright Act or the Trade-marks Act. However, Subsection 44.1 (3) b of the Copyright Act and Subsection 53.1 (1) c of the Trade-marks Act allow the court to make an order "providing for such other matters as the court considers appropriate". These provisions, coupled with the inherent equitable jurisdiction of the superior provincial courts and, as concerns intellectual property, the Federal Court, would enable a court to provide for an additional ten working days, in appropriate cases.