États-Unis d'Amérique

Canada

Moyens de faire respecter les DPI

Procédures pénales

[Follow-up questions from the US] 1. Please provide statistical information related to civil copyright, trademark, geographical indication, industrial design, patent, integrated-circuit layout design, and trade secret enforcement for each of the years 1996 and 1997, including the number of cases filed; injunctions issued; infringing products seized; infringing equipment seized; cases resolved (including settlement); and the amount of damages awarded.

In 1996, 641 lawsuits fitting the above description were initiated in Canada; and in 1997, 273 (to June 30). The median time between commencement and disposition in 1996 was 24 months (to judgement) or four months (to settlement); in 1997 (to June 30), 17 months or seven months, respectively. Apart from the foregoing, statistical information of the nature requested is not available in Canada.