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Case Law

 

lPSource contains a comprehensive collection of intellectual property, civil

practice, electronic commerce and information technology cases from all Canadian jurisdictions.

 

The full text case coverage on IPSource includes:

 

·   All court and tribunal decisions ever published in the Canadian Patent Reporter (1942- ) 

·   All court and tribunal decisions ever published in Carswell law reports, including the Canadian Intellectual Property Reports (1984-1990) and Fox Patent Cases (1940-1971)

·   Federal Court decisions reported in the Federal Court Reports from 1971, Exchequer Court decisions through 1970, and Federal Trial Reports from 1977

·   Supreme Court of Canada and Privy Council decisions from 1876

·   Decisions of the Copyright Board from 1991

·   Decisions of the Commissioner of Patents, Patent Appeal Board and Patent Review Board from 1967

·   Decisions of the Trade-marks Opposition Board (Registrar of Trade-marks) from 1982

·   Decisions of the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal from 1995

·   Decisions of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority from 2002

 

 and in addition to these:

 

From the Canadian Common Law Jurisdictions: 

 

·   Other reported court decisions from 1977

·   Other reported tribunal decisions from 1997

·   Unreported court decisions from 1986

 

From Quebec:

 

·   Court of Appeal cases reported by Soquij in Jurisprudence Express from 1986 and other selected cases

·   Superior Court cases reported by Soquij in Jurisprudence Express from 1986 and other selected cases

·   Court of Quebec cases reported by Soquij in Jurisprudence Express since 1986 and other selected cases 

 

Full-text Decisions from Carswell Law Report Series

 

Complete coverage of intellectual property, civil practice, electronic commerce and information technology decisions ever published in Carswell law reports. These include: 

 

Administrative Law Reports (Admin. L.R.)

1983-

Alberta Law Reports (Alta. L.R.)

1908-33 *

Alberta Law Reports (Alta. L.R.)

1977-

British Columbia Law Reports (B.C.L.R.)

1977-

Business Law Reports (B.L.R.)

1977-

Canada G.S.T. Cases (G.S.T.C.)

1992-

Canada Tax Cases (C.T.C)

1917-

Canadian Bankruptcy Reports (C.B.R.)

1920-

Canadian Cases on Employment Law (C.C.E.L.)

1983-

Canadian Cases on the Law of Insurance (C.C.L.I.)

1983-

Canadian Cases on the Law of Securities (C.C.L.S.)

1994-98 *

Canadian Cases on the Law of Torts (C.C.L.T.)

1976-

Canadian Cases on Pensions and Benefits (C.C.P.B.)

1994-

Canadian Environmental Law Reports (C.E.L.R.)

1987-

Canadian Intellectual Property Reports (C.I.P.R.)

1984-90 *

Carswell's Practice Cases (C.P.C)

1976-

Construction Law Reports (C.L.R.)

1983-

Coutlee's Canada Supreme Court Cases (Cout. S.C.)

1875-1906 *

Criminal Reports (C.R.)

1946-

Eastern Law Reporter (E.L.R.)

1906-14 *

Estates and Trusts Reports (E.T.R.)

1977-

Fox Patent Cases (Fox Pat.C.)

1940-71 *

Immigration Law Reporter (Imm.L.R.)

1987-

Maritime Provinces Reports (M.P.R.)

1929-68 *

Motor Vehicle Reports (M.V.R.)

1977-

Municipal and Planning Law Reports (M.P.L.R.)

1976-

New Brunswick Reports (N.B.R.)

1867-1929 *

Northwest Territories Reports (N.W.T.R.)

1983-98 *

Nova Scotia Reports (N.S.R.)

1886-1929 *

Ontario Practice Reports (P.R.)

1896-1904 *

Ontario Reports (O.R.)

1935-56

Ontario Weekly Reporter (O.W.R.)

1902-16 *

Personal Property Security Act Cases (P.P.S.A.C.)

1977-

Real Property Reports (R.P.R.)

1977-

Reports of Family Law (R.F.L.)

1971-

Saskatchewan Law Reports (Sask. L.R.)

1916-31 *

Western Law Reporter (W.L.R.)

1905-16 * 

Western Weekly Reports (W.W.R.)

1911-

 

* Start and end dates are provided for discontinued report series published by Carswell or its licensors. 

 

Full-text Decisions from non-Carswell Law Report Series

Unless otherwise stated, our case law collection covers intellectual property, civil practice, electronic commerce and information technology court decisions appearing in the following reporters back to 1977 and intellectual property, civil practice, electronic commerce and information technology tribunal decisions from 1997.

 

British Columbia Appeal Cases  (B.C.A.C.)

Canadian Criminal Cases (C.C.C.)

Canadian Human Rights Reporter (C.H.R.R.)

Canadian Labour Law Cases (C.L.L.C.)

Canadian Native Law Reporter (C.N.L.R.)

Canadian Rights Reporter (C.R.R.)

Dominion Law Reports (D.L.R.)

Dominion Tax Cases (D.T.C.)

Federal Trial Reports (F.T.R.)

Insurance Law Reporter (I.L.R.)

Labour Arbitration Cases (L.A.C.)

Land Compensation Reports (L.C.R.)

Manitoba Reports (Man. R.)

New Brunswick Reports (N.B.R.)

National Reporter (N.R.)

Nova Scotia Reports (N.S.R.)

Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island Reports (Nfld. & P.E.I.R.)

Ontario Appeal Cases (O.A.C.)

Ontario Reports (O.R.)

Saskatchewan Reports (Sask. R.)

 

 

Note:

i.)       Decisions from non-Carswell law report series have either been published in Carswell's own law reports, collected from our own archives, or gathered directly from the courts by Carswell before they are entered into WestlaweCARSWELL.

ii.)     Carswell's editorial staff classifies these cases, and adds our own headnotes and other value-added information to them.

 

Full-text Decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada and Privy Council

 

Coverage includes intellectual property, civil practice, electronic commerce and information technology decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada since its establishment in 1875 as well as Privy Council decisions arising out of Canadian courts.

Full-text Decisions from Federal Courts

Coverage includes intellectual property, civil practice, electronic commerce and information technology decisions reported in the Federal Court Reports from 1971 forward (with coverage of reported decisions of the Exchequer Court from 1875 to 1970) and decisions reported in Federal Trial Reports from 1977.

Full-text Decisions from Quebec Courts

Coverage of Québec cases is as follows:

 

·   Court of Appeal cases reported by Soquij in Jurisprudence Express from 1986 and other selected cases

·   Superior Court cases reported by Soquij in Jurisprudence Express from 1986 and other selected cases

·   Court of Quebec cases reported by Soquij in Jurisprudence Express since 1986 and other selected cases

 

 

 

Legislation

The IPSource legislation database contains the full text of all federal, provincial and territorial legislation essential to intellectual property, information technology and electronic-commerce law practice.

 

Federal Legislation

IPSource’s federal legislative collection includes the following in both English and French:

·         Bank Act

·         Canada Agricultural Products Act

·         Canada Evidence Act

·         Canada Post Corporation Act

·         Competition Act

·         Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act

·         Copyright Act and Regulations

·         Courts Administration Service Act

·         Criminal Code

·         Export and Import Permits Act

·         Federal Courts Act and Rules

·         Geneva Conventions Act

·         Industrial Design Act and Regulations

·         Integrated Circuit Topography Act and Regulations

·         Meat Inspection Act

·         Patent Act, Rules and Regulations

·         Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and Regulations

·         Plant Breeders' Rights Act and Regulations

·         Precious Metals Marking Act and Regulations

·         Public Servants Inventions Act and Regulations

·         Status of the Artist Act

·         Telecommunications Act

·         Textile Labelling Act

·         Trade-Marks Act and Regulations

 

Legislation - Provincial

IPSource’s provincial legislative collection includes the following:

 

Alberta

·         Alberta Evidence Act

·         Electronic Transactions Act and Regulations

·         Fair Trading Act

·         Health Information Act and Regulations

·         Internet Sales Contract Regulation

·         Personal Information Protection Act and Regulations

 

British Columbia

·         Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act and Regulations

·         Electronic Transactions Act

·         Electronic Court Documents Regulation

·         Personal Information Protection Act and Regulations

 

Manitoba

·         The Common Business Identifiers Regulation

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