June 13, 2019 | Volume 1 - Issue 1
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Welcome to our Inaugural Edition
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Welcome to the inaugural edition of our newsletter, The Internationalist. If you are receiving this newsletter, it is because we have crossed paths, perhaps many years ago, somewhere on this planet. The purpose of our newsletter is to highlight legal developments in Canada that may be of interest to foreign practitioners and other professionals.
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Canadian Transborder Dataflows
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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (the “OPC”) has recently launched a consultation on transborder data flows under the
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
(“PIPEDA”).
PIPEDA
is a federal law of Canada that regulates how individuals’ personal information should be collected, used, and disclosed in commercial transactions. It is restricted to provincial, interprovincial, and international commercial transactions and therefore does not apply to government activities, collection of information for journalistic, literary or artistic services, not-for-profit enterprises and charity groups, among others. Due to growing concerns regarding transfers of personal information beyond Canada’s borders, the OPC revisited its previous position and determined that the cross-border transfer of personal information to third parties for processing (a “Transfer”) may now be considered “disclosure”.
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Corporate Transparency and the Changes Introduced by Bill C-86
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Bill C-86,
Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No 2
. comes into force June 13, 2019 and makes important changes to the
Canada Business Corporations Act
(the “Act”) in relation to corporate transparency. These changes will require private corporations to retain and provide information relating to the beneficial ownership of the corporation.
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Canadian Trademark Law to Implement Guidelines of the Madrid Protocol
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Canada has been actively involved in the negotiation and ratification of several international treaties with trading partners worldwide. Many of these agreements – such as the Madrid Protocol, the Transpacific Partnership, and CETA – touch upon intellectual property regulations such as registrations and application for protection of intellectual property like trademarks, geographic indication, and traditional specialties.
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Tel: + 1 (613) 747-2459 ext. 308
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Martin Aquilina is a passionate international business lawyer with twenty five years of experience advising clients from a wide range of industries, including financial services, manufacturing, mining, engineering and design, education and fine arts. Owing to the many roles he has assumed throughout his career, Martin has strong technical skills in virtually all areas of the law that are likely to be encountered by a foreign enterprise seeking to do business in or with Canada (corporate set-up, privacy, regulatory, capital markets, licensing and joint venture agreements, secured lending, M&A, resolution of disputes and commercial litigation). Martin holds a Bachelor of Commerce, degrees in common law and civil law and a Master of Private International Law from a Dutch University. He is fluent or conversant in several languages.
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