On October 17, 2020, the Government of Canada published
a Statement on Implementation for the Comprehensive
and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
(CPTPP) (the "Statement"). The Statement details
the Government's interpretation of the rights and obligations
arising from Canada's participation as well as measures that
the Government will pursue to implement the agreement.
Canada ratified the CPTPP on October 29, 2018, which
incorporates many of the provisions previously agreed to under the
Trans-Pacific Partnership ("TPP").
As previously reported, Canada and its CPTPP signatories agreed
to suspend certain obligations under the TPP with respect to
intellectual property, patents and pharmaceuticals, including on
patent term adjustments to compensate for unreasonable patent
office delays and marketing authorization delays. Canada already
provides supplementary protection of up to two years for marketing
authorization delays under the certificate of
