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         Federal Courts Act
            JURISDICTION OF FEDERAL COURT

Industrial property, exclusive jurisdiction

20. (1) The Federal Court has exclusive original jurisdiction, between subject and subject as well as otherwise,

( a) in all cases of conflicting applications for any patent of invention, or for the registration of any copyright, trade-mark, industrial design or topography within the meaning of the Integrated Circuit Topography Act; and

( b) in all cases in which it is sought to impeach or annul any patent of invention or to have any entry in any register of copyrights, trade-marks, industrial designs or topographies referred to in paragraph ( a) made, expunged, varied or rectified.

Industrial property, concurrent jurisdiction

(2) The Federal Court has concurrent jurisdiction in all cases, other than those mentioned in subsection (1), in which a remedy is sought under the authority of an Act of Parliament or at law or in equity respecting any patent of invention, copyright, trade-mark, industrial design or topography referred to in paragraph (1)( a).

R.S., 1985, c. F-7, s. 20; 1990, c. 37, s. 34; 2002, c. 8, s. 29.