Repeal of timber marking legislation
CIPO has announced the repeal of the Timber Marking Act and Rules. CIPO says, “this legislation was conceived to provide logging companies with a means of proving ownership of their timber when floated to mills on inland waters” and “in the context of current forest industry practices… has become obsolete”.
According to the proposal:
The timber mark registration system comprises the receipt and processing of timber mark applications and assignments, and the maintenance of the Timber Mark Register. The Register includes approximately 2200 timber marks registered from 1870 to 1990. There have been no new filings in 19 years and only seven registrations in the past 25 years.
