In early May of this year, an Ontario court considered a similar issue: what happens to the copyright of land surveyors in the documents and drawings they prepare when these are submitted to Ontario's
electronic land registry system.
When both parties have everything that they need one of the lawyers will register the deed and any associated mortgage on title through the province's
electronic land registry system.
Keatley Surveying Ltd. brought the action in 2007 on behalf of Ontario land surveyors against Teranet, which operates the province's
electronic land registry system.
[2] The Respondent manages Ontario's
electronic land registry system.
Not exact matches
When plans of survey are registered and deposited in the provincial
land registry offices in Ontario, the Respondent makes
electronic copies of the plans and sells them for a fee.
These are special trust accounts you set up to authorize Teranet to withdraw the registration fees and
land transfer tax for
electronic registrations in Ontario's
land registry system.
The conversion of almost all properties from the
registry system to the
land titles system for electronic registration has brought a sea change in the importance of the Ontario Land Titles
land titles system for
electronic registration has brought a sea change in the importance of the Ontario
Land Titles
Land Titles Act.
For
electronic registration, the Ontario government converted about 5 million properties from
registry to
land titles.