COVID 19 Update In view of COVID 19, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office [Patent Office, Trademark Office, & Industrial Design Office] has again extended due dates until July 20th, 2020 for all matters before CIPO that have a deadline to take action for the period beginning March 16, 2020 and currently...
CUSMA (NFTA-2) comes into force July 1st 2020! CUSMA, the Canadian, United States and Mexico Agreement (NFTA-2) comes into force tomorrow, July 1st, 2020! Many IP obligations under CUSMA have been ratified through the new Patent Act, Industrial Design Act and Trademarks Act. More changes that will be made through legislative amendments are, for instance: “collective marks”...
COVID 19 Update In view of COVID 19, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office [Patent Office, Trademark Office, & Industrial Design Office] is extending due dates until May 1, 2020 for all matters before CIPO that have a deadline to take action for the period beginning March 16, 2020 and currently ending...
Canadian Patent Blog: New Patent Rules The new Patent Rules were recently published and the long awaited amendments to the Canadian Patent Act are scheduled to come into force on October 30, 2019. These changes to the Patent Rules and Patent Act will substantially alter Canadian practice. A few of these changes...
Canadian Trademarks Update: Madrid Protocol, the Singapore Treaty and the Nice Agreement In accordance with new Canadian trademark laws, today the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) announced that the Madrid Protocol, the Singapore Treaty and the Nice Agreement have now come into force for Canada. These changes give Canadian businesses access...
The new Trademarks Act in Canada comes into effect in 2 weeks, on June 17, 2019. Please see our post of February 22 for an outline of some of the changes. As a reminder, in regards to fees, it is important to note that there will be a separate fee charged...
The new Canadian Trademarks Act and Rules come into force in Canada on June 17, 2019. The following is a highlight of changes in the law coming into force (CIF). The filing basis for applications has been eliminated. Accordingly there is no longer the need to specify the basis for...
The Canadian Government has recently released the date that the changes to the Trade-Mark Act will be implemented. These changes are expected to come into force on June 17th, 2019. A few of the many changes include: Simplified trademark applications New and pending applications will no longer require a declaration of...
On October 29th Bill C-86, purposing changes to the Patents Act and Trade-marks Act, was tabled in the House of Commons. Some of the purposed changes to the Patent Act include: Providing rights to the Governor in Council to regulate standard essential patents (patents related to technology that needs to comply...
As of today, November 5, 2018, the changes the Industrial Design Act and Rules have come into force bringing the Industrial Design Act and Rules into alignment with the Hague System. The Hague System enables design patents to be filed and managed in multiple countries via one application. Some key...
