The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) recently announced a shift in its practice regarding industrial designs applied to buildings or structures. This change promises notable implications for the field of industrial design. Previous Stance Previously, the Industrial Design Office (the Office) did not allow registration of designs applied to buildings or structures. The...
In 2024, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) implemented a significant change to the fee structure for Industrial Design applications. Along with this fee increase, there has also been a change associated with additional visual representations in an application, marking a departure from the previous page-based fee structure. This article...
This is to advise of some significant changes to the Canadian Intellectual Property regulations. These regulations pertain to the Patent Rules, Trademark Regulations, Industrial Design Regulations, and Copyright Regulations. Amendments to these Rules were registered on June 1st. They incorporate government fee increases of approximately 25%, as well as an expansion...
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...
A business corporation may not have the resources to hire in-house one or more corporate patent or trademark agents to meet their patent needs, but may still require the cost effective value that an in-house patent/trademark agent brings to a business' strategic plan. In such instances a virtual in-house corporate...
