Conducting a trademark search prior to filing a trademark application can be beneficial but it is important to weight out the pros and the cons. You can read about the pros & con for making a trademark search prior to filing a trademark application by clicking here to go to...
Pros for filing US provisional patent application: Low cost: Provisional patent applications are generally less expensive to prepare and file than non-provisional patent applications. Quicker filing: If time is a factor to file a patent application, Provisional patent applications can be filed faster than non-provisional patent applications, as they require...
Benjamin Moore & Co. appealed the decisions made by the Commissioner of Patents on CA 2,695,130 & CA 2,695,146 that the claims for these applications do not comprise patentable subject matter, under section 2 of the Patent Act, as the Commissioner determined the essential elements of each invention constituted a...
Amendments to the Canadian Patent Rules to Introduce Excess Claim Fees and Request for Continued Examination (RCEs) Coming into Force October 3, 2022 Amendments to the Canadian Patent Rules were registered on June 2, 2022. Amendments relating to sequence listings come into force on July 1, 2022 while all other rule...
Patent Rule amendments were published July 3, 2021 in the Canada Gazette to streamline the patent examination process allowing Canada to implement the patent term adjustment obligation set out in the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). (For more information and a detailed list of the changes please see the Canada Gazette,...
Being a patent agent is challenging, becoming one is even more! One of our Patent Agents, Peng Li, has compiled statistics regarding the pass rate for the patent agent exams in Canada, China and the U.S.A. Undoubtedly, the Canadian patent agent Examination is the most brutal one. There is a surprisingly...
Tackle the pandemic together with CIPO In addition to the existing options to expedite examination of patent applications, CIPO just announced a pilot process allowing accelerated examination of patent applications related to COVID-19 under certain conditions. For more information visit: http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr04811.html Published by Mr. Peng Li – Registered Canadian Patent Agent
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...
