On July 3, 2021, the Canadian government published proposed amendments to the Canadian Patent Rules in Part 1 of the Canada Gazette. The proposals are part of a broader effort to meet Canada’s patent term adjustment obligations under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement. The following proposals are intended to streamline the patent examination process: Request for [...]
Innovative companies love being on the leading edge in their fields, but timing your business launch is crucial if you want to stay in the lead. Not getting there soon enough can be problematic, not only from an innovative perspective, but also from a revenue perspective. There is an internal battle between the product designers and [...]
In honour of Canada’s 150th, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has announced a commemorative design to appear on its certificates issued in 2017. The commemorative nature of these certificates will have no impact on the substantive rights found in the underlying registration and are solely cosmetic in nature. Contact Andrews Robichaud to apply to [...]
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has announced it has updated the trade-marks Goods and Services Manual to reflect the issuance of the 11th edition of the Nice Classification by the World Intellectual Property Office. While adherence to the Nice Classification is not currently mandatory in Canada, its adoption has completed the legislative process and [...]
