Practice Notices - Alphabetical listing

These practice notices are intended to provide guidance on current practices and interpretation of relevant legislation.

Note: In the event of any inconsistency between these notices and the applicable legislation, the legislation must be followed.

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• Agent / Representative for Service Procedures

  1997-05-21
• Amendments Applied by Trade-marks Assignment Section

  1995-03-15
• Amendments to Trade-mark Applications

  1995-03-15
• Amendments to Trade-mark Applications Requested Prior to Examination

  2010-12-22
• Amendments under Subsection 40(3)

  1994-02-23
• Canada Accedes to the Latest Text of the Paris Convention

  1996-05-08
• Certification Marks

  1974-09-18
• Certification Marks - Compliance with Paragraph 30(f)

  1998-07-15
• Change in Basis of an Application from Reliance upon Proposed Use (Section 16(3)) to Reliance upon Registration and Use Abroad (Section 16(2)) after Advertisement or Allowance

  1985-01-02
• Colour Claims: Pantone

  2010-12-22
• Compliance with Paragraph 30(a) of the Trade-marks Act - Pharmaceuticals

  2003-08-06
• Compliance with Paragraph 30(a) - Containers

  1999-09-01
• Compliance with Section 4 and Paragraph 30(a) Advertising, Marketing and Promotional Services

  1999-09-01
• Compliance with Section 30(a) - Beverages - Telecommunication Equipment and Telecommunication Services

  1998-07-15
• Compliance with Paragraph 30(a) — Wine and beer

  2006-08-09
• Compliance with Paragraph 30(h) - Marks in a Special Form

  1999-03-10
• Compliance with Section 30(a) - Programs - Data Transmission Services

  1999-04-14
• Compliance with Section 30(a) - Training Apparatus

  1999-04-14
• Correspondence Procedures

  2012-05-15
• Declaration of Use - Significant Substantive Reasons

  1998-02-04
• Descriptiveness and abbreviations, acronyms or initials

  2010-10-26
• Descriptiveness and Terms Such as .com, .ca, .fr, .uk & .us

  1999-09-01
• Disclaimers

  2007-08-15
• Disclaimer Practice: Section 34

  1982-10-27
• Discontinuance of courtesy letters for co-pending confusing trade-marks

  2009-06-17
• Electronic Indices

  1999-06-02
• Electronic Register

  1997-05-21
• Electronic Trade-marks Journal

  2003-04-23
• Entitlement - Confusing Marks

  2001-03-07
• Entitlement - Confusing Marks

  2005-05-19
• Extension Fee

  1999-03-10
• Extension of the deadline for responding to examination reports

  2009-06-17
• Extensions of Time in Examination

  2010-01-11
• Extensions of Time to File a Declaration of Use

  1998-07-15
• Fee Payment: General Authorization to Charge a Deficiency

  2009-04-20
• Fee Payment Practice of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office

  2009-04-20
• Improving Data Quality - Trade-mark Applications

  2000-10-04
• Intellectual Property Law Improvement Act - Licences

  1993-09-08
• Intellectual Property Law Improvement Act - Registered User

  1993-09-08
• Intervention by Third Parties Prior to Advertisement

  1984-10-17
• Limited Partnerships Can Be Entered on the Register of Agents and on the List of Trade-mark Agents

  2005-10-26
• List of Trade-mark Agents & Register of Patent Agents

  2011-01-21
• New Administrative Policy with Respect to Licences

  1996-04-24
• New Procedures - Compliance with Paragraph 30(a)

  2001-05-09
• No time limit to respond to correspondence from the Trade-marks Office with respect to transfers

  2009-08-13
• Notice - Specific Date of First Use

  1982-02-10
• Notice: Trade-marks Index

  2000-04-26
• Notice of Allowance Reminder

  1998-02-04
• Official Marks pursuant Sub-paragraph 9(1)(n)(iii)

  2007-08-22
• Official Notice : Payment of Fees

  2001-09-24
• Paragraph 12 (1)(a) of the Act - Name or Surname

  2000-08-16
• Paragraph 12(1)(b): "Sounded" Test Applied to Composite Marks Which Include Words That Are the Dominant Feature of the Mark

  2005-02-16
• Partial Declaration of Use - Wares / Services

  1991-08-07
• Partnerships

  1989-07-19
• Partnerships and Joint Ventures

  1985-01-02
• Practice in Trade-mark Opposition Proceedings

  2009-03-31
• Practice Notice - Corrections

  2002-11-06
• Priority Claims

  2010-09-02
• Procedures at Time of Filing

  1999-03-10
• Professional Designations and their initials — Paragraph 12(1)(b) of the Trade-marks Act

  2010-10-26
• Prohibited marks on the Canadian Trade-marks Database

  2011-12-14
• Proof Sheets Attached to Filing Acknowledgements

  1995-03-15
• Publishing of Practice Notices

  2009-05-20
• Proper Response

  1975-03-05
• Reformatted and Revised Wares and Services Manual

  2009-10-06
• Registrar May Receive Electronic Correspondence

  1999-07-21
• Registrar May Receive Electronic Correspondence

  2001-11-21
• Registrar May Receive Electronic Correspondence

  2002-01-09
• Registrar May Receive Electronic Correspondence

  2003-04-09
• Requests for Expedited Examination

  2013-06-14
• Revised Response Periods to Examiners' Reports

  1995-03-15
• Section 45 Proceedings

  2009-09-14
• Security Agreements

  1987-04-08
• Service of Documents on the Registrar of Trade-marks

  2008-01-23
• Standard Characters

  2010-10-26
• Statutory Holidays

  2010-01-21
• Stay of Proceedings (Where the Applicant Is Entitled)

  1985-01-02
• Subsection 16(2) Claims - New Administrative Policy

  1993-11-03
• Telephone & Radio Communication Compliance with Paragraph 30(a)

  1999-04-14
• Three-dimensional Marks

  2000-12-06
• The Trade-marks Examination Manual and the Wares/services Manual

  2002-10-23
• Trade-mark Agent Examination

  2011-06-06
• Trade-mark consisting of a sound

  2012-03-28
• Trade-marks Journal Is Now Available Online

  2000-07-12
• Trade-marks Office Requirements with Respect to Section 12(2) Evidence

  1985-01-02
• Trade-marks Practice Notice regarding "persons"

  2010-06-03
• Transfers and/or Change of Name

  2001-12-05
• Vienna Classification Now in Use for Canadian Trade-marks

  2003-03-19

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