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Consultations and Discussions
Guidelines for formal client consultations
These guidelines highlight the mechanism and process CIPO adopts when conducting these types of consultations. Read more about the topics and how you will be able to participate in upcoming consultations.
Current and Upcoming Consultations
| Product Line | Consultation | Subject | Open Date | Closing Date |
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| Industrial Designs | Industrial Design Information Open for Public Inspection | Information Open for Public Inspection. | February 19th, 2010 | April 19th, 2010 |
| Trade-marks | Professional Designation and Abbreviations, Acronyms or Initials |
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Consultation is now closed. Comments will be posted shortly. |
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| Trade-marks | Proposal to amend the Trade-marks Act | Proposal to amend the Trade-marks Act to more closely align it with modern business practices and international standards. | Consultation is now closed. Comments will be posted shortly. |
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| Timber Marking (Copyright and Industrial Design Branch) | Proposal to repeal the Timber Marking Act and Rules | Proposal to repeal the Timber Marking Act and Rules. This would modernize the IP administrative framework by eliminating an obsolete piece of legislation. | Consultation is now closed. See comments received. |
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| Patents | Proposed changes to Manual of Patent Office Practice Chapter 9: Description | Providing more detailed guidance regarding the requirements for a correct and full description of an invention, and to reflect recent jurisprudence | Consultation is now closed. See comments received. |
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| Trade-marks | Use and registration abroad | Processing of applications containing an incomplete 16(2) claim. | Consultation is now closed. See comments received. |
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| Industrial Designs | Extension of Time | Grant one extension of time of 6 months from the expiration date of the specified time limit to respond to a report. | Consultation is now closed. See comments received. |
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| Trade-marks | Extensions of Time in Examination | Generally grant only one (1) request for a maximum six (6) month extension of time to file a response to an examiner's report. | Consultation is now closed. Comments will be posted shortly. |
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| Patents (Patent Appeal Board) | Proposed amendments to the Patent Rules: Post-Final Action Procedures | Proposed changes include:
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Consultation is now closed. See comments received. |
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| Patents (Patent Appeal Board) | Proposed amendments to the Patent Rules and Trade-Marks Regulations: Patent and Trade-Marks Agents | Proposed changes include:
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Consultation is now closed. See comments received. |
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Reporting on Past Consultations and Discussions
- Patents: Proposed changes to Manual of Patent Office Practice Chapter 12: Subject-Matter and Utility and Chapter 13: Examination of Applications
- Regulatory Affairs: Proposed changes to the communications provisions under the Patent Rules and the correspondence provisions under the Trade-marks Regulations, the Industrial Design Regulations, the Copyright Regulations, and the Integrated Circuit Topography Regulations
- Proposed changes affecting (1) the deadline for responding to examination reports, (2) transfer procedures and (3) courtesy letters
- Patent: Proposed Practice Notice on Obviousness
- Proposed Changes to the Practice in Section 45 Proceedings
- Trade marks: Proposed changes to the practice of publishing future practice notices
- Proposed Amendments to the Patent Rules: Package 2
- Proposed Amendments to the Patent Rules: Package 1
- Proposed Practice Notice on "Title of Invention"
- Results of CIPO's National Client Satisfaction Survey 2008 [01/12/09]
- Practice in Trade-mark Opposition Proceedings [12/17/08]
- An Overview of the Results from the Focus Groups of Intellectual Property Agents [04/28/08]
