What's New

• Annual Report 2010-2011

  [2012-05-16] CIPO's 2010-2011 Annual Report was tabled in the House of Commons on May 11, 2012. It discusses CIPO's operating environment and how we successfully navigated through a period of fragile economic recovery.

• Closure of CIPO’s designated establishment in Halifax, effective May 15, 2012

  [2012-05-09] Changes to designated establishments

• Change to hours in CIPO's designated establishments, effective May 1, 2012

  [2012-04-30] Changes to designated establishments

• New email delivery option for ordering patent documents

  [2012-04-24] CIPO's latest e-service improvement allows receiving patent documents by email.

• Save time with CIPO’s new E-Service for Payment of ID Maintenance Fees

  [2012-04-03] an article that promote new E-Service for Payment of ID Maintenance Fees

• Changes to online patent application filing system

  [2012-03-30] Information about the online patent application system

• Trade-marks Opposition Board is moving – new Hearing Room

  [2012-03-22] A page informing clients of TMOB's new Hearing Room

• Maintenance Fees payment system update

  [2012-03-21] Maintenance Fees payment system update

• Official Correspondence Procedures

  [2012-02-20] Instructions concerning the submission of financial information to CIPO

• New PPH Pilot Project Agreement between CIPO and UKIPO

  [2012-01-31] announcement of the CIPO-UKIPO PPH Pilot Project

• Update to the Wares and Services Manual and User Guide

  [2011-11-25] Amendments to the Trade-mark Wares and Services Manual and User Guide

• CIPO and the Instituto Nacional da PI (INPI) from Brazil signed a Memorandum of Understanding

  [2011-05-11] CIPO and the Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) from Brazil recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase cooperation between the Offices.

• Legal provisions to assist applicants affected by the natural disasters in Japan

  [2011-04-01] The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) would like to remind applicants who were affected by the natural disasters that have hit Japan recently of the legal provisions which may be available to them to minimize the loss of rights.

• Deposit account fee payments for international patent applications filed online using PCT SAFE

  [2011-02-23] Deposit account fee payments for international patent applications filed online using PCT SAFE