Practice Notice: Registrar May Receive Electronic Correspondence, Publication Date: 2002-01-09
Registrar May Receive Electronic Correspondence
Publication Date: 2002-01-09
Subsections 3(6) to (9) of the Trade-marks Regulations (1996) provide the basis on which documents may be sent to the Registrar electronically and the day on which such documents are considered to be received by the Registrar:
3(6) Correspondence addressed to the Registrar may be sent at any time by electronic or other means of transmission specified in the Journal.
3(7) For the purposes of subsection (6), where, according to the local time of the place where the Office of the Registrar of Trade-marks is located, the correspondence is delivered on a day when the Office is open for business, it shall be considered to be received by the Registrar on that day.
3(8) For the purposes of subsection (6), where, according to the local time of the place where the Office of the Registrar of Trade-marks is located, the correspondence is delivered on a day when the Office is closed for business, it shall be considered to be received by the Registrar on the day when the Office is next open for business.
3(9) Subsection (6) does not apply to the following:
- evidence submitted pursuant to subsection 11.13(5) of the Act;
- evidence submitted pursuant to subsection 38(7) of the Act; and
- an affidavit or a statutory declaration furnished pursuant to subsection 45(1) of the Act.
Effective January 9, 2002, a request to enter a name on the list of trade-mark agents and the renewal of a trade-mark agent may be completed on line.
In accordance with subsection 3(6) of the Trade-marks Regulations (1996), a request to enter a name on the list of trade-mark agents and the renewal of a trade-mark agent may be completed on line and submitted electronically via the CIPO web site, http://cipo.gc.ca. Such correspondence will be considered to be received by the Registrar on the day that it is submitted if received before midnight, local time at the Trade-marks Office in Hull. When the Trade-marks Office is closed for business, correspondence submitted electronically on that day will be considered to be received on the next working day.
The electronic message returned to you following your submission will constitute notification that the Office has in fact received the correspondence.
The electronic submission of such correspondence constitutes the original, therefore a duplicate paper copy should not be forwarded.
Inquiries should be forwarded to the
Client Service Centree
Canadian Intellectual Property Officee
Phone: (819) 997-1936
Fax: (819) 953-7620
E-mail: cipo.contact@ic.gc.ca