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Use and Registration Abroad

s. 16(2) Trade-marks Act

Consultation Updates

January 20 2010

All comments received during this consultation have been considered. The Office will not go forward with the practice notice entitled Use and Registration abroad.

December 18, 2009

Consultation comments received:

Please note that comments are in the language in which they were submitted to CIPO.

November 16, 2009

Consultation is now closed. Comments will be posted shortly

Consultation Period

Consultation period: September 16 to November 15, 2009

Consultation and Discussion

As part of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office's (CIPO) commitment to provide quality and timely intellectual property rights, the Trade-marks Office requests your participation in a consultation on the processing of applications containing incomplete 16(2) claims.

For more information, your attention is directed to the following proposed practice notice entitled Use and Registration Abroad (s. 16(2) Trade-marks Act)

All comments submitted will be reviewed and taken into consideration prior to being posted on our website following the consultation period. Your comments are appreciated and will add value to the process of finalizing our practice notice. Please note that all comments will be kept online for three (3) months from the date of posting.

Should you wish to provide comments, please submit them by November 15th, 2009 by email to Iyana.Goyette@ic.gc.ca, by fax at 819-953-CIPO (819-953-2476), or by regular mail to the following address:

Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Trade-marks Branch
Attention: Iyana Goyette
50 Victoria Street
Place du Portage II
Gatineau QC K1A 0C9

Thank you for your participation and interest in this matter.

Lisa Power
Director
Trade-marks Branch

Date Modified: 2010-01-20

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