"Persons", Description of Colour Claims and Opposition Deemed Withdrawn, Application Deemed Abandoned

• Consultation Updates
• Consultation Period
• Consultation and Discussion
• New Practice Notice - "Persons"

Consultation Updates

January 6^th, 2011

All comments received during this consultation have been considered. The Office will not go forward with the practice notice entitled Opposition Deemed Withdrawn, Application Deemed Abandoned.

September 2^nd, 2010

All comments received during this consultation have been considered. The Office will not go forward with the practice notice entitled Description of colour claims.

June 10, 2010

Consultation comments reveived:

• IPIC (letter) (PDF - 256 KB - 1 page)
• IPIC - memoir (PDF - 296 KB - 6 pages)
• Keyser Mason Ball LLP (PDF - 21 KB - 2 pages)
• Smart & Biggar / Fertherstonhaugh (PDF - 22 KB - 2 pages)
• The Canadian Bar Association (PDF - 354 KB - 3 pages)

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

Thursday June 3^rd 2010

All comments received during this consultation have been considered, and a final Practice Notice has been completed concerning the “Persons”.

See the Resulting Practice Notice

Consultation period

Consultation period: April 20^th, 2010 to May 20^th, 2010

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 Branch is requesting your participation in a consultation on three (3) proposed practice notices.  These are intended to clarify the Trade-marks Office practice regarding the confirmation of a “person” as defined in Section 2 of the Trade-marks Act, the requirements regarding the description of colour claims as well as advising of a change in practice regarding an opposition deemed withdrawn and an application deemed abandoned in opposition and clarifying the practice regarding an application deemed abandoned for failure to file a Declaration of Use.

For more details on the suggested changes, your attention is directed to the proposed practice notices entitled “Persons”, Description of Colour Claims and Opposition Deemed Withdrawn, Application Deemed Abandoned.

Any comments you may wish to submit will be reviewed during the consultation period and will be considered prior to being posted on this website. Your comments are appreciated and will add value to the process of finalizing our practice notice. Please note that all comments will be retained online for three (3) months from the date of posting.

For consideration, please provide your comments by May 20^th, 2010.  They may be sent by email to Stephanie.Golden@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
• 50 Victoria Street,
• Place du Portage II
• Gatineau, QC K1A 0C9

Attention: Stephanie Golden

Thank you for your participation and interest in this matter.