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Abandonment
If you fail to prosecute your application, it may be considered abandoned. Before this happens, you will be notified and given an opportunity to correct the situation within a specified time period. If you do not respond within the prescribed time limits, you will have to file a new application (along with the prescribed fee).
Note: Should you fail to notify the Registrar of Trade-marks of a change of address, the Registrar of Trade-marks would not be responsible for any correspondence not received by you, your representative for service, or your agent.
Corresponding with the Office of the Registrar of Trade-marks
Business with the Office of the Registrar of Trade-marks is normally done in writing. All paper correspondence should be addressed to:
- Office of the Registrar of Trade-marks
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office
- Industry Canada
- Place du Portage I
- 50 Victoria Street, Room C-114
- Gatineau QC K1A 0C9
Fax: 1-819-953-CIPO (2476)
Correspondence regarding opposition or summary expungement (section 45) must be clearly marked “Attention: Opposition Proceedings” or “Attention: Section 45 Proceedings”, respectively, and addressed to:
- Trade-marks Opposition Board
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office
- Industry Canada
- Place du Portage I
- 50 Victoria Street
- Gatineau QC K1A 0C9
Fax: 1-819-997-5092
For more information, please visit CIPO's official correspondence procedures.
If you are enquiring about the status of your application and an examiner has not yet been assigned to it, you should contact the Client Service Centre. If your application has been assigned to an examiner, please refer to the contact number found on the report sent to you by that examiner.
Personal interviews with trade-mark examiners can be arranged by appointment. This allows examiners time to review your application before seeing you.
The Registrar of Trade-marks will respond to all general enquiries, but cannot:
- conduct a search of the Canadian Trade-marks Database for you;
- submit documents for registering transfers of ownership; or
- provide legal advice, other than informing you of the Trade-marks Act, the Trade-marks Regulations, and other information that can be obtained via the CIPO and Industry Canada websites.
To find out the status of active opposition or summary expungement files, please consult the Canadian Trade-marks Database.
Electronic services
CIPO's electronic services allow you to:
- file a trade-mark application;
- file a revised application;
- register a trade-mark; and
- renew a registration.
