ARCHIVED - Consultations and Discussions

2011

• List of trade-mark agents and register of patent agents

2010

• Proposed Practice Notice on corrections of assignment-related information on Patent Office and Industrial Design Office records
• Document Retention and Disposal
• Non-traditional marks
• Consultation: Subsection 19(4) of the Patent Act
• Expedited examination of patent applications related to green technology
• Trade-marks Opposition Board - Pre-Consultation Notice - Proposed Amendments to the Trade-marks Regulations
• Pre-Consultation Notice - CIPO Fee Review
• Trade-marks - "Person" within meaning of Section 2;
• Trade-marks - Description of colour claims;
• Trade-marks - Opposition Deemed Withdrawn, Application Deemed Abandoned.
• Proposal to repeal the Timber Marking Act and Rules
• Proposed changes to Manual of Patent Office Practice Chapter 9: Description
• An Overview of the Results from the Focus Groups of Intellectual Property Agents

2009

• Professional Designation and Abbreviations, acronyms or Initials
• Proposal to amend the Trade-marks Act
• Patents: Proposed Practice Notice on Obviousness
• Results of CIPO's National Client Satisfaction Survey 2008