CIPO has confirmed that most deadlines for patents, trademarks and industrial designs falling between March 16 – August 9, 2020 will now be extended to August 10, 2020. This is a follow-up to CIPO’s series of previous announcements that deadlines falling between March 16 – July 19, 2020 would be extended to July 20, 2020. There continue to be indications that this may be the last of these extensions, but CIPO is still advising that it is possible that the deadline could be further extended. We understand that CIPO is committed to giving the profession a minimum of two weeks’ notice if the deadline willRead More →

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has announced the implementation of a pilot program to allow accelerated examination of patent applications at no extra charge for inventions related to medical products and processes that support the response to COVID-19. The invention must be subject to a Health Canada approval process. The pilot program is available for small entity applicants, which are universities or businesses employing 50 or fewer employees, and is limited to 50 applications. For more information about the pilot program or other options for accelerated examination of a patent application with CIPO, please contact any of the members of our Patent Practice Group.Read More →