Are today’s IP Management Tools delivering what today’s firms need?
Joanne O'Brien2025-10-22T13:31:59+00:00See the following article written by Shauna Paul of MacRae & Co.: https://ficpi.org/blog/analysing-results-pmcs-ip-management-tools-survey
Patents – Patent Term Adjustment Effective January 1, 2025
Joanne O'Brien2025-04-09T13:01:39+00:00CIPO’s Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) System The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is set to introduce its Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) system on January 1, 2025. This system is designed to compensate for unreasonable delays caused by CIPO in granting patents. Following Canada’s obligations under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the PTA system ensures compliance [...]
Intellectual Property Scams
Joanne O'Brien2024-12-12T21:00:13+00:00Be alert – Intellectual Property scams are on the rise! This article describes Intellectual Property (IP) scams, such as trademark scams, presents examples, and outlines protective steps to counter them. Scammers use fake trademark or patent notices, threatening language, and illegitimate demands for fee payment to trick owners into paying unnecessary fees or providing sensitive, [...]
Patents – Small Entity Definition Change Effective January 1, 2024
Joanne O'Brien2024-02-14T17:11:46+00:00The definition of small entity changed on January 1, 2024 to include entities with fewer than 100 employees, rather than 50 or fewer employees under the old rules. Applicants who were previously considered standard entities under the old rules and qualify as a small entity under the new rules, with fewer than 100 employees as [...]
Industrial Designs – Fee Increases coming January 1, 2024
Joanne O'Brien2024-02-14T16:59:33+00:00GOVERNMENT FEE INCREASES – January 1, 2024 It has been nearly 20 years since the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) substantially changed government fees. As all things become due with time, the government has initiated a plan to increase fees by approximately 25% effective January 1, 2024. The exact amount of the fee will vary [...]
Trademarks – Fee Increases coming January 1, 2024
Joanne O'Brien2024-02-14T17:00:20+00:00GOVERNMENT FEE INCREASES – January 1, 2024 It has been nearly 20 years since the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) substantially changed government fees. As all things become due with time, the government has initiated a plan to increase fees by approximately 25% effective January 1, 2024. The exact amount of the fee will vary [...]
Patents – Fee Increases & Small Entity Definition Changes coming January 1, 2024
Joanne O'Brien2024-02-14T17:09:45+00:00GOVERNMENT FEE INCREASES – January 1, 2024 It has been nearly 20 years since the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) substantially changed government fees. As all things become due with time, the government has initiated a plan to increase fees by approximately 25% effective January 1, 2024. The exact amount of the fee will vary [...]
Patent
Joanne O'Brien2019-08-30T16:34:37+00:00Recently the Canadian Intellectual Property Office issued an update that the Patent Act and Rules will be changing on October 30, 2019. Further details to follow ...
Trademark Changes Update
Joanne O'Brien2019-08-30T16:20:19+00:00We are now well-into the new trademark regime in Canada! While the changeover has been a very busy time for us and other Canadian IP firms, we are settling into the new system after many webinars, information sessions and a flurry of practice notices issued on June 17th by CIPO. As you may recall, [...]
