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Canadian Patent Office Maintenance Fee Notice Delays – Potential for Immediate Due Dates
POTENTIAL FOR IMMEDIATE DUE DATES AS A RESULT OF CANADIAN PATENT OFFICE DELAYS IN PROVIDING PATENT MAINTENANCE FEE NOTICES…
Patent Updates
DELAYS IN RECEIVING PATENT OFFICE MAINTENANCE FEE NOTIFICATIONS APPROACH TWELVE (12) MONTHS.
Canada Post Notice
Effective 23 May 2025, there is a threatened national postal service interruption due to a potential strike by Canada Post. It is possible that mail delivered will be suspended at any time until…
UPDATES: Canada Post resumes services on 17 December 2024
Canada Post resumes services on 17 December 2024, after the employees were ordered back to work. An industrial inquiry commission was ordered by the government to review and recommend a new way…
UPDATES: Canada Post Notice
Effective November 29, 2024, the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) has temporarily suspended mail to Canada due to the ongoing strike by Canada Post workers. Accordingly, at this time, USPS is not accepting any mail addressed to Canadian addresses, and any mail addressed to a Canadian address that was sent after the strike began on November 15, 2024, will not be delivered until the Canada Post strike is concluded…
Canada Post Notice
Effective November 15, 2024, there is a national postal service interruption due to a strike by Canada Post. During this time, no mail will be delivered until Canada Post has reached a resolution. Please note that this may result in some service delivery delays…
CIPO Announces Corrections to Small Entity Maintenance Fees
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has recently announced that applicable small entity 2nd, 3rd and 4th anniversary patent maintenance fees were incorrectly published on the CIPO website, and in the Patent Office Notices and Payment Letters for each of the calendar years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Previously, CIPO identified…
Canadian Small Entity Criteria Expanded
With effect from 01 January 2024, the Canadian Patent Office has expanded eligibility to claim the Canadian small entity fee reduction to businesses employing ninety-nine (99) or fewer employees.
Under the amended Patent Rules, the Canadian small entity status condition is met if on the Canadian patent application filing date, or in respect of…
Significant Increase in Fees for Patents, Trademarks and Industrial Designs Effective January 1, 2024
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office adjusts government patent, trademark and industrial design fees on an annual basis with a view to reflect inflationary costs. The Office has however announced that…
