On March 27, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
announced a further extension and now all deadlines falling between
March 16 and April 30 have been automatically extended until May 1,
2020.
On
March 17 , we reported on some of the precautionary
measures being taken by CIPO. At the time, the main announcement
was that all deadlines falling between March 16 and March 31 would
be automatically extended to April 1, 2020. It was also announced
that further extensions were possible and CIPO has now officially
extended all deadlines falling between March 16 and April 30, 2020
to May 1, 2020.
CIPO does, however, remain open for business. As we noted in our
report of
March 24 , it is as important as ever to have new
trademark applications filed expeditiously, especially when filing
via Madrid.
