As
reported, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
("CIPO") announced that March 16th, 2020 to March 31st,
2020 inclusive would be considered "designated days"
under the applicable Canadian intellectual property legislation;
the time to respond to certain CIPO actions therefore was extended
to April 1st.
CIPO has now announced that April 1st, 2020 to April 30th,
2020 inclusive will also be considered "designated days".
This designation is in addition to the previous designation noted
above. This means that if a CIPO deadline under the Patent Act,
Trademarks Act and/or Industrial Design Act falls on any of these
additional designated days, the time period to respond may now be
extended to the next business day (e.g. May 1st, 2020).
