In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Intellectual
Property Office (CIPO) has advised that any deadlines fixed under
the Patent Act, Trademarks Act and Industrial Design
Act in the period of time beginning on March 16, 2020, and
ending on July 3, 2020, inclusive, are effectively extended until
July 6, 2020. This is the combined effect of CIPO's earlier
announcements that dealt with such deadlines that fell during the
period of March 16, 2020 to June 12, 2020, and CIPO's June 9,
2020 announcement that likewise dealt with the period of June 15,
2020 to July 3, 2020.
CIPO has recently confirmed that the effect of designating
"the days falling between March 16 and July 3, ... pursuant to
section 66 of the Trademarks Act" is that any deadlines set in
the Trademarks Act, Trademarks Regulations or imposed by
the Registrar in a proceeding before the Trademarks Opposition
Board that fall within the same period now fall on July 6, 2020.
Additionally, for
