This post was originally published March 18, 2020 and was
updated on July 16, 2020.
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office
("CIPO") announced a further blanket extension of all
deadlines fixed under the Trademarks Act, the Patent
Act, and the Industrial Design Act:
all deadlines falling between March 16 and August 9
have been effectively extended to August 10,
2020.
Update
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office ("CIPO") has
taken further action to accommodate COVID-19 related delays and
interruptions to businesses. On July 15, 2020, CIPO announced
another blanket extension of all deadlines fixed under the
Trademarks Act, the Patent Act, and the
Industrial Design Act, such that all deadlines falling
between March 16 and August 7 (inclusively) have been
automatically extended to the next regular CIPO business
day. (Deadlines falling on August 8 and 9 are
already effectively extended to August 10, under current CIPO
practice, so no additional
