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The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot agreement between the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) has proven very successful. By the end of September 2017, the EPO had received a total of 102 requests under the trial: 64 based on Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) work products and 38 based on national work products. By the same date, CIPO had received a total of 406 requests: 325 based on PCT work products and 81 based on regional work products.
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The Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI) will be joining the Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH) pilot program as of January 6, 2018. The VPI is an intergovernmental organization for cooperation in the field of patents. It was established by the four Visegrad countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Republic of Poland and the Slovak Republic. The VPI is an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). There are now 25 patent offices, including Canada’s, that are participating in the GPPH.
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The Government of Canada is conducting public consultations on proposed amendments to the Industrial Design Regulations (the Regulations) through the Canada Gazette, Part I. The period for public comment is 30 days, between December 9, 2017 and January 8, 2018.
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The Government of Canada is moving to modernize Canada’s intellectual property (IP) regime and join five international IP treaties: the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (the Hague Agreement); the Patent Law Treaty; and for trademarks, the Madrid Protocol, the Singapore Treaty and the Nice Agreement.
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The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has released its latest intellectual property (IP) analytics report entitled Patented Inventions in Climate Change Mitigation Technologies. The report examines patented inventions of Canadian researchers and businesses in the area of climate change mitigation technologies.
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The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) released its 2017–2022 Business Strategy illustrating the organization’s vision for the next five years and laying out the strategic objectives it will pursue.
