News & Analysis as of

Industrial Design Patent Law Treaty

Smart & Biggar

What the amendments to the USMCA mean for Canadian IP law

Smart & Biggar on

On December 10, 2019, Canada, the United States and Mexico signed the Protocol of Amendment to the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States and Canada (commonly referred to as the USMCA). The...more

Smart & Biggar

A long and winding road: Canada nears the end of an ambitious project to modernize patent, trademark and industrial design laws

Smart & Biggar on

On July 30, 2019, Canada acceded to the Patent Law Treaty. This accession marks the near completion of a long and ambitious journey by Canada to modernize its patent, trademark and industrial design laws and to harmonize...more

Smart & Biggar

Quick, Easy, Secure: Canada joins WIPO’s Digital Access Service for industrial design priority documents

Smart & Biggar on

Submitting priority documents for industrial design applications in Canada has just become more efficient! On April 1, 2019, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) continued the modernization of Canada’s industrial...more

Smart & Biggar

USMCA v NAFTA: What’s changed and what it means for IP in Canada

Smart & Biggar on

After more than a year of negotiations, Canada reached a new free-trade agreement with Mexico and the United States minutes before the midnight deadline on September 30, 2018....more

Smart & Biggar

The Date is set: this November Canada implements the Hague Agreement and rolls out a modernized industrial design regime

Smart & Biggar on

On June 27, 2018 the Government of Canada published the new Industrial Design Regulations in the Canada Gazette and set November 5, 2018 as the date on which amendments to the Industrial Design Act and Regulations will come...more

5 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide