CIPO Pandemic Response: Update July 6, 2020*

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has now updated its Service and Website Interruptions page to inform the public of new deadline extensions in response to the ongoing health crisis.

Deadline Extensions

We reported in previous alerts that CIPO had extended certain deadlines falling between March 16, 2020 and July 3, 2020 to July 6, 2020.

CIPO has now announced that these deadlines, as well as any deadlines falling between July 6 and July 17, are extended to July 20, 2020.

We recommend that, where possible, clients should aim to meet the original deadlines.  However, please contact us promptly if there has been a missed deadline, or if you have any questions or concerns at all about deadlines and how these changes might affect your applications, so that we can assist.

* This is an update to our previous alerts on this topic, which are found here:

• CIPO Pandemic Response: Update June 15, 2020
• CIPO Pandemic Response: Update June 1, 2020
• CIPO Pandemic Response: Update May 15, 2020
• CIPO Pandemic Response: Update April 28, 2020
• CIPO Pandemic Response and Canada’s New Compulsory Patent Licensing Provisions

Please Note: These materials do not constitute legal or medical advice. Government initiatives, announcements, and regulations in response to the COVID-19 situation continue to evolve and change frequently.