CIPO Consultation on Industrial Designs
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (the "CIPO") is seeking public comment on the availability of additional information concerning the Industrial Designs Register.
At present, information concerning industrial design cases available via the CIPO website is restricted to basic information relating to registered cases (i.e. registration no., title, owner, etc.). Accordingly, as an initiative to modernize service delivery the Industrial Design Office is considering offering additional information via the website. Specifically, the CIPO has requested that interested parties advise as to:
- what information about industrial designs do you consider useful and/or necessary to have access to in order to conduct business? Why?; and
- whether the information that is made open to public inspection should relate only to registered industrial designs, or also to industrial designs prior to registration? Why?
The deadline to respond to this request for input is April 19, 2010 by email to the attention of Rita Carreau at: Dessins-Industriels-Industrial-Designs@ic.gc.ca, by fax at 819-953-CIPO (819-953-2476), or by regular mail.
