E-Services Now Available in Canadian Trademark Oppositions
In a follow up to an earlier post, the Canadian Trademarks Opposition Board ("TMOB") has enabled e-services to file Statements of Opposition and to submit requests for extensions of time. In each case, these submissions can be made by following this link and selecting from the available "E-Services".
The TMOB has suggested that this approach will allow for faster processsing of documents and immediate confirmation that submissions have been received while providing assurance that prescribed fees have been paid in full at the time of filing. Hopefully this is only the first step in modernize workflows at the Trademarks Branch and TMOB and we will soon have the ability to file Counter-Statements, evidentiary submissions and written arguments in the same manner while also providing electronic access to the complete record of files as is the case at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (see Trademark Trial and Appeal Board).
