Canada
Amended Canadian Patent Rules Effective
By AWA | Posted on December 20, 2019
On October 30, 2019, amendments to the Rules Respecting the Patent Act (Rules) and the Patent Act (Act) became effective in Canada. The amendments have far-reaching impacts on Canadian patent practice in terms of filing and prosecution. PCT – National Phase Previously, a PCT application could enter the national phase in Canada within 42 months...
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Revisions to Canadian Trademark Act
By AWA | Posted on November 6, 2014
Earlier this year Canada’s government proposed Canada major changes to the Canadian Trademark Act and in June the bill (C-31) received royal assent. The changes enable Canada, as one of the last (if not the last) western industrialized countries, to accede to the Madrid Protocol, Nice Agreement and the Singapore Treaty. Some of the most...
Tags: Canada, Madrid Protocol, Nice Agreement, Singapore Treaty, trademarks
Patent Prosecution Highway – MOTTAINAI: Ease of requirements
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on September 16, 2011
During the summer of 2011 the first steps in the process of simplifying requesting accelerated prosecution of patent applications using the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) have been taken. Likewise, the number of PPH-agreements has increased, introducing new possibilities for accelerated prosecution, some of which are particularly relevant to our Scandinavian clients. New Patent Prosecution Highway...
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