Annual Technical Report 2012 on Trademark Information Activities submitted by Canada (CWS/ATR/TM/2012/CA)
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I. Evolution of registration activities
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2011-2012 CIPO Client Service Commitments
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Annual Reports 2011-2012 – Supplementary tables
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II. Matters concerning the generation, reproduction, and distribution of secondary sources of trademark information, i.e., trademark gazettes
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The Trade-marks Branch utilizes an end-to-end trade-mark processing system, INTREPID II, and the system became fully operational in November 1996. INTREPID II operates in a client/server environment. All trade-mark employees have access to the system via an internal, Local Area Network (LAN). The system contains bibliographic trade-mark data dating from the beginning of Canada's trade-mark management system in 1864, including pending and registered trade-marks, trade-mark designs, outgoing correspondence and trade-mark notices. INTREPID II is used within the office to manage the overall trade-mark process, including examination, opposition, assignments and renewals, and is able to make process decisions automatically. The system supports such specific office processes as preparing correspondence, updating information, preparing and transmitting notices electronically.
In July 1999, an electronic trade-mark application filing component was added to allow a client to file their trade-mark application electronically over the Internet. The e-services are continuously expanding: Trade-mark Renewals, the payment of the Registration Fee, submission of a Declaration of Use and request for an Extension of Time to submit a Declaration of Use can be performed electronically over the Internet. The most recent additions are the Trade-marks Opposition Board e-services, introducing to their clients electronic filing of requests for extensions of time and statements of opposition. These e-services were made available July 2010. For all client front-ends, the information is checked for completeness, is transferred to the Branch via the Internet and is automatically loaded into the INTREPID II system where an electronic acknowledgement (in PDF) is emailed back to the client.
Other trade-mark automation initiatives in the area of E-Services being considered are:
Additional electronic bi-directional transactions such as Office initiated correspondence including examiner’s reports, as well as requesting an extension of time to respond to an examiner’s office action etc. will be added over the next 2 years. CIPO is also investigating upgrading its existing trade-mark e-services transactions into a standard XML format.
External databases
CIPO uses a Web based search system from On-Scope for trade-mark searches. As well, CIPO provides its trade-mark data to other commercial databases for external client use.
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X. Other relevant matters