Annual Technical Report on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2025 submitted by Canadian Intellectual Property Office - CIPO

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The term "industrial designs" covers industrial designs and models.

Offices which issue design patents should report their design patent information activities in this series of Annual Technical Reports.

I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Canada continues to actively enhance and expand our online service offerings related to industrial design applications/registrations.

II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Canada has continued to expand it’s electronic services offerings and encouraging it’s clients to use these services.  These online services permit our industrial designs clients to have their requests processed more efficiently and receive confirmations in real time as some transactions are fully automated. All available Industrial Designs E-Services are all accessible in one place.

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• File a new industrial design application;
• Amend a previously filed industrial design application;
• Pay a maintenance fee
• View office correspondence through e-mailbox
• Manage your electronic access
• Send general correspondence
• Submit the following types of self-service requests :
  • Request a refund
  • Applicant change of name/address
  • Agent change of name/address Image Added
  • Request a delay of registration
  • Request for advanced examination
  • Transfer of Ownership
  • Third Party Transfer
  • Correction to Registration
• Appointment of agents and revocation of agents

The Industrial Design Office provides information regarding any changes or updates to their online service offerings via the Industrial Design Online Services – Release Notes page.

III. SOURCES OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE

Industrial Design Data is available for download from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website. The databank consisting of trademark, industrial design and patent applications filed with CIPO. Most products were designed for organizations that maintain their own IP databases, while the researcher datasets – a combination of CSV and TXT formats – provide easy access to data for ad hoc research and analytical purposes.

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• Industrial Design Act
• Industrial Design Regulations
• Industrial Designs – Canadian Intellectual Property Office

IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

In June 2002 the industrial design processes were automated with the implementation of DesignPlus. Today the system contains bibliographic design data dating back to 1861, including pending and registered designs. DesignPlus is used within the office to manage the overall industrial design process, including classification, search, examination, assignments and maintenance. The system supports such specific office processes as preparing correspondence and updating information.

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The DesignPlus system is integrated with an improved version of the previous Industrial Designs Executive Information System (EIS). The EIS system permits detailed and comprehensive tracking and monitoring of Industrial Designs processes. The EIS system provides daily information on production volumes and turnaround times for industrial designs processes. The EIS system is available via the Intranet to allow broader access to reports within the Office.

V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION

The Office makes industrial design information available to the public in a variety of ways:

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• Industrial Design Office Practices Manual
• Industrial Design Online Services – Release Notes
• Practice Notices
• Industrial Designs Guide
• Service Interruption Messages

VI.INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION

CIPO is presently providing industrial design data in XML ST.96 format, to a number of external database search providers and IPOs including weekly updates of Industrial Design data and design images.

CIPO attends the WIPO’s Standing Committee on the law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications.

VII. ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WIPO STANDARDS CONCERNING INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION

Note: For each Standard listed below, please enter one of the following values: 

• "Fully implemented"
• “Partially implemented”
• "On implementation phase"
• "Planning to implement"
• “On assessment phase” 
• "No plan to implement"

Implementation Status Definitions

"Fully implemented" 

The WIPO Standard has been implemented in a manner compliant or compatible with the Standard.

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The WIPO Standard has been reviewed and there is currently no intention or plan to implement it.

WIPO Standard ST.2:  Standard manner for designating calendar dates by using the Gregorian calendar

Fully implemented.

WIPO Standard ST.3: Two-letter codes for the representation of states, other entities and organizations

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Other WIPO Standards Related to Industrial Designs

None

VIII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS

None

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