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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.
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Canada continues to actively enhance and expand our online service offerings related to industrial design applications/registrations.
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In 2024, Canda continues to launch new online services for Industrial Designs. These new online services permit our clients to have their requests processed more efficiently and receive confirmations in real time as some transactions are fully automated. These new services have been added to the launch page where there is access to all our online services.
Industrial Design Online Services
Within the Industrial Design E-Services you can:
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.
CIPO uses a multifactor authentication for access/use of it’s online services.
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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.
Industrial Design Practice Notices:
Industrial Design Office Practices and Industrial Design Practice Notices pertaining to the Office Practices and Policies are available.
Industrial Design News:
Clients can register to our email subscription service Canadian Industrial Designs News to stay in touch with the latest Industrial Design developments at CIPO. These emails will include, but are not limited to:
Social Media
CIPO’s official social media platforms are:
Events
The CIPO uses Eventbrite for information activities about all products and services. IP related podcast, case studies and blog can be found on the CIPO website.
The following are some of the informational products available on the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website:
Other sources
Industrial Designs – Canadian Intellectual Property Office
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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.
The Industrial Design system (DesignPlus) has a built-in workflow - once the application is scanned/data entered into DesignPlus, the application number is automatically assigned and the processing clerk completes the filing process. Once the filing is confirmed, the application is automatically added to the classification workload queue. Once classified it proceeds to the pre-examination workload queue; then to the search workload queue; then to the examination workload queue; etc.
Once allowed the registration is confirmed and the registration certificates are printed and sent to the applicant or sent to the clients e-mailbox.
The maintenance fee is paid within the first 5 years from the registration date. A 6-month grace period is available with additional fees. Failure to pay maintenance fee within five years will cause the registration to become expired.
In July 2007, an electronic industrial design filing component was added to allow clients to file their applications electronically. For all client front-ends, the information is checked for completeness, the information is transferred to the Office electronically and the information is automatically loaded into DesignPlus.
In 2018, two new online services were implemented by the Industrial Designs Office in regard to issuing electronic correspondence to clients. A first application, called E-Access, serves to authenticate the users so that they are able to manage their access and account in the E-Mailbox. This second application is a platform where users pull their outgoing correspondence electronically issued by the Office.
In 2019 and 2020 came the introduction of amendments where authorized and authenticated users are able to amend previously filed applications electronically.
In 2023, the Office introduced a new look, new self-serve request types and enhanced some of its online service offerings, expanding the types of amendments, requests and in some cases the transactions are fully automated, available for clients, namely, request for delay of registration, request for advanced examination, appointments and revocations of agents, agent changes of name and address, request a refund, and applicant change of name and address.
In 2024, the Office introduced new self-service request types and further enhanced some of its online service offerings namely, transfers, third party transfers, corrections to registrations.
For all applications filed through our e-filing application, the information is checked for completeness by the front-end application, following this the transaction is transferred automatically into DesignPlus system.
All bibliographic data and images contained in industrial design applications and registrations are maintained in the internal system DesignPlus, in an NFS-based structure. A common repository across CIPO, called IP Document File Management (IPDFM) serves a document management storage. A synchronization between the NFS-structure and IPDFM occurs overnight to ensure that both structures are synchronized. IPDFM is also connected to Enterprise Scan, a scanning solution for all the paper files, including paper correspondences, figurative elements, evidence and other paper documents.
Canadian Industrial Designs Database (CIDD)
The Canadian Industrial Designs Database is available to the public on the Internet via the CIPO website Clients and searches can be in both English and French. This version of the database is comprised of all active and many inactive designs that were either published or registered pursuant to the current Industrial Design Act or former industrial design legislation. The database also includes all industrial designs that were refused. Since the coming into force of November 5, 2018, the CIDD also contains the link to the Hague Express for international registrations.
The clients have access to the latest versions of the electronic records. From the search result the client can directly access the electronic documents related to a specific trademark via the Trademarks Document Retrieval Service.
Industrial Designs Executive Information System (EIS)
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.
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The Office makes industrial design information available to the public in a variety of ways:
The following Industrial Design reference material and databases are available to the public via the CIPO web site:
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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.
Note: For each Standard listed below, please enter one of the following values:
WIPO Standard ST.3: Two-letter codes for the representation of states, other entities and organizations
Implemented.
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WIPO Standard ST.13: Numbering of applications for IPRs
No plan to implement.
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WIPO Standard ST.80: Bibliographic data relating to industrial designs
No plan to implement.
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WIPO Standard ST.81: Content and layout of industrial designs gazettes
No plan to implement.
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WIPO Standard ST.86: Processing of industrial design information using XML
Implemented.
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WIPO Standard ST.87: The exchange of industrial design legal status data
No plan to implement.
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WIPO Standard ST.88: Electronic representation of industrial designs
No plan to implement.
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WIPO Standard ST.90: Recommendation for processing and communicating Intellectual Property data using Web APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)
No plan to implement.
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WIPO Standard ST.91: Recommendations on digital three-dimensional (3D) models and 3D images
No plan to implement.
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WIPO Standard ST.96: Processing of Industrial Property information using XML
Implemented.
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Note: Please list any other WIPO Standards related to patents (not mentioned above) that your Office or Organization has implemented, is currently in the process of implementing, or plans to implement in the future. For each Standard, please indicate the implementation status with an option: Implemented, On implementation Phase or Planning to Implement.
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