Canada

Canadian Intellectual Property Office
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Record #: MKM2267 Last Modified: 13 Jun 2012 Last Full Update: 13 Jun 2012
Record Details
Alternate NameCIPO
Areas ServedMarkham
Address & Map
Place du Portage I
50 Victoria St, Room C-229
Gatineau, QC K1A 0C9
 
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Mailing Addressc/o Canadian Intellectual Property Office 
Place du Portage I 
50 Victoria St, Room C-114 
Gatineau, QC K1A 0C9
Office Phone1-866-997-1936
TTY1-866-442-2476
FaxEnquiries only: 819-953-7620 
Submit IP documents: 819-953-2476
E-Mailcipo.contact@ic.gc.ca
Websitestrategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/patents/pt_main-e.html
DescriptionThe Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), a Special Operating Agency (SOA) associated with Industry Canada, is responsible for the administration and processing of the greater part of intellectual property in Canada. CIPO's areas of activity include: 
 
Patents cover new inventions (process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter), or any new and useful improvement of an existing invention;  
 
Trade-marks are words, symbols or designs (or a combination of these), used to distinguish the wares or services of one person or organization from those of others in the marketplace;  
 
Copyrights provide protection for artistic, dramatic, musical or literary works (including computer programs), and three other subject-matter known as: performance, sound recording and communication signal;  
 
Industrial designs are the visual features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament (or any combination of these features), applied to a finished article of manufacture;  
 
Integrated circuit topographies refer to the three-dimensional configurations of electronic circuits embodied in integrated circuit products or layout designs 
DatesYear round
HoursMon-Fri 8:30 am-5:00 pm
SubjectsCopyrights ; Patents ; Trademarks