Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)

 

Contact1: Chris Endemann
Phone (Bus): (819)997-1357
(Fax): (819)997-5052
E-mail: endemann.chris@ic.gc.ca

Address: 50 Victoria Street, Rm 515, Hull, PQ  K1A 0C9
Web Sites: www.cipo.gc.ca or www.opic.gc.ca
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Keys: Biodiversity; Bioengineering; Business Information; Business Intelligence; Business Rights; Business/Starting Your Own; Canadian Inventors/Inventions; Certification Marks; Clone; Cloning; Computer Software/Copyrights; Copyright; Dental Science; Digital Communication; Drug Patents; Economics; Electrical/Patents; Electronic Patent Searches; Electronic Trade-Mark Searches; Entrepreneur; Fibre Optics; Films/Video; Foreign Patent & Trade Mark Protection; Genetic Engineering; Genome Sequencing; Government Services; Graphic Arts; Growth Management; Human Cloning; Human Engineering; Industrial Design; Industrial Property; Innovation; Integrated Circuit Topographies; Intellectual Property; International Patent & Trade-Mark Protection; Internet Marketing; Inventions; Manufacturing; Movie Industry; New Technology; Nutraceuticals; Optical Chips; Patent Agents; Patent Appeal Board; Patent Co-operation Treaty (PCT); Patents/Patenting; Public Service; Social Engineering; Technology Information; Technology Transfer; Trade-Mark Agents; Trade-Marks; Trade-Marks Opposition Board; Quebec*.

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Expertise: Employing 750+ people. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is the government organization that grants and registers IP rights in Canada. IP Includes: Patents, Trade-Marks, Copyrights, Industrial Designs and Integrated Circuit Topographies.

International Operations: CIPO is an active participant in World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) activities, particularly in the area of industrial property harmonization, technical assistance and industrial property information and ensures that Canada's interests are represented at meetings held at WIPO Headquarters or in WIPO member states.

Mandate: The mandate of CIPO is to: (1) administer IP systems in Canada; (2) Foster the use of IP systems and exploitation of IP information; (3) encourage invention, innovation and creativity in Canada and; (4) promote Canada's international IP interests.

 updated: September 19, 2005

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