CIPO: Looking Ahead To 2019

In 2014, the Canadian government passed legislation which will amend the country’s Trademarks Act in 2019. Mesmin Pierre, Director General of the Trademarks Branch for the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), says Canada is seeking to accede to five World Intellectual Property Organization treaties: the Singapore Treaty; the Madrid Protocol; the Nice Agreement; the Patent Law Treaty; and the Hague Agreement on Industrial Designs.