The Federal Court has issued a further COVID update:
CIPO has extended the period of designated days due to COVID-19 until July 6, 2020.
I have been in a (virtual) trial this week so here are some catch up items from the last while:
A couple of more COVID related announcements:
Andrew Little of Bennett Jones was appointed to the Federal Court today. Justice René LeBlanc of the Federal Court was elevated to the Federal Court of Appeal to replace Justice Gauthier, who elected to become a supernumerary judge.
The Federal Court has issued an updated Practice Notice and Order relating to the suspension and resumption of hearings due to COVID-19. The Court’s Suspension Period is extended to May 29th and regular hearings up to June 29th are adjourned sine die with exceptions.
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has extended the Suspension Period due to COVID-19 through May 15 so that affected time limits ending on any of these designated days will now be extended until (link). CIPO also indicated that the Client Service Centre will resume its intellectual property document order service.
I’m quoted by the Canadian Press in an article today about “COVID” trademarks filed in the last several weeks.
The Federal Court of Appeal has issued a further notice regarding the re-activation of proceedings suspended in March (see earlier post). The notice indicates that proceedings that are ready to proceed will be triaged into those that can be decided in writing, those that can proceed by video/phone, and those that should be deferred for an in-person hearing.
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