据最新消息，加拿大新冠肺炎（COVID-19）确诊病例已达727例。
面对迅速扩散的疫情，加拿大知识产权局（CIPO）发文表示：
“CIPO员工、客户、合作伙伴和利益相关者的健康、安全和保障是我们的首要任务。CIPO将始终遵循公共卫生当局和加拿大政府的指导。”
“CIPO目前仍在运营，但所提供的服务将出现延迟。”
“由于COVID-19的爆发，商标和工业品外观设计的相关期限落入2020年3月16日至2020年3月31日内的，自动延长至2020年4月1日。”
“如果COVID-19爆发所造成的影响超过上述日期，则可能通过发布另一份通知进一步延长上述期限。”
“CIPO将提供7*24小时在线服务。”
原文如下：
Important update on CIPO operations and services - (2020-03-17)
The health, safety and security of CIPO staff, clients, partners and stakeholders is our top priority. At all times, CIPO will follow the guidance of public health authorities and the Government of Canada.CIPO remains open and in operation at this time; however, clients should expect significant delays in all CIPO services.On account of the unforeseen disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, and being satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so, the Commissioner of Patents, under subsection 78(2) of the Patent Act, the Registrar of Trademarks under subsection 66(2) of the Trademarks Act, and the Minister under subsection 21(2) of the Industrial Design Act have designated for the purposes of subsection 78(1) of the Patent Act, subsection 66(1) of the Trademarks Act, and subsection 21(1) of the Industrial Design Act all days in the period of time beginning on March 16, 2020 and ending on March 31, 2020. The result of designating these days is that if a time period fixed under the Patent Act, Trademarks Act and Industrial Design Act in respect of any business before the Canadian Intellectual Property Office for doing anything ends on any of these designated days, that time period is extended to the next day that is not either a designated day or a day that has been prescribed under section 5 of the Patent Rules, section 15 of the Trademarks Regulations and section 36 of the Industrial Design Regulations. It should be noted that if the circumstances that led to the designation of these days continues, the Commissioner, Registrar and Minister may decide to extend the period of time for which days are designated.To ensure continuity of service, our online solutions are available to you 24/7 and anywhere. We encourage you to use the online services for all your transactions with CIPO. Please note that designated regional offices, to which correspondence with CIPO can usually be delivered, may make their own decisions about remaining operational or open to the public. In the event that a designated regional office is closed and CIPO remains open, all deadlines will as a result of the designation be extended until March 31, 2020.
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