Pawlina Law is a Toronto based firm that focuses on Intellectual Property Law. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) is a special operating agency of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada which is responsible for administering Trademarks and Patents in Canada. Karol Pawlina is a registered Trademark Agent with CIPO and worked at an Intellectual Property Law firm for 3 years while at law school. By understanding the complex and rigid rules of Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Industrial Designs, we can help you find solutions to your Intellectual Property matters. By assisting you with making informed business decisions and by having things done properly from the outset, we can save you time and money in the long run. We can advise you in a wide rage of services, including:
Industrial Design Searches
An industrial design is about how something looks, its designs. It protects a product’s unique appearance. It does not protect how it is made, how it works, or what it is made of. More information can be found here.
Industrial Designs are the most underused area of Intellectual Property Law. We can review your potential industrial design application, conduct various searches, and provide a written opinion as to whether your proposed concept is registrable.
Preparing and Filing a Canadian Industrial Design Application
Industrial Design protection protects a product’s unique appearance, not what it is made of, how it is made or how it works. In the Unites States, these are called Design Patents. Industrial Designs are the most underused area of Intellectual Property law. We can prepare and file a basic Canadian Industrial Design registration application for you.