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Dear IPIC Members, As we usher in the New Year, I am filled with immense pride and gratitude for the incredible community we have built together at the Intellectual Property...

November 14, 2024 Members of the IPIC Patent Practice Subgroup (PPSC) held their regular meeting with representatives from CIPO Patent Branch on November 12, 2024. The...

If you are in distress, call or text 988 at any time. If it is an emergency, call 9-1-1 or go to your local emergency department immediately. In the high-pressure realm of...

The Patent and Trademark Institute Education Foundation is a registered charity managed by IPIC that awards prizes to the candidates who obtain the highest marks in the...

The IPIC Peter W. McBurney Memorial Award for Professional Excellence recognizes an intellectual property (IP) professional in Canada, who demonstrated excellence in their...

The IPIC Member of Distinction Award aims to recognize IP professionals who have made a significant contribution to the Institute over at least 20 consecutive years. The...

IPIC’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Christopher (Chris) Dejardin is this year's recipient of the Institute’s Shelley Jones Outstanding Contribution Award....

The Roger T. Hughes Future Leader Award is presented to a future leader member of IPIC who has made significant contributions to an IPIC Committee, Community, or other...

Members of the IPIC Patent Committee met with representatives from CIPO on August 8, 2024, to discuss the MyCIPO Patents transition. Updates from the meeting include: As of...

2024 Annual General Meeting Documents NOTICE is hereby given that the 2024 Annual General Meeting of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) will be held...

Ottawa, ON - On Tuesday, June 18, Brian Masse , MP for Windsor West and NDP critic for Canada-US border issues, joined representatives from IPIC and the Canadian...

The Peter W. McBurney Memorial Award for Professional Excellence is given to an intellectual property (IP) professional in Canada; an IP Agent and/or Lawyer, and member of...

The IPIC Shelley Jones Outstanding Contribution Award aims to recognize an IPIC member who has made a significant contribution and impact to IPIC and/or to the IP profession...

The Roger T. Hughes Future Leader Award is given to an emerging leader/future leader and member of IPIC who has made significant contributions to an IPIC Committee,...

The IPIC Member of Distinction Award recognizes IP professionals who have made significant contributions to the Institute for over 20 consecutive years. Click here to access...

The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and IP Osgoode are delighted to announce our 2024 Canadian writing challenge in intellectual property law. Our goal is to...

We are thrilled to share that IPIC’s Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), Loreto Lamb has been selected to join the Canadian Society of Association Executives'...

This November 28th the IPIC Foundation ( Patent &Trademark Institute Educational Foundation (PTIEF) , whose objective is to support education and scholarship in the field of...

IPIC’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Catherine (Cat) Lovrics is this year's recipient of the Institute’s Shelley Jones Outstanding Contribution Award. Cat...

Patent and Trademark Institute Education Foundation is a registered charity managed by IPIC that awards prizes to the candidates who obtain the highest marks in the patent...