CIPO Updates Wares and Services Manual

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office's Wares and Services Manual is intended to serve as a guide for specifying wares and services in trade-mark applications. The intended users of this Manual are trade-mark examiners, trade-mark agents and trade-mark applicants. The Manual contains a representative listing of acceptable wares and services pursuant to paragraph 30(a), as well as directions for rendering insufficiently specific wares and services acceptable.

The Trilateral Acceptable Goods ID Manual has been incorporated into the U.S. Goods and Services ID Manual.