CIPO meaning in Governmental ?

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO; French: Office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada) is the patent, trademark, and copyright administration body of Canada. Structurally, the CIPO functions as a special operating agency (SOA) under Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. CIPO also administers industrial designs and integrated circuit topographies.

CIPO is based in Gatineau, Quebec as part of the National Capital Region. The current interim Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trademarks and Chief Executive Officer of CIPO is Konstantinos Georgaras.

CIPO cooperates with its counterpart organizations around the world through international intellectual property (IP) treaties. In 2019, Canada ratified and fully implemented the Hague Agreement for industrial designs; the Madrid Protocol, Singapore Treaty, and Nice Agreement for trademarks; and the Patent Law Treaty for patents. Prior to 2019, Canada already joined the TRIPS Agreement and Paris Convention for intellectual property; the WIPO Convention for trademarks and copyright; the Berne Convention, Rome Convention, and the Marrakesh VIP Treaty for copyright; and the Budapest Treaty, Patent Cooperation Treaty, Strasbourg Agreement, and the UPOV Convention for patents.

CIPO received approximately 160,000 applications to register more than 36,000 patents, 68,000 trademarks and 6,000 industrial designs in 2019.