Canadian Industrial Designs Database

The Canadian Industrial Designs Database lets you access industrial designs bibliographic, data, descriptions and drawing images as well as classifications. 

In the initial phase, you can search, retrieve and study approximately 10 000 designs registered as of June 15, 2002. The pages may be viewed on-line or downloaded in PDF*.

New registrations will be added on a weekly basis. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is currently in the process of completing the electronic back capture of the designs registered prior to this date and they will be added when available. 

Summary

Benefit to Canadians

This online database provides access to industrial designs which help the users to make sound business decisions by preventing accidental infringement, studying trends in their sectors and gathering intelligence about competitors. Once this free online database has full data, it will contain the most up to date information in every field of industrial designs.

Searching

Search the database to see if your design already exists before you file an application, before you invest in new research and development.

Data for sale

If you are interested in purchasing any of the data, please contact CIPO's Client Service Centre.

Assistance provided

• Help files are accessed using the help buttons on the database
• Client Service Centre

Related reading

We recommend you consult the Stand out from your competitors publication as well as it is a fine introduction to IP concepts and strategies. 

*To download publications in PDF format, Adobe Reader is required (available free of charge).

Quebec Contact(s):
Industry Canada
Suite 700
5 Place Ville-Marie
Montréal, Quebec  H3B 2G2
Telephone: 514-496-1797
Fax: 514-283-3096

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National Contact(s):
Information Officers
Client Service Centre
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
C-229
Place du Portage 1
50 Victoria Street
Gatineau, Quebec  K1A 0C9
Fax: 819-953-7620
Toll-free (information): 1-866-997-1936
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-866-442-2476
E-mail: cipo.contact@ic.gc.ca
Web site: http://cipo.gc.ca