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#WorldIPDay Spotlight on Darlene Carreau and @CIPO_Canada’s Client-Centric Approach to Increasing IP literacy in Canada and Ensuring Easier Access to IP Services
Since December 2015, Darlene Carreau has been serving as the Director General of Business Services at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO). The Business Services Branch (BSB) is responsible for developing CIPO’s overall service strategy to deliver quality services that are timely, client-centric and help promote a culture of service management excellence throughout the organization. […]
IP Intensive: Just Like a Kid in a Candy Store – Ten Short Weeks at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
I admit I was a little anxious about spending ten weeks in Ottawa Hull. The experience of staying in Hull is a story in its own right, so the first day (before starting at CIPO) had me really questioning my life choices. But it didn’t take long to realize that CIPO is a great place […]
IP Intensive: A Semester at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
I came to law school with a pretty definitive idea that I want to explore a career within Intellectual Property, but I was not quite sure what career might be ideal for me. While I was fortunate enough to get some exposure into what a career in IP looks at a private firm; I had […]
IP Intensive: Ottawa – The Best of Both Worlds
Living and working in Ottawa is a unique, and often dual, experience. Every morning as I head to work at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), I cross the border from Ontario into Quebec. Conversations often begin in English and end in French. Ottawa itself has features of a large city, but the friendly dynamics […]