Submission of Drawings Letter

Summary

This precedent is a letter to the Industrial Design Office for submitting drawings in a pending industrial design application. It includes standard information in the letter including applicant name, serial number, title, filing date, and indicates that the enclosed formal drawings replace informal drawings. The precedent contains practical guidance and drafting notes. Section 4(1)(b) of the Industrial Design Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-9 requires that an application for registration of a design must contain a representation of the design, which must be sufficient to disclose the design fully, taking into account the name of the finished article and any descriptive statement. The representation must be in the form of a photograph, a graphic reproduction; or a combination of both. The precedent assumes that the application was initially filed with information drawings. An industrial design application can obtain a filing date based on informal drawings however formal drawings must be filed ...