Industry Canada Work Values

Daily Duties at Industry Canada:

• Reviewed trademarks applications to assess if they complied with the Trade-marks Act, rules, regulations and legal requirements. • Determined the scope of protection claimed by the applicant. • Researched relevant trademarks to compare prior trade-marks to trade-mark claimed in the application. • Analyzed trademarks, evaluated possible problems such as objections that could be raised, and determined if additional information is needed to make a decision. • Drafted quality reports and recommended the application for approval or non-approval. Issued action letters, reporting agency decisions. • Interpreted and applied the Trade-marks Act, its regulations and the jurisprudence by examining application for registration of trade-marks to determine their eligibility, non-eligibility or need for amendment. • Performed legal and trade research and research in all channels of trade in order to ensure that applicants are not granted exclusive rights to descriptive terms which should be open to all traders and to registration of unregisterable matter. • Communicated and built relationships in writing and orally with clients concerning their applications. • Provided advice to the trade-marks industry, public and staff of other government departments on general and specific trade-mark issues and procedures. • Negotiated and exchanged ideas, information and opinion with agents and applicants to formulated trade-marks policies and programs or arrive jointly at decisions, conclusions or solutions. • Persuaded and influenced others in favour of a trade-mark application’s decision, or point of view. • Researched and study Federal Court and Trade-marks Opposition Board decisions having a bearing on trade-marks matters and individual cases. • Conducted thorough screening interviews, evaluated applicants' qualifications for positions throughout Industry Canada.

What they like about Industry Canada:

The social vibrance of a hiring firm is very important to you. Your ability to make and maintain friendships there is a critical part of your decision. You would likely be dissatisfied with a workplace that is quiet, cold, or otherwise not particularly social. When you investigate a new hiring company, ask recruiters, managers, and potential co-workers about the social life and opportunities there. This is especially important when you are relocating; moving dramatically alters your social sphere both inside and outside the workplace.

Tags

Regulatory, Science, Management, French, MS Office

Skills

Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Management, Intellectual Property, MS Office, Fluency in French

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Industry Canada: