Catalog of Cancellation Events

This post catalogs the 57 cancellation events CIPO has allocated as of 4 June 2024.

Catalog of Opposition Events

This post catalogs the 177 opposition events CIPO has allocated as of 4 June 2024.

Catalog of Prosecution Events

This post catalogs the 173 prosecution events CIPO has allocated as of 28 May 2024.

The College’s Agent Roster as of 07-May-2024

This post summarizes Canadian patent and trademark agent licence details as of 07-May-2024.

2023 Agent Appointment Statistics

CIPO received 67,000 trademark applications¹ in 2023.  This post provides an agent-focused statistical summary² of those filings.

2023 Trend Chart Updates

Having closed the books on 2023, we can update some trend charts with the 2023 data.

2023 Filings by Type / Class / Category / Status

This post provides a mark type / class / category / status breakdown of the 67,000 trademark applications¹ CIPO received in 2023.

2023 Agent vs. no Agent Filings

CIPO received 67,000 trademark applications¹ in 2023.  This post breaks them down² in terms of filings which either do or do not appoint an agent—for all filings, Madrid filings and non-Madrid filings respectively.

2023 Agent Rankings

CIPO received 67,000 trademark applications¹ in 2023.  This post ranks them as of 31-Dec-2023 in terms of the number of appointments per agent on behalf of: (1) all applicants, (2) Canadian resident applicants and (3) non-Canadian resident applicants.

CIPO’s Oldest Unexamined Trademark Applications

183,189 Canadian trademark applications are unexamined¹ as of 01-Aug-2023².  Over 12,000 of them were filed more than four years ago.  Over 8,900 of them were filed before coming into force (CIF) of the 17 June 2019 amendments to the Trademarks Act, RSC 1985 c. T-13.  84 of them were filed in March of 2019—over four years and four months ago.

Status Update: 4 years post CIF

This post examines the status—as of  CIPO’s 20 June 2023 data refresh—of the 295,435 applications CIPO has received over the past 4 years since coming into force (CIF) of the 17 June 2019 amendments to the Trademarks Act, RSC 1985 c. T-13.

2022 Trend Chart Updates

Having closed the books on 2022, we can update some trend charts with the 2022 data.

2022 Filings by Type / Class / Category / Status

This post provides a mark type / class / category / status breakdown of the 68,001 trademark applications¹ CIPO received in 2022.

2022 Agent vs. no Agent Filings

CIPO received 68,001 trademark applications¹ in 2022.  This post breaks them down² in terms of filings which either do or do not appoint an agent—for all filings, Madrid filings and non-Madrid filings respectively.

2022 Agent Rankings

CIPO received 68,001 trademark applications¹ in 2022.  This post ranks them as of 31-Dec-2022 in terms of the number of appointments per agent on behalf of: (1) all applicants, (2) Canadian resident applicants and (3) non-Canadian resident applicants.