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.