CIPO received 67,000 trademark applications1 in 2023. This post provides an agent-focused statistical summary2 of those filings.
The following tables include both Madrid and Non-Madrid filings3.
The first table is self-explanatory:
The second table groups the number of applications filed by agents (or firms) in 2023. For example, the first row indicates that 55 agents were appointed in only one application as of 31-Dec-2023; the second row indicates that 123 agents were appointed in between 2 and 5 applications as of 31-Dec-2023; etc.
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1 This includes all types of applications handled by CIPO’s Trademarks Branch, e.g. trademarks, certification marks, official / prohibited (i.e. Section 9) marks, geographical indications, plant variety denominations, etc.↩
2 The summary reflects CIPO’s trademark .xml data as of 31-Dec-2023. Note that filings per se are not tracked; rather, current appointments of agents are tracked as of 31-Dec-2023. For example, if an application filed in 2023 initially appointed agent A, and if agent A’s appointment was revoked, with agent B being subsequently appointed in 2023 to continue prosecution of the application, then that application is counted only in respect of the currently appointed agent B.↩
3 Bear in mind that the filing date of an inbound Madrid Protocol application is deemed to be the international registration date of the corresponding Madrid registration; and that it can take weeks or months for a Madrid application to arrive at CIPO. Accordingly, a count of 2023 Madrid filings may change depending on when the count is done.↩
