CIPO received 64,597 trademark applications1 in 2024. This post ranks them as of 31-Dec-2024 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.
The tables below are derived from the same dataset2. The only difference is in the sort (i.e. rank) order, as highlighted in each table’s header. Table 1 ranks appointments on behalf of all applicants; Table 2 ranks appointments on behalf of Canadian resident applicants; Table 3 ranks appointments on behalf of non-Canadian resident applicants. Each table lists the Top 50 ranked agents out of the 509 agents (or firms) appointed in at least one application as of 31-Dec-2024. Click any table to enlarge it.
If an application appoints an agent CIPO associates the agent’s (or firm’s) trademark agent registration number with the application3. The former Ridout & Maybee firm and the former Bereskin & Parr firm are now part of the IPH network and operate under the Smart & Biggar name. However those former firms’ trademark agent registration numbers are still in use—this explains why the tables have multiple entries for Smart & Biggar (Ottawa) and Smart & Biggar (Toronto).
For completeness and to provide perspective, the tables include—but do not rank—filings which do not appoint an agent (as of 31-Dec-2024).
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, inbound Madrid Protocol applications, etc. 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 2024 Madrid filings may change depending on when the count is done.↩
2 The dataset reflects CIPO’s trademark .xml data as of 31-Dec-2024. Note that filings per se are not tracked; rather, current appointments of agents are tracked as of 31-Dec-2024. For example, if an application filed in 2024 initially appointed agent A, and if agent A’s appointment was revoked, with agent B being subsequently appointed in 2024 to continue prosecution of the application, then that application is counted only in respect of the currently appointed agent B.↩
3 See Trademark Agent Registration Numbers for an explanation of those numbers in the context of both individual trademark agents and firms having one or more trademark agents.↩
