2024 Agent Appointment Statistics

CIPO received 64,597 trademark applications¹ in 2024.  This post provides an agent-focused statistical summary² of those filings.

The following tables include both Madrid and Non-Madrid filings³.  Click any table to enlarge it.

The first table is self-explanatory:

The second table groups the number of applications filed by agents (or firms) in 2024.  For example, the first row indicates that 59 agents were appointed in only one application as of 31-Dec-2024; the second row indicates that 105 agents were appointed in between 2 and 5 applications as of 31-Dec-2024; etc.

See the previous posts for 2024 Agent Rankings and a breakdown of 2024 Agent vs. no Agent Filings.

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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-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 For example, if an application filed in 2024 initially appointed agent A, and if agent A’s appointment was revoked, with agent B being subsequently appointed in 2024 to continue prosecution of the application, then that application is counted only in respect of the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 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.^↩