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Looking back at last year, some trademark data that I’ve collected that may be of interest:
- Total trademark applications in 2025:
- filed: about 72,000 (up about 9% from 2024)
- granted: about 90,000 (up about 45% from 2024)
- about 74% national filings vs 26% Madrid filings
- Average time from filing to grant for newly granted registrations: about 3 years (about 2.7 years for Madrid filings)
- See list of trademark agents by volume of applications filed in 2025 with change to the placement of the top two firms
- TMOB Decisions: 275 (up from 225 in 2024)
- Federal Court trademark proceedings: about 125 (down from 135 in 2024)
- About 55 reported trademark court decisions with the most visited being Centric Brands, 2025 FCA 161 on s45 non-use, subject to the only pending trademark leave application to the SCC
Both the Federal Court (link) and Federal Court of Appeal (link) have updated their e-filing systems to require payment of any filing fees before the documents will be processed. Previously, payment could be arranged later through separate communications with the Registry.
The Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal have announced (FC/FCA) that their e-filing systems will be offline January 1 to 5 for scheduled maintenance.
Amendments to the Federal Courts Rules, primarily to update the Tariff B regime for cost awards, are coming into force later this month. The amendments introduce a new Tariff B that has three columns, more litigation steps and more units. The Rules Committee estimates it will increase cost awards by about 25% “thereby aligning the tariff more closely with the amounts typically awarded under the ‘lump sum’ approach” and provide a “more consistent and predictable regime.” The changes also replace remaining references to “Prothonotary” with “Associate Judge”. …Read More
As of today, patentees who have obtained patents granted after December 1, 2025 can request additional term. A new Chapter 32 in MOPOP addresses the procedures for requesting additional patent term.