CIPO has published a practice notice with new guidance on purposive construction and subject-matter for examining patents directed to computer-implemented inventions, medical diagnostic methods and medical use claims. Continue reading Patentable Subject Matter
Monthly Archives: March 2026
IP Consultation
The government has opened a public consultation on 1) client-agent privilege; 2) unauthorized practice before CIPO; 3) clarity of patent ownership information; and 4) requirements of patent demand letters. The consultation is open until April 24th.
SCC: Facebook v. Privacy Commissioner
The Supreme Court of Canada is hearing oral arguments on March 19th in Facebook Inc. v. Privacy Commissioner of Canada on privacy consent and personal information safeguards (appeal from 2024 FCA 140). The hearing will be webcast.
2025 In Review – Trademarks
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