Over the past month, CIPO issued an average of 1,280 trademark refusals per week. 280 refusals fell under Sections 12(d) and 37(c), generating 610 cited marks within.
We are happy to share a full weekly report as a sample (image below), for anyone that’s interested. Towergate Informatics compiles this data weekly as part of ongoing citation analysis, which can truly benefit any Canadian IP practice with actionable information, similar to the 2(d) Citation Watch for US data that we pioneered back in 2011.
