Patents
37,999 applications (3% decrease)
Number of applications by sector
Chemistry: 12,679 (3% decrease)
Electrical engineering: 6,655 (6% increase)
Instruments: 6,319 (3% decrease)
Mechanical engineering: 8,040 (3% decrease)
Other fields: 4,306 (12% decrease)
28,209 requests for examinations (6% decrease)
21,005 grants (9% decrease)
increase Increase from 2018–2019 decrease Decrease from 2018–2019
2019–2020 top 10 patent applicants
Description of figure 2019–2020 top 10 patent applicants
Patent applicant | Number of patent applications |
---|---|
OPPO | 281 |
Qualcomm | 232 |
Pratt & Whitney Canada | 195 |
Boeing | 191 |
Halliburton Energy Services | 181 |
Huawei Technologies | 179 |
Saudi Arabian Oil Company | 176 |
Capital One | 169 |
Procter & Gamble | 147 |
Alibaba Group | 142 |
Country of origin of patent applicationsFootnote *
Description of figure Country of origin of patent applications
Foreign countries | Canada |
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32,948 | 5,051 |
Patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) | Patent applications not filed under the PCT |
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1,565 | 3,486 |
Country | Number |
---|---|
United States of America | 17,410 |
Germany | 2,086 |
Japan | 1,610 |
France | 1,589 |
China | 1,494 |
United Kingdom | 1,274 |
Switzerland | 1,056 |
Italy | 604 |
Australia | 555 |
Netherlands | 527 |
CIPO received 2,310 International Searching Authority applications and 175 International Preliminary Examination Authority applications.
Patent appeals
71 applications received for rejected patents (30% decrease)
41 decisions rendered by the Patent Appeal Board (21% increase)
increase Increase from 2018–2019 decrease Decrease from 2018–2019
Trademarks
68,385 applications (8% increase)
57,743 registrations (132% increase)
increase Increase from 2018–2019
2019-2020 top 10 trademark applicants
Description of figure 2019–2020 top 10 trademark applicants
Trademark applicant | Number of trademark applications |
---|---|
L'Oréal | 204 |
Apple | 196 |
Procter & Gamble | 176 |
LG | 165 |
Home Depot | 140 |
IGT | 124 |
Huawei | 123 |
Shake Technologies | 119 |
Crayola | 119 |
Unilever Canada | 108 |
Country of origin of trademark applications
Description of figure Country of origin of trademark applications
Canada | Foreign countries |
---|---|
27,649 | 40,736 |
Country | Number |
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United States Of America | 19,553 |
China | 3,512 |
United Kingdom | 2,316 |
Germany | 2,075 |
France | 1,748 |
Japan | 1,365 |
Switzerland | 1,131 |
Australia | 985 |
Italy | 911 |
Republic of Korea | 788 |
Use of the Madrid Protocol
Between June 17, 2019, and March 31, 2020, Canada was designated in over 15,527 international trademark applications filed through the Madrid System. As an Office of origin, CIPO received 453 applications for international registrations.
Trademarks oppositions
654 oppositions
- 90% resolved through settlement negotiations between parties
- 99 opposition decisions rendered (18% increase)
702 requests for expungement (section 45) (10% decrease)
- 90% of trademarks automatically expunged since no evidence of use was filed by the registered owner
- 74 section 45 decisions rendered (22% increase)
increase Increase from 2018–2019 decrease Decrease from 2018–2019
Industrial designs
- 7,408 applications (21% increase)
- 5,343 registrations (4% decrease)
increase Increase from 2018–2019 decrease Decrease from 2018–2019
2019–2020 top 10 industrial design applicantsFootnote **
Description of figure 2019–2020 top 10 industrial design applicants
Industrial design applicant | Number of industrial design applications |
---|---|
Magic Leap | 276 |
Harry Winston | 153 |
Delta Faucet | 113 |
Kronoplus | 59 |
Apple | 55 |
Patientory | 55 |
Gillette | 55 |
TBL Licensing LLC | 48 |
LG | 47 |
Bugatti | 46 |
Country of origin of industrial design applications
Description of figure Country of origin of industrial design applications
Canada | Foreign countries |
---|---|
682 | 6,726 |
Country | Number |
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United States of America | 3,611 |
Switzerland | 375 |
Germany | 374 |
China | 255 |
France | 240 |
United Kingdom | 236 |
Japan | 202 |
Italy | 150 |
Sweden | 123 |
Republic of Korea | 120 |
Figures for industrial design applications do not include designs filed at WIPO that have not yet been received in Canada.
Use of the Hague Agreement
Canada has been designated in over 1,845 international industrial design applications under the Hague Agreement; the applications contain over 12,021 designs.
Copyright
8,753 registrations (5% decrease)
- Literary: 3,877 (1% decrease)
- Artistic: 1,232 (27% decrease)
- Dramatic: 1,309 (5% decrease)
- Musical: 790 (3% decrease)
- Combination of literary, artistic, dramatic or musical: 862 (0.4% decrease)
- Sound recording: 444 (8% decrease)
- Performance: 216 (454% increase)
- Communication signal: 23 (15% increase)
increase Increase from 2018–2019 decrease Decrease from 2018–2019
2019–2020 top 10 copyright applicants
Description of figure 2019–2020 top 10 copyright applicants
Copyright applicant | Number of copyright applications |
---|---|
Muhammad Shaikh | 148 |
Canadian Standards Association | 113 |
Warner Bros | 80 |
Nelson Education | 52 |
Netflix | 50 |
Les Éditions Logitell | 48 |
Freezing Solutions | 46 |
Freezing Systems | 46 |
Topking | 40 |
Vega Musique | 40 |
Country of origin of copyright applications
Description of figure Country of origin of copyright applications
Canada | Foreign countries |
---|---|
7,816 | 949 |
Country | Number |
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United States of America | 527 |
Pakistan | 150 |
United Kingdom | 54 |
New Zealand | 48 |
China | 16 |
Switzerland | 16 |
Bermuda | 14 |
Finland | 13 |
Hong Kong | 13 |
France | 10 |