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Figure 7

Trade-mark turnaround times to examination

Description

Figure 7 provides a linear illustration of changes in turnaround times for trade-mark applications awaiting examination from fiscal year to fiscal year since 2003–2004, as well as a forecast for future years out to 2014–2015.

2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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Turnaround times (Months) 6.3 4.5 5.6 5.5 6.1 7.9 6.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5

Figure 8

Trade-mark applications

Description

Figure 8 shows how the number of trade-mark applications has changed over the past three fiscal years, namely, 2007–2008, 2008–2009 and 2009–2010.

2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010
Applications 47586 43526 42213

Figure 9

Trade-mark disposals

Description

Figure 9 shows how the number of trade-mark applications processed has changed over the past three fiscal years, namely, 2007–2008, 2008–2009 and 2009–2010.

2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010
Disposals 41263 45449 44753

Table 2

Trade-mark applications filed by language
2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Total 47 586 43 526 42 213
English 43 898 40 023 38 775
French 3 688 3 503 3 438

Table 3

Trade-mark applications filed and registered by province/territory
Filed Registered
Total 19 253 11 489
Alberta 1 744 1 107
British Columbia 2 830 1 694
Manitoba 367 293
New Brunswick 224 120
Newfoundland and Labrador 67 47
Northwest Territories 7 7
Nova Scotia 214 123
Nunavut 2 0
Ontario 9 196 5 426
Prince Edward Island 13 15
Quebec 4 310 2 522
Saskatchewan 272 126
Yukon Territory 7 9

Table 4

Top 10 trade-mark applicants
Applicants
Johnson & Johnson, A Legal Entity 196
LG Electronics Inc. 173
The Procter & Gamble Company 155
Nextera Energy, Inc. 140
Reitmans (Canada) Limited 99
L'Oréal, Société 94
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. 94
Hasbro, Inc. 93
Novartis AG 87
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited 87

Table 5

Top 10 trade-mark registrants
Registrants
The Procter & Gamble Company 147
Dundee Corporation 107
911979 Alberta Ltd. 71
Johnson & Johnson, A Legal Entity 70
Spin Master Ltd. 62
Microsoft Corporation 59
Disney Enterprises, Inc. 55
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited 50
The Bank of Nova Scotia 50
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 43

Table 6

Trade-marks Opposition Board — Operational statistics
2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Statements of opposition filed 1 384 1 561 1 261
Opposition decisions rendered 140 161 153
Opposition abandonments 654 849 809
Section 45 notices issued 568 697 554
Section 45 decisions rendered 506 535 505

Table 7

Trade-mark applications filed and registered by origin as stated by applicant
Filed Registered
Total 42 213 26 002
Andorra 1 1
Antigua and Barbuda 4 5
Argentina 44 21
Australia 387 256
Austria 110 56
Bahamas 19 11
Bangladesh 1 0
Barbados 87 37
Belgium 87 67
Belize 1 6
Bermuda 27 25
Brazil 34 37
British Virgin Islands 66 41
Bulgaria 4 6
Canada 19 253 11 489
Cayman Islands 70 21
Channel Islands 4 6
Chile 49 23
China 440 282
Colombia 21 8
Costa Rica 4 1
Croatia 2 0
Cuba 3 2
Cyprus 14 14
Czech Republic 12 11
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1 0
Denmark 132 88
Dominican Republic 4 1
Ecuador 4 0
Egypt 3 1
El Salvador 1 0
Estonia 7 2
Finland 83 42
France 1 103 631
Germany 1 249 859
Gibraltar 4 7
Greece 8 4
Guatemala 0 1
Guernsey 1 9
Guyana 1 0
Haiti 1 2
Hong Kong, China 146 98
Hungary 14 3
Iceland 1 10
India 54 12
Indonesia 3 2
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1 1
Ireland 76 51
Isle of Man 16 9
Israel 61 60
Italy 467 304
Jamaica 9 4
Japan 857 538
Jersey 1 0
Jordan 4 1
Kuwait 3 1
Latvia 2 0
Lebanon 4 3
Liechtenstein 28 12
Lithuania 0 1
Luxembourg 75 47
Macau 0 1
Malaysia 24 4
Malta 4 8
Mauritius 3 3
Mexico 186 68
Monaco 17 20
Morocco 2 1
Netherlands 401 215
Netherlands Antilles 28 6
New Zealand 98 67
Norway 76 31
OHIM (EC) 0 1
Oman 2 0
Pakistan 9 4
Panama 10 6
Paraguay 1 0
Peru 8 5
Philippines 14 7
Poland 18 18
Portugal 52 44
Puerto Rico 3 0
Qatar 0 3
Republic of Korea 433 136
Republic of Moldova 3 12
Romania 3 2
Russian Federation 24 31
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 0
Samoa 1 0
Saudi Arabia 15 3
Senegal 0 2
Seychelles 2 1
Singapore 50 35
Slovakia 1 1
Slovenia 0 4
South Africa 43 40
Spain 210 144
Sri Lanka 5 5
St. Lucia 3 0
Sweden 227 133
Switzerland 760 433
Syrian Arab Republic 5 2
Taiwan 134 122
Thailand 18 16
Trinidad and Tobago 1 1
Tunisia 1 2
Turkey 39 21
Turks and Caicos Islands 22 2
Uganda 1 0
Ukraine 6 3
United Arab Emirates 18 16
United Kingdom 901 603
United States Minor Outlying Islands 2 0
United States of America 13 143 8 471
Uruguay 0 4
Venezuela 4 0
Vietnam 5 1
Virgin Islands, U.S. 2 0
West Indies 4 13
Yemen 1 1

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