Accelerated Examination Will No Longer Be Offered For Trademarks Using CIPO's Pre-Approved Goods And Services

Trademark applicants should be aware that examination timelines for trademarks have decreased significantly.

Anyone who has applied for trademark protection in Canada in recent years knows that the examination wait times for trademark applications have been long. Until recently, trademark applicants could wait for three years or more before their trademark application would be examined. In this regard, please see our earlier article on this topic: https://patentable.com/cipo-updates-its-trademarks-service-standards/

Recently, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has significantly reduced examination wait times and now estimates that processing times for new trademark applications will soon be approximately nine months.