We are now a couple of weeks into 2019 but I thought a brief summary of 2018 may be of interest:

• 175 IP decisions reported (201 in 2017)
• 363 new IP Federal Court proceedings started (376 in 2017)
  • 83 patent infringement cases (50 in 2017)
• 23,499 patents granted (24,099 in 2017)
• 25,222 trademarks registered (29,766 in 2017)
• 9 IP related SCC proceedings started (11 in 2017)
• 6 IP trials in Federal Court (10 in 2017)
  • around 120 trial days (~150 in 2017)
• Over 400,000 emails sent to IPPractice subscribers

Let me know if you notice any errors in my stats or if you have any questions about them.

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