Parties seeking confidentiality orders or costs awards before the Trademarks Opposition Board (TMOB) now have a new resource for seeing how previous requests have fared.
As noted in our IP News Post from early 2025 (available here), the TMOB has had the ability to make confidentiality orders and award costs in s. 45 proceedings and opposition proceedings since 1 April 2025.
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has now published a webpage listing proceedings where requests for confidentiality orders or costs awards have been made. CIPO’s webpage identifies the proceeding type, file/application number, trademark, outcome, and decision date. CIPO notes that the webpage will be updated quarterly.
The resource should help parties and their trademark agents better assess how the TMOB has approached requests for confidentiality orders and costs awards.
A link to the resource is available here.