The delays in Canadian trademark examination are becoming excruciating. The Trademarks Act and the Trademark Regulations provisions do not expressly provide for expedited examination of a Canadian trademark application. The long-standing practice of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office ("CIPO") was to refuse requests for the expedited examination. Section 2.2 of the Trademark Examination Manual, the guide for trademark examiners, states: CIPO generally examines trademark applications in the order they are received. The advancement of an application out of order creates a favoured position at the expense of other applicants and therefore the Registrar does not consider requests for expedited examination. CIPO's Performance Targets