Lloyd & Mousilli
2026-09-15T14:02:27.918Z
I hired Lloyd & Mousilli for a Canadian trademark application and paid $1,000 for preparation and filing. More than two years later, I discovered on my own that the application had been abandoned.Earlier, the firm notified me of a potential CIPO issue and offered the option of hiring Canadian counsel at additional cost to address it proactively. I declined the additional expense at that stage and said I'd let the application proceed through the normal process. Their attorney responded that they understood and would “keep you updated as we hear more.”Unfortunately, I was never notified when CIPO later issued an actual Examiner's Report or subsequent Default Notice, and I was never given the opportunity to decide whether to respond before the application was abandoned.The firm later acknowledged a “communication breakdown” and offered to waive their professional fees to start a new application, but I would still have to pay the new CIPO filing fee and start over. They declined to cover that fee or provide any full or partial refund of my original payment.My issue isn't that CIPO raised an objection. That can happen. It's that I wasn't informed of the actual Examiner's Report or Default Notice despite being told I would be kept updated, and after two years and $1,000, I ended up with an abandoned application.