Trademark applications by nonresidents in Bulgaria in 2021 — 4,076 filings. Ranked 84 in the world out of 123. Since 2004, the indicator has fallen by 74.5%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bulgaria
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,076 | +545 | +15.43% |
| 2020 | 3,531 | −678 | −16.11% |
| 2019 | 4,209 | −604 | −12.55% |
| 2018 | 4,813 | +685 | +16.59% |
| 2017 | 4,128 | +228 | +5.85% |
| 2016 | 3,900 | −94 | −2.35% |
| 2015 | 3,994 | −288 | −6.73% |
| 2014 | 4,282 | −956 | −18.25% |
| 2013 | 5,238 | +376 | +7.73% |
| 2012 | 4,862 | −630 | −11.47% |
| 2011 | 5,492 | +18 | +0.33% |
| 2010 | 5,474 | −983 | −15.22% |
| 2009 | 6,457 | −3,754 | −36.76% |
| 2008 | 10,211 | −1,026 | −9.13% |
| 2007 | 11,237 | −8,097 | −41.88% |
| 2006 | 19,334 | +2,028 | +11.72% |
| 2005 | 17,306 | +1,328 | +8.31% |
| 2004 | 15,978 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Applications to register a trademark filed in a country by nonresident applicants, counted by classes. As with patents, the indicator measures not the activity of the country itself but the appeal of its market: a mark is protected only where it is registered, so foreign companies register where they intend to sell. But the ratio to applications by residents works differently here than with patents: even countries that are not wealthy file many trademark applications of their own, because a small enterprise registers a brand too, while it has no inventions to patent.
Important: The classes of goods within applications are counted, not the applications themselves. The count includes marks received by an office through the Madrid System — the World Bank has no separate series for it.
Source: IP Statistics (WIPO), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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