Trademark applications by nonresidents in China in 2021 — 261,982 filings. Ranked 2 in the world out of 123. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 274.6%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 261,982 | +32,789 | +14.31% |
| 2020 | 229,193 | −21,357 | −8.52% |
| 2019 | 250,550 | +12,385 | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 238,165 | +37,570 | +18.73% |
| 2017 | 200,595 | +29,824 | +17.46% |
| 2016 | 170,771 | +1,441 | +0.85% |
| 2015 | 169,330 | +25,178 | +17.47% |
| 2014 | 144,152 | −780 | −0.54% |
| 2013 | 144,932 | +98 | +0.07% |
| 2012 | 144,834 | +4,159 | +2.96% |
| 2011 | 140,675 | +34,205 | +32.13% |
| 2010 | 106,470 | +21,132 | +24.76% |
| 2009 | 85,338 | −16,820 | −16.46% |
| 2008 | 102,158 | +2,289 | +2.29% |
| 2007 | 99,869 | +9,501 | +10.51% |
| 2006 | 90,368 | +8,662 | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 81,706 | +11,778 | +16.84% |
| 2004 | 69,928 | — | — |
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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