Trademark applications by nonresidents in the European Union in 2021 — 139,461 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has fallen by 52.3%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: European Union
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 139,461 | +8,690 | +6.65% |
| 2020 | 130,771 | −12,760 | −8.89% |
| 2019 | 143,531 | −8,342 | −5.49% |
| 2018 | 151,873 | +18,742 | +14.08% |
| 2017 | 133,131 | +10,402 | +8.48% |
| 2016 | 122,729 | +11,252 | +10.09% |
| 2015 | 111,477 | −18,472 | −14.21% |
| 2014 | 129,949 | −19,810 | −13.23% |
| 2013 | 149,759 | +16,195 | +12.13% |
| 2012 | 133,564 | −7,729 | −5.47% |
| 2011 | 141,293 | −6,471 | −4.38% |
| 2010 | 147,764 | −7,063 | −4.56% |
| 2009 | 154,827 | −54,528 | −26.05% |
| 2008 | 209,355 | −7,669 | −3.53% |
| 2007 | 217,024 | −30,199 | −12.22% |
| 2006 | 247,223 | +2,782 | +1.14% |
| 2005 | 244,441 | −47,634 | −16.31% |
| 2004 | 292,075 | — | — |
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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