Trademark applications by nonresidents in the G20 in 2021 — 1,577,163 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 317.6%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.58M | +314,056 | +24.86% |
| 2020 | 1.26M | +87,557 | +7.45% |
| 2019 | 1.18M | +65,974 | +5.95% |
| 2018 | 1.11M | +112,357 | +11.27% |
| 2017 | 997,219 | +104,629 | +11.72% |
| 2016 | 892,590 | +69,586 | +8.46% |
| 2015 | 823,004 | +45,369 | +5.83% |
| 2014 | 777,635 | +33,728 | +4.53% |
| 2013 | 743,907 | +103,954 | +16.24% |
| 2012 | 639,953 | +8,759 | +1.39% |
| 2011 | 631,194 | +103,540 | +19.62% |
| 2010 | 527,654 | +98,725 | +23.02% |
| 2009 | 428,929 | −98,529 | −18.68% |
| 2008 | 527,458 | +12,875 | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 514,583 | +73,003 | +16.53% |
| 2006 | 441,580 | +36,330 | +8.96% |
| 2005 | 405,250 | +27,571 | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 377,679 | — | — |
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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