Trademark applications by nonresidents in Malawi in 2016 — 668 filings. Ranked 117 in the world out of 128. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 53.9%.
2004–2016 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malawi
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 668 | −168 | −20.1% |
| 2015 | 836 | +170 | +25.53% |
| 2014 | 666 | +17 | +2.62% |
| 2013 | 649 | −106 | −14.04% |
| 2012 | 755 | −43 | −5.39% |
| 2011 | 798 | −1,036 | −56.49% |
| 2010 | 1,834 | +1,294 | +239.63% |
| 2009 | 540 | −84 | −13.46% |
| 2008 | 624 | +85 | +15.77% |
| 2007 | 539 | −43 | −7.39% |
| 2006 | 582 | +247 | +73.73% |
| 2005 | 335 | −99 | −22.81% |
| 2004 | 434 | — | — |
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.
How many trademarks residents of a country register in their own name per year.
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