Trademark applications by nonresidents in North America in 2020 — 405,636 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 550.7%.
2004–2020 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North America
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 405,636 | +110,758 | +37.56% |
| 2019 | 294,878 | +19,328 | +7.01% |
| 2018 | 275,550 | +9,913 | +3.73% |
| 2017 | 265,637 | +36,695 | +16.03% |
| 2016 | 228,942 | +28,343 | +14.13% |
| 2015 | 200,599 | +23,682 | +13.39% |
| 2014 | 176,917 | +11,059 | +6.67% |
| 2013 | 165,858 | +4,586 | +2.84% |
| 2012 | 161,272 | +9,230 | +6.07% |
| 2011 | 152,042 | +16,284 | +11.99% |
| 2010 | 135,758 | +59,311 | +77.58% |
| 2009 | 76,447 | −11,972 | −13.54% |
| 2008 | 88,419 | −461 | −0.52% |
| 2007 | 88,880 | +11,693 | +15.15% |
| 2006 | 77,187 | +8,968 | +13.15% |
| 2005 | 68,219 | +5,877 | +9.43% |
| 2004 | 62,342 | — | — |
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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