Trademark applications by nonresidents in the OECD in 2021 — 1,365,704 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 175.9%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: OECD
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.37M | +302,468 | +28.45% |
| 2020 | 1.06M | +105,041 | +10.96% |
| 2019 | 958,195 | +31,857 | +3.44% |
| 2018 | 926,338 | +76,565 | +9.01% |
| 2017 | 849,773 | +71,477 | +9.18% |
| 2016 | 778,296 | +76,297 | +10.87% |
| 2015 | 701,999 | +24,978 | +3.69% |
| 2014 | 677,021 | +17,638 | +2.67% |
| 2013 | 659,383 | +110,383 | +20.11% |
| 2012 | 549,000 | +11,652 | +2.17% |
| 2011 | 537,348 | +45,480 | +9.25% |
| 2010 | 491,868 | +63,362 | +14.79% |
| 2009 | 428,506 | −100,743 | −19.04% |
| 2008 | 529,249 | −17,013 | −3.11% |
| 2007 | 546,262 | +64,256 | +13.33% |
| 2006 | 482,006 | +22,883 | +4.98% |
| 2005 | 459,123 | −35,897 | −7.25% |
| 2004 | 495,020 | — | — |
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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