Trademark applications by nonresidents in South Asia in 2021 — 71,324 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 170%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Asia
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 71,324 | +18,889 | +36.02% |
| 2020 | 52,435 | −11,105 | −17.48% |
| 2019 | 63,540 | −1,351 | −2.08% |
| 2018 | 64,891 | +6,684 | +11.48% |
| 2017 | 58,207 | −11,356 | −16.32% |
| 2016 | 69,563 | +15,196 | +27.95% |
| 2015 | 54,367 | +6,683 | +14.02% |
| 2014 | 47,684 | +14,688 | +44.51% |
| 2013 | 32,996 | +4,151 | +14.39% |
| 2012 | 28,845 | −6,933 | −19.38% |
| 2011 | 35,778 | +13,296 | +59.14% |
| 2010 | 22,482 | +7,871 | +53.87% |
| 2009 | 14,611 | −7,276 | −33.24% |
| 2008 | 21,887 | +3,739 | +20.6% |
| 2007 | 18,148 | −5,941 | −24.66% |
| 2006 | 24,089 | +4,312 | +21.8% |
| 2005 | 19,777 | −6,641 | −25.14% |
| 2004 | 26,418 | — | — |
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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