Trademark applications by nonresidents in South Korea in 2021 — 60,825 filings. Ranked 9 in the world out of 123. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 53.5%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Korea
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60,825 | +10,198 | +20.14% |
| 2020 | 50,627 | −4,950 | −8.91% |
| 2019 | 55,577 | −422 | −0.75% |
| 2018 | 55,999 | +6,735 | +13.67% |
| 2017 | 49,264 | +1,084 | +2.25% |
| 2016 | 48,180 | +3,576 | +8.02% |
| 2015 | 44,604 | +1,459 | +3.38% |
| 2014 | 43,145 | +1,116 | +2.66% |
| 2013 | 42,029 | +581 | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 41,448 | +2,570 | +6.61% |
| 2011 | 38,878 | −1,891 | −4.64% |
| 2010 | 40,769 | −3,027 | −6.91% |
| 2009 | 43,796 | −8,629 | −16.46% |
| 2008 | 52,425 | +431 | +0.83% |
| 2007 | 51,994 | +7,987 | +18.15% |
| 2006 | 44,007 | +3,331 | +8.19% |
| 2005 | 40,676 | +1,062 | +2.68% |
| 2004 | 39,614 | — | — |
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.
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