Trademark applications by nonresidents in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020 — 73,303 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 241.4%.
2004–2020 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 73,303 | −11,566 | −13.63% |
| 2019 | 84,869 | +3,462 | +4.25% |
| 2018 | 81,407 | +3,438 | +4.41% |
| 2017 | 77,969 | +9,542 | +13.94% |
| 2016 | 68,427 | +3,630 | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 64,797 | +9,263 | +16.68% |
| 2014 | 55,534 | +4,451 | +8.71% |
| 2013 | 51,083 | +8,100 | +18.84% |
| 2012 | 42,983 | +9,988 | +30.27% |
| 2011 | 32,995 | +3,829 | +13.13% |
| 2010 | 29,166 | +6,822 | +30.53% |
| 2009 | 22,344 | −6,638 | −22.9% |
| 2008 | 28,982 | −3,057 | −9.54% |
| 2007 | 32,039 | +5,661 | +21.46% |
| 2006 | 26,378 | +3,705 | +16.34% |
| 2005 | 22,673 | +1,202 | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 21,471 | — | — |
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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