Trademark applications by nonresidents — all countries

Trademark applications by nonresidents — Eastern Asia

Trademark applications by nonresidents in Eastern Asia in 2021 — 480,402 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 240.4%.

2021 480,402 filings +15.88% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 480,402 filings2021
Period minimum 141,110 filings2004

Trend over time

2004–2021 · applications, class count

Trademark applications by nonresidents — Eastern Asia, 2004–20210200,000400,000600,00020042006200820102012201420162018202020212004: 141,110 filings2006: 172,879 filings2009: 165,445 filings2010: 190,321 filings2013: 290,532 filings2014: 298,799 filings2015: 332,067 filings2016: 338,451 filings2017: 376,881 filings2018: 440,417 filings2019: 446,880 filings2020: 414,583 filings2021: 480,402 filings
Change over the period: +339,292 (+240.45%) Average annual rate: 7.47 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Asia

Eastern Asia 480,402 filings
World 2.9M filings
Trademark applications by nonresidents — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 480,402 +65,819 +15.88%
2020 414,583 −32,297 −7.23%
2019 446,880 +6,463 +1.47%
2018 440,417 +63,536 +16.86%
2017 376,881 +38,430 +11.35%
2016 338,451 +6,384 +1.92%
2015 332,067 +33,268 +11.13%
2014 298,799 +8,267 +2.85%
2013 290,532
2010 190,321 +24,876 +15.04%
2009 165,445
2006 172,879
2004 141,110

About the indicator

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.