Trademark applications by residents in Bulgaria in 2021 — 10,906 filings. Ranked 49 in the world out of 122. Since 2004, the indicator has fallen by 50.2%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bulgaria
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10,906 | +115 | +1.07% |
| 2020 | 10,791 | −1,512 | −12.29% |
| 2019 | 12,303 | −804 | −6.13% |
| 2018 | 13,107 | −331 | −2.46% |
| 2017 | 13,438 | −805 | −5.65% |
| 2016 | 14,243 | +611 | +4.48% |
| 2015 | 13,632 | +132 | +0.98% |
| 2014 | 13,500 | +960 | +7.66% |
| 2013 | 12,540 | −876 | −6.53% |
| 2012 | 13,416 | −60 | −0.45% |
| 2011 | 13,476 | −948 | −6.57% |
| 2010 | 14,424 | −224 | −1.53% |
| 2009 | 14,648 | −7,418 | −33.62% |
| 2008 | 22,066 | −1,152 | −4.96% |
| 2007 | 23,218 | −6,181 | −21.02% |
| 2006 | 29,399 | +5,297 | +21.98% |
| 2005 | 24,102 | +2,203 | +10.06% |
| 2004 | 21,899 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Applications to register a trademark filed by residents of a country with its intellectual property office, counted by classes of goods and services. A trademark is a sign that distinguishes the goods of one enterprise from those of others, and unlike a patent it speaks not of an invention but of the market entry of a new product or brand. The series therefore behaves differently from the patent one: it responds to business activity quickly, grows along with the number of small enterprises and falls noticeably in crisis years.
Important: What is counted is not applications but the classes of goods within them: one application covering five classes counts as five. The class count is needed for comparability — some offices accept an application for a single class, others for several at once. The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.
Source: IP Statistics (WIPO), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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