Trademark applications by residents — all countries

Trademark applications by residents — East Asia & Pacific

Trademark applications by residents in East Asia & Pacific in 2020 — 10,139,953 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 1,219.1%.

2020 10.14M filings +17.35% vs 2019
World rank
Period maximum 10.14M filings2020
Period minimum 768,714 filings2004

Trend over time

2004–2020 · applications, class count

Trademark applications by residents — East Asia & Pacific, 2004–202005M10M15M2004200620082010201220142016201820202004: 768,714 filings2005: 831,187 filings2006: 932,974 filings2007: 889,825 filings2008: 881,644 filings2009: 1,017,232 filings2010: 1,302,831 filings2011: 1,596,817 filings2012: 1,862,122 filings2013: 2,314,537 filings2014: 2,766,029 filings2015: 3,477,232 filings2016: 4,427,728 filings2017: 6,552,424 filings2018: 8,135,418 filings2019: 8,640,599 filings2020: 10,139,953 filings
Change over the period: +9.37M (+1,219.08%) Average annual rate: 17.49 %

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 10.14M filings
World 14.8M filings
Trademark applications by residents — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2020 10.14M +1.5M +17.35%
2019 8.64M +505,181 +6.21%
2018 8.14M +1.58M +24.16%
2017 6.55M +2.12M +47.99%
2016 4.43M +950,496 +27.33%
2015 3.48M +711,203 +25.71%
2014 2.77M +451,492 +19.51%
2013 2.31M +452,415 +24.3%
2012 1.86M +265,305 +16.61%
2011 1.6M +293,986 +22.57%
2010 1.3M +285,599 +28.08%
2009 1.02M +135,588 +15.38%
2008 881,644 −8,181 −0.92%
2007 889,825 −43,149 −4.62%
2006 932,974 +101,787 +12.25%
2005 831,187 +62,473 +8.13%
2004 768,714

About the indicator

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.