Trademark applications by residents in the Euro area in 2021 — 820,731 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 136.9%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Euro area
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 820,731 | +54,584 | +7.12% |
| 2020 | 766,147 | +18,054 | +2.41% |
| 2019 | 748,093 | +23,849 | +3.29% |
| 2018 | 724,244 | +30,074 | +4.33% |
| 2017 | 694,170 | +6,642 | +0.97% |
| 2016 | 687,528 | +77,914 | +12.78% |
| 2015 | 609,614 | −60,860 | −9.08% |
| 2014 | 670,474 | −14,986 | −2.19% |
| 2013 | 685,460 | +293,680 | +74.96% |
| 2012 | 391,780 | −6,265 | −1.57% |
| 2011 | 398,045 | −21,432 | −5.11% |
| 2010 | 419,477 | +9,818 | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 409,659 | +21,481 | +5.53% |
| 2008 | 388,178 | −35,533 | −8.39% |
| 2007 | 423,711 | +20,435 | +5.07% |
| 2006 | 403,276 | +32,614 | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 370,662 | +24,222 | +6.99% |
| 2004 | 346,440 | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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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