Trademark applications by residents in the European Union in 2021 — 929,118 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 99.1%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: European Union
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 929,118 | +60,389 | +6.95% |
| 2020 | 868,729 | +21,034 | +2.48% |
| 2019 | 847,695 | +24,699 | +3% |
| 2018 | 822,996 | +21,608 | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 801,388 | +1,080 | +0.13% |
| 2016 | 800,308 | +87,508 | +12.28% |
| 2015 | 712,800 | −63,939 | −8.23% |
| 2014 | 776,739 | −30,639 | −3.79% |
| 2013 | 807,378 | +293,686 | +57.17% |
| 2012 | 513,692 | −12,556 | −2.39% |
| 2011 | 526,248 | −21,301 | −3.89% |
| 2010 | 547,549 | +18,985 | +3.59% |
| 2009 | 528,564 | −1,704 | −0.32% |
| 2008 | 530,268 | −16,365 | −2.99% |
| 2007 | 546,633 | +17,277 | +3.26% |
| 2006 | 529,356 | +32,420 | +6.52% |
| 2005 | 496,936 | +30,179 | +6.47% |
| 2004 | 466,757 | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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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