Trademark applications by residents in the G20 in 2021 — 13,212,110 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 775.8%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13.21M | +371,318 | +2.89% |
| 2020 | 12.84M | +1.91M | +17.5% |
| 2019 | 10.93M | +667,481 | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 10.26M | +1.65M | +19.19% |
| 2017 | 8.61M | +2.29M | +36.34% |
| 2016 | 6.31M | +1.08M | +20.54% |
| 2015 | 5.24M | +728,125 | +16.14% |
| 2014 | 4.51M | +492,045 | +12.25% |
| 2013 | 4.02M | +777,979 | +24.01% |
| 2012 | 3.24M | +285,660 | +9.67% |
| 2011 | 2.95M | +493,125 | +20.03% |
| 2010 | 2.46M | +356,814 | +16.95% |
| 2009 | 2.1M | +123,483 | +6.23% |
| 2008 | 1.98M | −4,945 | −0.25% |
| 2007 | 1.99M | +164,761 | +9.05% |
| 2006 | 1.82M | +157,222 | +9.45% |
| 2005 | 1.66M | +155,491 | +10.31% |
| 2004 | 1.51M | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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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