Trademark applications by residents in the G7 in 2021 — 1,763,921 filings. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 150%.
2010–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.76M | +20,600 | +1.18% |
| 2020 | 1.74M | −11,769 | −0.67% |
| 2019 | 1.76M | +66,025 | +3.91% |
| 2018 | 1.69M | −9,465 | −0.56% |
| 2017 | 1.7M | +191,576 | +12.71% |
| 2016 | 1.51M | +187,538 | +14.21% |
| 2015 | 1.32M | +75,425 | +6.06% |
| 2014 | 1.24M | +42,798 | +3.56% |
| 2013 | 1.2M | +466,060 | +63.4% |
| 2012 | 735,133 | +3,994 | +0.55% |
| 2011 | 731,139 | +25,686 | +3.64% |
| 2010 | 705,453 | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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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