Trademark applications by residents in Guinea-Bissau in 2013 — 19 filings. Ranked 114 in the world out of 119. Since 2011, the indicator has risen by 18.8%.
2011–2013 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea-Bissau
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 19 | +6 | +46.15% |
| 2012 | 13 | −3 | −18.75% |
| 2011 | 16 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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.
