Trademark applications by residents in Hong Kong in 2021 — 31,154 filings. Ranked 31 in the world out of 122. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 125%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Hong Kong
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31,154 | +1,497 | +5.05% |
| 2020 | 29,657 | +478 | +1.64% |
| 2019 | 29,179 | −2,539 | −8% |
| 2018 | 31,718 | +2,182 | +7.39% |
| 2017 | 29,536 | +2,472 | +9.13% |
| 2016 | 27,064 | −1,852 | −6.4% |
| 2015 | 28,916 | −532 | −1.81% |
| 2014 | 29,448 | +3,764 | +14.66% |
| 2013 | 25,684 | +521 | +2.07% |
| 2012 | 25,163 | +2,846 | +12.75% |
| 2011 | 22,317 | +2,478 | +12.49% |
| 2010 | 19,839 | +2,968 | +17.59% |
| 2009 | 16,871 | +1,650 | +10.84% |
| 2008 | 15,221 | +406 | +2.74% |
| 2007 | 14,815 | +500 | +3.49% |
| 2006 | 14,315 | — | — |
| 2004 | 13,849 | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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.
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