Trademark applications by residents in Japan in 2021 — 269,517 filings. Ranked 10 in the world out of 122. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 70.2%.
2013–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Japan
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 269,517 | −73,441 | −21.41% |
| 2020 | 342,958 | −128,790 | −27.3% |
| 2019 | 471,748 | +33,408 | +7.62% |
| 2018 | 438,340 | −57,752 | −11.64% |
| 2017 | 496,092 | +105,567 | +27.03% |
| 2016 | 390,525 | +100,287 | +34.55% |
| 2015 | 290,238 | +98,058 | +51.02% |
| 2014 | 192,180 | +33,822 | +21.36% |
| 2013 | 158,358 | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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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