Trademark applications by residents in Latin America & Caribbean in 2020 — 624,356 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 165%.
2004–2020 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 624,356 | +71,266 | +12.89% |
| 2019 | 553,090 | +44,473 | +8.74% |
| 2018 | 508,617 | +29,838 | +6.23% |
| 2017 | 478,779 | +46,240 | +10.69% |
| 2016 | 432,539 | +27,695 | +6.84% |
| 2015 | 404,844 | +25,540 | +6.73% |
| 2014 | 379,304 | +11,287 | +3.07% |
| 2013 | 368,017 | +14,635 | +4.14% |
| 2012 | 353,382 | +11,585 | +3.39% |
| 2011 | 341,797 | −44,966 | −11.63% |
| 2010 | 386,763 | +59,737 | +18.27% |
| 2009 | 327,026 | +4,230 | +1.31% |
| 2008 | 322,796 | +25,663 | +8.64% |
| 2007 | 297,133 | +37,086 | +14.26% |
| 2006 | 260,047 | +1,720 | +0.67% |
| 2005 | 258,327 | +22,725 | +9.65% |
| 2004 | 235,602 | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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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