Trademark applications by residents in Malawi in 2016 — 499 filings. Ranked 101 in the world out of 126. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 264.2%.
2004–2016 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malawi
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 499 | +71 | +16.59% |
| 2015 | 428 | +35 | +8.91% |
| 2014 | 393 | +59 | +17.66% |
| 2013 | 334 | −75 | −18.34% |
| 2012 | 409 | +8 | +2% |
| 2011 | 401 | +196 | +95.61% |
| 2010 | 205 | +79 | +62.7% |
| 2009 | 126 | −60 | −32.26% |
| 2008 | 186 | −1 | −0.53% |
| 2007 | 187 | −35 | −15.77% |
| 2006 | 222 | +63 | +39.62% |
| 2005 | 159 | +22 | +16.06% |
| 2004 | 137 | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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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