Trademark applications by residents in Mercosur in 2021 — 443,236 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 197.2%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mercosur
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 443,236 | +95,253 | +27.37% |
| 2020 | 347,983 | +64,945 | +22.95% |
| 2019 | 283,038 | +35,609 | +14.39% |
| 2018 | 247,429 | +21,372 | +9.45% |
| 2017 | 226,057 | +26,157 | +13.09% |
| 2016 | 199,900 | +13,317 | +7.14% |
| 2015 | 186,583 | +8,232 | +4.62% |
| 2014 | 178,351 | −1,370 | −0.76% |
| 2013 | 179,721 | +8,008 | +4.66% |
| 2012 | 171,713 | −14,690 | −7.88% |
| 2011 | 186,403 | −5,544 | −2.89% |
| 2010 | 191,947 | +21,409 | +12.55% |
| 2009 | 170,538 | −13,874 | −7.52% |
| 2008 | 184,412 | +35,563 | +23.89% |
| 2007 | 148,849 | +2,799 | +1.92% |
| 2006 | 146,050 | −6,478 | −4.25% |
| 2005 | 152,528 | +3,383 | +2.27% |
| 2004 | 149,145 | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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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