Trademark applications by residents in NATO in 2021 — 2,162,858 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 188.7%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: NATO
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2.16M | +169,891 | +8.52% |
| 2020 | 1.99M | +205,352 | +11.49% |
| 2019 | 1.79M | +60,979 | +3.53% |
| 2018 | 1.73M | +44,666 | +2.66% |
| 2017 | 1.68M | +105,055 | +6.66% |
| 2016 | 1.58M | +98,933 | +6.69% |
| 2015 | 1.48M | −28,123 | −1.87% |
| 2014 | 1.51M | +10,902 | +0.73% |
| 2013 | 1.5M | +319,431 | +27.17% |
| 2012 | 1.18M | +31,576 | +2.76% |
| 2011 | 1.14M | +171,071 | +17.58% |
| 2010 | 973,125 | +55,921 | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 917,204 | −100,403 | −9.87% |
| 2008 | 1.02M | — | — |
| 2004 | 749,109 | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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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