Trademark applications by residents in North America in 2020 — 611,937 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 144.9%.
2004–2020 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North America
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 611,937 | +59,884 | +10.85% |
| 2019 | 552,053 | −147 | −0.03% |
| 2018 | 552,200 | +20,200 | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 532,000 | +61,954 | +13.18% |
| 2016 | 470,046 | −1,594 | −0.34% |
| 2015 | 471,640 | +30,286 | +6.86% |
| 2014 | 441,354 | +23,193 | +5.55% |
| 2013 | 418,161 | +11,114 | +2.73% |
| 2012 | 407,047 | +14,353 | +3.66% |
| 2011 | 392,694 | +27,367 | +7.49% |
| 2010 | 365,327 | +85,349 | +30.48% |
| 2009 | 279,978 | −28,859 | −9.34% |
| 2008 | 308,837 | −15,773 | −4.86% |
| 2007 | 324,610 | +34,153 | +11.76% |
| 2006 | 290,457 | +16,403 | +5.99% |
| 2005 | 274,054 | +24,205 | +9.69% |
| 2004 | 249,849 | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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.