Trademark applications by residents in the OECD in 2021 — 3,121,098 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 217.1%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: OECD
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3.12M | +170,254 | +5.77% |
| 2020 | 2.95M | +162,057 | +5.81% |
| 2019 | 2.79M | +115,568 | +4.32% |
| 2018 | 2.67M | +22,443 | +0.85% |
| 2017 | 2.65M | +225,246 | +9.29% |
| 2016 | 2.43M | +200,617 | +9.02% |
| 2015 | 2.22M | +124,278 | +5.92% |
| 2014 | 2.1M | +63,990 | +3.14% |
| 2013 | 2.04M | +485,549 | +31.3% |
| 2012 | 1.55M | +68,821 | +4.64% |
| 2011 | 1.48M | +161,110 | +12.19% |
| 2010 | 1.32M | +71,749 | +5.74% |
| 2009 | 1.25M | −77,551 | −5.84% |
| 2008 | 1.33M | −44,080 | −3.22% |
| 2007 | 1.37M | +242,305 | +21.47% |
| 2006 | 1.13M | +76,772 | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 1.05M | +67,822 | +6.89% |
| 2004 | 984,148 | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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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