Trademark applications by residents in Sao Tome and Principe in 2021 — 4 filings. Ranked 121 in the world out of 122. Since 2005, the indicator has fallen by 50%.
2005–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | −19 | −82.61% |
| 2020 | 23 | +8 | +53.33% |
| 2019 | 15 | +5 | +50% |
| 2018 | 10 | −17 | −62.96% |
| 2017 | 27 | −25 | −48.08% |
| 2016 | 52 | +46 | +766.67% |
| 2015 | 6 | −7 | −53.85% |
| 2014 | 13 | +8 | +160% |
| 2013 | 5 | −14 | −73.68% |
| 2012 | 19 | +13 | +216.67% |
| 2011 | 6 | +4 | +200% |
| 2010 | 2 | −6 | −75% |
| 2009 | 8 | +7 | +700% |
| 2008 | 1 | — | — |
| 2006 | 1 | −7 | −87.5% |
| 2005 | 8 | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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.
