Trademark applications by residents in South Africa in 2021 — 25,786 filings. Ranked 33 in the world out of 122. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 72.1%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 25,786 | +3,682 | +16.66% |
| 2020 | 22,104 | +521 | +2.41% |
| 2019 | 21,583 | −959 | −4.25% |
| 2018 | 22,542 | +161 | +0.72% |
| 2017 | 22,381 | −295 | −1.3% |
| 2016 | 22,676 | +1,082 | +5.01% |
| 2015 | 21,594 | +1,119 | +5.47% |
| 2014 | 20,475 | −396 | −1.9% |
| 2013 | 20,871 | +372 | +1.81% |
| 2012 | 20,499 | +977 | +5% |
| 2011 | 19,522 | +1,482 | +8.22% |
| 2010 | 18,040 | +1,906 | +11.81% |
| 2009 | 16,134 | +42 | +0.26% |
| 2008 | 16,092 | −988 | −5.78% |
| 2007 | 17,080 | −2,937 | −14.67% |
| 2006 | 20,017 | +3,032 | +17.85% |
| 2005 | 16,985 | +2,003 | +13.37% |
| 2004 | 14,982 | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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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