Trademark applications by residents in South Korea in 2021 — 299,622 filings. Ranked 8 in the world out of 122. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 150%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Korea
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 299,622 | +30,304 | +11.25% |
| 2020 | 269,318 | +40,802 | +17.86% |
| 2019 | 228,516 | +20,563 | +9.89% |
| 2018 | 207,953 | +26,735 | +14.75% |
| 2017 | 181,218 | −2,402 | −1.31% |
| 2016 | 183,620 | −7,850 | −4.1% |
| 2015 | 191,470 | +27,228 | +16.58% |
| 2014 | 164,242 | +6,182 | +3.91% |
| 2013 | 158,060 | +17,152 | +12.17% |
| 2012 | 140,908 | +8,042 | +6.05% |
| 2011 | 132,866 | +2,873 | +2.21% |
| 2010 | 129,993 | −4,026 | −3% |
| 2009 | 134,019 | −10,902 | −7.52% |
| 2008 | 144,921 | −2,568 | −1.74% |
| 2007 | 147,489 | +10,899 | +7.98% |
| 2006 | 136,590 | +6,956 | +5.37% |
| 2005 | 129,634 | +9,795 | +8.17% |
| 2004 | 119,839 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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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