Trademark applications by residents in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020 — 52,736 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 185.4%.
2004–2020 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 52,736 | −7,749 | −12.81% |
| 2019 | 60,485 | +3,205 | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 57,280 | −6,912 | −10.77% |
| 2017 | 64,192 | +23,512 | +57.8% |
| 2016 | 40,680 | −412 | −1% |
| 2015 | 41,092 | +6,909 | +20.21% |
| 2014 | 34,183 | −16,534 | −32.6% |
| 2013 | 50,717 | +4,241 | +9.13% |
| 2012 | 46,476 | −221 | −0.47% |
| 2011 | 46,697 | +24,016 | +105.89% |
| 2010 | 22,681 | +1,646 | +7.83% |
| 2009 | 21,035 | +1,143 | +5.75% |
| 2008 | 19,892 | +358 | +1.83% |
| 2007 | 19,534 | −4,868 | −19.95% |
| 2006 | 24,402 | +3,869 | +18.84% |
| 2005 | 20,533 | +2,052 | +11.1% |
| 2004 | 18,481 | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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.
How many trademarks foreign applicants register in a country — a measure of interest in its market.
Education Industrial design applications by residentsHow many product designs residents of a country register per year.
Education Patent applications by residentsHow many patent applications residents of a country file per year.
Business New businesses registeredHow many limited liability companies are registered in a country in a year.