Trademark applications by residents in Northern Europe in 2021 — 272,265 filings. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 93.7%.
2013–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern Europe
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 272,265 | +38,675 | +16.56% |
| 2020 | 233,590 | +44,300 | +23.4% |
| 2019 | 189,290 | −5,097 | −2.62% |
| 2018 | 194,387 | +6,306 | +3.35% |
| 2017 | 188,081 | +20,302 | +12.1% |
| 2016 | 167,779 | +15,226 | +9.98% |
| 2015 | 152,553 | +6,841 | +4.69% |
| 2014 | 145,712 | +5,120 | +3.64% |
| 2013 | 140,592 | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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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