Trademark applications by residents in Western Europe in 2021 — 608,687 filings. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 19.6%.
2013–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Europe
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 608,687 | +34,197 | +5.95% |
| 2020 | 574,490 | +13,026 | +2.32% |
| 2019 | 561,464 | +28,301 | +5.31% |
| 2018 | 533,163 | +20,514 | +4% |
| 2017 | 512,649 | +12,403 | +2.48% |
| 2016 | 500,246 | −10,003 | −1.96% |
| 2015 | 510,249 | +22,945 | +4.71% |
| 2014 | 487,304 | −21,714 | −4.27% |
| 2013 | 509,018 | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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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