Trademark applications by residents in the world in 2021 — 15,285,200 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 398.7%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15.29M | +485,900 | +3.28% |
| 2020 | 14.8M | +2.05M | +16.05% |
| 2019 | 12.75M | +784,400 | +6.55% |
| 2018 | 11.97M | +1.71M | +16.67% |
| 2017 | 10.26M | +2.47M | +31.7% |
| 2016 | 7.79M | +1M | +14.81% |
| 2015 | 6.78M | +929,200 | +15.87% |
| 2014 | 5.85M | +569,500 | +10.78% |
| 2013 | 5.29M | +350,600 | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 4.93M | +299,100 | +6.45% |
| 2011 | 4.64M | +368,600 | +8.64% |
| 2010 | 4.27M | +493,200 | +13.07% |
| 2009 | 3.77M | +33,500 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 3.74M | −46,900 | −1.24% |
| 2007 | 3.79M | +167,300 | +4.62% |
| 2006 | 3.62M | +241,000 | +7.13% |
| 2005 | 3.38M | +313,600 | +10.23% |
| 2004 | 3.07M | — | — |
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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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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