Trademark applications by residents — all countries

Trademark applications by residents — Zimbabwe

Trademark applications by residents in Zimbabwe in 2016 — 155 filings. Ranked 113 in the world out of 126. Since 2012, the indicator has fallen by 63.6%.

2016 155 filings −45.61% vs 2015
World rank 113of 126
Period maximum 426 filings2012
Period minimum 155 filings2016

Trend over time

2012–2016 · applications, class count

Trademark applications by residents — Zimbabwe, 2012–2016100200300400500201220132014201520162012: 426 filings2013: 323 filings2014: 310 filings2015: 285 filings2016: 155 filings
Change over the period: −271 (−63.62%) Average annual rate: -22.33 %

Comparison, 2016

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe 155 filings
World 7.79M filings
Sub-Saharan Africa 40,680 filings
Trademark applications by residents — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2016 155 −130 −45.61%
2015 285 −25 −8.06%
2014 310 −13 −4.02%
2013 323 −103 −24.18%
2012 426

About the indicator

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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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.