The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released the Statistical Annual Report of International Trademark Registration in 2021. In 2020, due to the impact of COVID-19, WIPO accepted 63,800 applications for trademark registration through the Madrid international registration system, which was 0.6% lower than that in 2019.
The top three countries of international trademark applications were the U.S. (10,005), Germany (7334) and China (7075). Among the top ten origins, China (+16.4%) is the only country to record double-digit growth in 2020.
According to the Annual Statistical Report, in 2020, the number of Madrid trademark applications on the computer services ranked first with 1,647,400, accounting for 10.6% of the total number of applications. The number of applications on surgical, medical, dental and veterinary equipments and instruments increased the fastest, with a year-on-year increase of 22.4%.