Trade Mark Filings increase worldwide in 2019

The World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) have released their World Intellectual Property Indicators report for 2019. While New Zealand and Australia saw a slight drop in trade mark filings as compared to 2018, overall worldwide trade mark filings increased by 5.9% in 2019.   COUNTRY 2018 2019 AUSTRALIA 79,135 73,646 NEW ZEALAND 24,483 24,449   The key markets for trade mark filings in 2019 were: Asia – 70.6% Europe 15.4% North America 5.7% Latin America […]