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Current Statistical Data for Trade Marks
At a glance
|
|
2021 |
2022 |
Changes in % |
| Applications (national and international) |
|
92,335 |
77,427 |
- 16.1 |
| National marks |
Applications |
87,649 |
73,309 |
- 16.4 |
| |
Concluded registration procedures |
91,629 |
75,053 |
- 18.1 |
| |
- with registration |
68,609 |
53,621 |
- 21.8 |
| |
Trade marks in force |
868,455 |
880,538 |
+ 1.4 |
| International marks |
Requests for grant of protection in Germany |
4,686 |
4,118 |
- 12.1 |
| |
Grants of protection |
3,340 |
3,847 |
+ 15.2 |
Filings of national trade marks
| Year |
Total |
Applications from Germany |
Percentage of services[1] |
| 2018 |
70,542 |
65,669 |
47.3 |
| 2019 |
73,627 |
68,252 |
46.1 |
| 2020 |
84,623 |
78,713 |
44.8 |
| 2021 |
87,649 |
81,816 |
44.0 |
| 2022 |
73,309 |
68,209 |
44.3 |
| [1] Percentage of service classes claimed out of all classes claimed in national trade mark applications, since a trade mark application may be attributed to several classes. |
Registrations
| Year |
Registrations under Sec. 41 Trade Mark Act |
| 2018 |
50,588 |
| 2019 |
55,030 |
| 2020 |
60,436 |
| 2021 |
68,609 |
| 2022 |
53,621 |
Top 3 Trade Mark Proprietors in 2022
| Ranking |
Proprietor [1] |
Seat |
Registrations |
| 1 |
BERLIN-CHEMIE AG |
Germany |
103 |
| 2 |
ApoE Consulting GmbH |
Germany |
94 |
| 3 |
MERCK KGaA |
Germany |
86 |
| [1] Without taking into account possible business group affiliations. |
Trade Mark applications by German Länder 2022
| Land |
Applications |
Percentage |
Applications per 100,000 inhabitants |
| North Rhine-Westphalia |
17,716 |
26.0 |
99 |
| Bavaria |
12,530 |
18.4 |
95 |
| Baden-Württemberg |
8,359 |
12.3 |
75 |
| Hesse |
5,273 |
7.7 |
84 |
| Berlin |
5,182 |
7.6 |
141 |
| Lower Saxony |
4,696 |
6.9 |
59 |
| Hamburg |
3,267 |
4.8 |
176 |
| Rhineland-Palatinate |
2,803 |
4.1 |
68 |
| Schleswig-Holstein |
2,142 |
3.1 |
73 |
| Saxony |
1,841 |
2.7 |
46 |
| Brandenburg |
1,166 |
1.7 |
46 |
| Thuringia |
877 |
1.3 |
42 |
| Saxony-Anhalt |
705 |
1.0 |
32 |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
616 |
0.9 |
38 |
| Bremen |
535 |
0.8 |
79 |
| Saarland |
501 |
0.7 |
51 |
| Germany |
68,209 |
100 |
82 |
TOP 5 Classes of goods and services [1] in 2022
| Class |
Class includes[2] |
2021 |
2022 |
Changes in % |
| 35 |
Advertising; business Management, organisation and Administration; office functions |
29,935 |
24,742 |
- 17.3 |
| 41 |
Education; training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities |
20,429 |
18,281 |
- 10.5 |
| 9 |
Electronic apparatus and instruments; computer hardware; software, optical apparatus and instruments |
16,584 |
14,634 |
- 11.8 |
| 42 |
Scientific and technological services |
15,517 |
13,393 |
- 13.7 |
| 25 |
Clothing; footwear and headgear |
13,233 |
11,402 |
- 13.8 |
| [1] A trade mark application can be attributed to several classes. |
| [2] According to the current version of Nice Classification. |
Last updated: 8 March 2023
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