Trademark applications filed are applications to register a trademark with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) office. Direct resident trademark applications are those filed by domestic applicants directly at a given national IP office.

Direct resident trademark applications (number)

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Australia12,82627,30138,19139,64140,15441,18139,67541,68247,08847,05946,34448,28344,189
Malaysia3,6146,30310,47913,09913,00114,04414,70515,40015,94018,52719,48119,86322,485
New Zealand3,5288,2248,2698,4298,6329,2418,0878,9108,7919,2019,3209,6669,453
Singapore5,1875,0714,3344,2424,6084,8045,6415,3935,8616,4846,3056,489
Cyprus6754627686557946437416961,0561,074
United Kingdom20,01425,43824,18426,81431,27335,23942,16746,38849,22354,07363,15866,83368,782
Trinidad and Tobago366356311368380408322346389
Bahamas484555170191425199
Malta169232403450423405503422410435771535
Canada13,94822,08018,77720,44921,33721,74121,44921,34822,58923,65225,85327,32028,608
India18,71367,26273,3081,72,1201,76,3861,76,0441,83,1722,00,1402,50,5852,64,6622,42,4822,97,7503,22,293
Pakistan2,1585,4658,78914,00315,32315,70820,57623,54427,01730,63230,54332,741
Sri Lanka1,1593,3174,5873,9424,7325,9385,4815,9836,8937,3566,676
Ghana57883900928833
Kenya1,0172,0312,4882,3282,8163,4373,6753,903
Rwanda16221109102246194255318316
Malawi135105159205401409334393428499
Mauritius2138268397878559911,1101,0351,0861,123
United Republic of Tanzania2115
Gambia2422163023564545695453105
Nigeria1,39220,56017,18219,33215,55711,22111,341
Uganda272284137251,0761,0461,2911,359
Zambia142403784706333985276827931,0721,1901,083
Sierra Leone150122350113300480200
South Africa7,52813,50916,98518,04019,52220,49920,87120,47521,59422,67622,38122,54221,583
Samoa23211522212835
Barbados17913514219622324615920221232
Jamaica1733205839731,1199487608651,3951,1421,1511,1221,232
Bangladesh2,0084,6396,0937,8578,6328,2948,0017,9309,3228,5809,2477,9608,043
Seychelles391106135867105
Tonga362
Guyana13111620456269
Saint Lucia541282730312133
Botswana329411358359418519464606603
Brunei Darussalam9315633195341101102121141180
Papua New Guinea293570139180117109108
Belize71137120771031209871120138
Dominica551041711082
Namibia554393323641,6087393,4232,005342
Lesotho68
Mozambique2445331,0669551,3881,1121,2741,1571,2951,2781,2471,655
Antigua and Barbuda144161438292331
Grenada4049124119
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines718421215
Saint Kitts and Nevis19115