China Trademark OFFICE: Annual Development Report on China’s Trademark Strategy 2014

发布时间：2015.05.06

On 20th April, 2015, Trademark Office of The State Administration for Industry &Commerce of China published the annual development report on China’s Trademark Strategy 2014.

In 2014, China trademark application passed 2 million for the first time, reaching 2.285 millions, with a year-on-year growth of 21.5%, keeping the highest amount of the world for consecutive 13 years.

In 2014, the Trademark Office examined 2.426 million trademark applications, which was over 2 million for the first time, an increase of 70.3%.

The top ten countries or regions with the largest number of foreign trademark applications(including Madrid trademark applications for territorial extension) were the USA(29,811), Japan(14,054), Germany(12,831), Republic of Korea(9,972), France(9,870), UK(9,634),Italy(6,797), Swiss(5,775), BVI British Virgin Islands (4,280) and Australia(3,756). Trademark applications from the above ten countries or regions accounted for 73.45% of the total foreign applications in China.