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II. Annual
Statistics
Note
1. The above statistics are provided by the Intellectual Property Court. "Plaintiff Won" and "Partially Sustained" include
appeals filed against the Ministry of Economic Affairs whose appeal decisions were revoked.
2. "Settlements" refer to cases concluded by the IP court after the litigants' mutual concession to the disputes and the
reaching of an agreement.
Note
Applications for joint ownership of trademark received from July 13, 2006. The number of statistics by nationality in this
table is counted by the number of applicants in terms of their nationality.
6. Trademark Administrative Litigation Processed by the Intellectual Property Court
Item
Year
Cases
Received
Cases Concluded
Withdrawn Plaintiff
Won
Plaintiff
Lost
Partially
Sustained Dismissals Settlements Others Total
Jul. - Dec. 2008 148
3
5
43
3
8
2
2
66
2009
263
10
20
197
11
13
10
1
262
2010
254
14
14
188
14
12
1
0
243
2011
173
9
16
162
16
8
5
1
217
2012
192
8
18
122
19
1
3
0
171
2013
157
6
21
118
11
6
3
0
165
2014
162
9
19
120
9
3
1
0
161
7. Residents and Non-Residents Trademark Applications (By Case)
Item
Year
Residents
Non-Residents
2005
50,263
13,317
2006
51,107
14,350
2007
47,371
14,740
2008
45,876
14,244
2009
47,009
12,677
2010
50,998
15,498
2011
50,895
16,725
2012
55,696
18,661
2013
55,338
18,693
2014
56,217
19,716