Page 21 - 2018 Annual Report Taiwan Intellectual Property Office

Non-traditional Trademark Applications
Unit: Case
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Non-traditional trademark applications (176 cases) were up from 2017. Of these, 3D trademark applications (166 cases) outnumbered other non-traditional trademarks and showed a significant increase.
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TIPO ANNUAL REPORT
Type Year
3D
Trademark Applications by Residents to TM5
Trademark Applications by Residents to TM5 (by case)
25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000
According to TM5 data, residents in 2017 filed the most trademark applications (20,308 cases) with CNIPA and actively developed portfolios in mainland China. Applications by residents to TM5 were all up from 2016.
In 2018, residents filed the most trademark
applications with CNIPA, standing at 23,356 5,000 cases. Moreover, trademark applications to the
CNIPA
0
USPTO, EUIPO and KIPO stood respectively at 1,965, 664 and 486 cases; all of which continued to grow.
Note: 1. Sources: USPTO Annual Report, JPO Annual Report, EUIPO website, KIPO website, and CNIPA website.
2. China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) took over trademark administration and management in 2018.
3. JPO figure for 2018 has not yet been released.
USPTO
JPO
KIPO
2014
1,673
708
478
14,676
2015
1,782
721
20,301
2016
113
19
1
2016
1,610
699
19,229
2017
144
Sound
7
4
Color
0
Hologram
2
Motion
6
1
Others
7
12
2017
1,734
20,308
2018
0
Total
153
163
176
2018
730
1,965
EUIPO
752
611
417
608
411
654
417
664
486
23,356
19
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