2019 Annual Report Intellectual Property Office

I. IPR APPLICATIONS Non-traditional Trademark Applications Non-traditional trademark applications (128 cases) were down from 2018. Of these, 3D trademark applications (103 cases) outnumbered other non-traditional trademarks. Unit: Case Trademark Applications by Residents to TM5 Residents Filing Trademark Applications with TM5 (by case) According to TM5 data, residents in 2018 filed the most trademark applications (23,356 cases) with CNIPA and actively developed portfolios in mainland China. Applications by residents to TM5 were all up from 2017. In 2019, residents' filings of trademark applications with the USPTO continued to grow, standing at 2,004 cases. However, trademark applications filed by residents with the EUIPO (591 cases) went down from 2018. Note: 1. Sources: USPTO Annual Report, JPO Annual Report, EUIPO website, KIPO website, and CNIPA website. 2. JPO, KIPO and CNIPA have not yet released figures for 2019. 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 Cases 5,000 0 2015 2016 2017 1,782 721 606 417 20,301 1,610 699 610 411 19,229 1,734 730 655 417 20,308 USPTO JPO EUIPO KIPO CNIPA 2018 2019 1,965 907 667 488 23,356 2,004 591 2017 2018 2019 3D 144 166 103 Sound 4 4 2 Color 0 5 4 Hologram 2 0 0 Motion 1 1 1 Others 12 0 18 Total 163 176 128 Type Year 21 2019 TIPOANNUAL REPORT