Tm Filings 2004 - Straightaway The Truth Tin Live On Told ...

At last, the IPKat tin post away unwrap the content of WIPO's formerly embargoed together with forthwith amended Press Release. In short:

* Use of Madrid international merchandise grade registration arrangement reached a tape grade final year. 29,459 international applications were filed. That's upward 23.5% over 2003.

* For the 12th consecutive yr Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany tops the listing of biggest users with 5,393 Madrid applications (18.3%), followed past times French Republic with 3,503 (11.9%), Italy 2,499 (8.5%), Benelux 2,482 (8.4%) together with Switzerland 2,133 (7.2%). Within 12 months of signing upward to the Madrid Protocol - 1 of ii treaties that principle the arrangement - the USA filed 1,734 (5.9%) applications to rank 6th with the biggest users of the Madrid system.

* Fast risers include Communist People's Republic of China (+115%), Commonwealth of Australia (+100.9%), South Korea (+86.8%), Republic of Bulgaria (+82.5%), Nippon (+75.6%), Slovenia (64.8%), Republic of Latvia (62.7%), Republic of Hungary (+47.4%), Republic of Austria (+36.8%), Turkey (+36.4%), United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland (+36.1%), Italy (+30.5%), Kingdom of Norway (+29.8%), Slovakia (+27.7%), Singapore (+25.7%), Czechia (+24.7%), Sweden (+24.3%), Kingdom of Denmark (+17.9%) together with Republic of Croatia (+15.4%).

* Top 20 users of the Madrid arrangement inward 2004 were Henkel (Germany), Hofer (Austria), Richter Gedeon (Austria), Janssen Pharmaceutica (Belgium), Beiersdorf AG (Germany), Siemens (Germany), Novartis (Switzerland), Philips Electronics (Netherlands), Aldi (Germany), Lidl Stifnung & Co (Germany), Deutsche Postbank AG (Germany), L’Oréal (France), Altana Pharma AG (Germany), Nestlé (Switzerland), Unilever (Netherlands), Volkswagen AG (Germany), Mip Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. (Germany), Akzo Nobel Coatings International BV (Netherlands), Merck (France), together with Biofarma (France).

notes that these figures reverberate the increasing globalisation of branding together with marketing policies inward our increasingly shrinking world.

Amended version of the WIPO press liberate here; master version here