Trademark applications filed are applications to register a trademark with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) office. Direct nonresident trademark applications are those filed by applicants from abroad directly at a given national IP office.
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 6,111 | 21,269 | 16,219 | 23,524 | 30,028 | 31,181 | 31,092 | 29,091 | 27,989 | 28,490 | 26,911 | 28,356 | 28,393 |
| India | 1,968 | 17,013 | 12,361 | 17,806 | 22,161 | 14,807 | 19,646 | 23,616 | 24,240 | 31,660 | 23,688 | 26,264 | 26,619 |
| South Africa | 3,345 | 12,169 | 10,850 | 12,509 | 13,962 | 14,105 | 15,199 | 14,943 | 15,326 | 15,112 | 15,337 | 15,820 | 15,788 |
| China | 6,611 | 31,054 | 64,215 | 83,049 | 112,917 | 115,850 | 114,551 | 107,356 | |||||
| Russian Federation | 12,502 | 19,485 | 23,312 | 25,078 | 27,349 | 28,384 | 26,359 | 24,317 | 24,333 | 25,194 | 25,992 | 26,414 |