International Trademark Registrations Continue to Grow in 2001

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International Trademark Registrations Continue to Grow in 2001

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The number of trademarks registered with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2001 increased by 4.4 percent to 24,000 over the previous year, said the latest statistics from WIPO issued here on Tuesday.

WIPO experts said the increase reflects the growing commercial interest in this area.

The largest number of international applications filed in 2001, for the fifth consecutive year, came from users in Germany, with 5, 753 applications or 24 percent of the total. France is right next with 3,689 applications, accounting for 15.4 percent of the total.

Experts said a number of improvements designed to make the system more flexible and user-friendly were introduced in 2001 by the Madrid Assembly which approved the first major revision of the Common regulations under the Madrid Agreement and Protocol since they came into force in 1996.

According to the document from WIPO, the number of industrial designs for which protection was sought under the Hague Agreement in 2001 remained steady with 20,735 designs registered.

Under the Madrid and the Hague system, a trademark or industrial design owner in one of the member states can obtain protection for his mark or design in some or all of the other members by filing a single international application with WIPO.

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