We are halfway through the year 2022. Covid-19 is not yet eradicated and the armed conflict in
Through this study, we will verify the main trends in registration since the beginning of the year in the
Total numbers of trademarks
From January to the 5th of September, around 18 thousand trademarks were requested. The same period in the previous year registered a total of 29,835 trademarks. Since there may be a deviation in the data analyzed (the trademarks requested this year in the first week of September may not reflect the totality) we still see a huge shortage compared to the same period of the previous year. The biggest drop was due to the applications in the
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Interestingly, there are more German applications, directly, than applications that designate some jurisdiction of the
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Applicants
Due to the number of Chinese companies, it would be expected that there might not be a preponderance of any company regarding the filing of trademarks applications in the EU region since the beginning of the year. However, despite not being relevant in the total sample, Huawei is highlighted in this group with at least 101 trademarks applications compared to the 56 trademarks applications of
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ZHU, Liping - 34 trademarks
Despite the total decrease in trademarks in the same period of the previous year, Huawei filed 28 more trademarks than last year.
Conclusion
So far, we have been able to verify that there has been a sharp decrease in the number of trademark applications in the
It remains to be seen, for the future, what will be the economic outcome of this period in history and to be verified how Chinese industry will be able to deal with the instability of the global economy.
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