ARTICLE
5 March 1997

Statistics On Trademarks 1992-1996

KC
Käosaar & Co

Contributor

Estonia Information Technology and Telecoms
The Estonian Trademark Law came into force on October, 1 1992. The number of trademark applications filed yearly is as follows:

1992       1365
1993      11932
1994       2733
1995       2830
1996       2659

The extremely high number of applications in 1993 is mainly because:

  • there was no trademark law before 1992
  • the applications for re-registration of former Soviet Union trademarks were accepted until December 31, 1993.

The Soviet Union was also the member state of Madrid's agreement, so the international registrations were re-registered as well.

The number of applications is now stabilized at the level of 2600-2800 applications per year.

Domestic applications

1992         384
1993        1521
1994         543
1995         589
1996         513

Some 3500 domestic applications have been filed since 1992. This number is relatively small compared to more than 12 thousand entries to the Estonian Business Register. A remarkable increase in the number of domestic applications is expected soon.

Registered trademarks:

1994        7599
1995        3454
1996        3726

The State Patent Office has succesfully managed the huge number of year 1993 applications. So the trademark examining procedure is becoming shorter and shorter.

Registered trademarks by countries:

Domestic applications      EE       2405       15.43%
United States of America   US       3119       20.01%
Germany                    DE       3062       19.65%
France                     FR       1531        9.82%
Great Britain              GB        824        5.29%
Switzerland                CH        700        4.49%
Finland                    FI        700        4.49%
Italy                      IT        660        4.24%
Japan                      JP        550        3.53%
Sweden                     SE        540        3.47%
Other                               1493        9.58%
TOTAL                              15584      100.00%

All Estonian major trade partners are represented in the above list.

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