3,858 1.8%

WHO FILED THE MOST

PCT PATENT APPLICATIONS

IN 2015?

International applications filed under the Patent

Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

Number of published applications

TOP 5 FIELDS OF TECHNOLOGY

Number of applications Growth in 2015

TOP 10 COUNTRIES

Computer technology

16,385 8.2%

Digital communication

16,047 8%

Electrical machinery,apparatus and energy

14,612 7.3%

Medical technology

12,633 6.3 %

Transport8,627 4.3 %

Number of applications and share of world total

Huawei Technologies

Qualcomm

ZTESam

sung Electronics

Mitsubishi Electric

Ericsson

LG Electronics

SonyPhilips Electronics

Hewlett-Packard

500

1,000

2,000

Number of published applications and share of total

1,500

2,500

3,000

3,500

10,000

30,000

50,000

3,898

1,593

2,442

1,481

2,155

1,457

1,683 1,3811,378

1,310

U.S.

57,385 26.3%

JAPAN

44,235 20.3%

CHINA

29,846 13.7%

REPUBLIC

OF KOREA

14,626 6.7%

FRANCE

8,476 3.9%

U.K.

5,313 2.4%

NETHERLANDS

4,357 2%

SWIT

ZERLAND

4,280 2%

GERMANY

18,072 8.3%

SWEDEN

+ 1.7%218,000

TOP 10 PCT APPLICANTS

Number of Madrid applications

Applications for international registration

under the Madrid System

TOP 10 MADRID APPLICANTS

TOP 5 CLASSES

Number of applications Growth in 2015

TOP 10 COUNTRIES

Computers and electronics

12,436 +27.7%

Services for business

10,482 +23.8%

Technologicalservices

7,741 +26.2%

Clothing6,227 +18.6%

Leisure, education and training

6,182 +21.6%

Number of applications and share of world total

Novartis

LidlL’Oréal

Philips Electronics

Richter Gedeon Nyrt

Boehringer Ingelheim

Apple

Daimler

Biofarma

Glaxo Group Limited

50

100

200

Number of classes specified in international registrations and growth rate 2014-15

150

197

124

152

90

130

85

12683 81

68

GERMANY

6,831 13.9%

ITALY

2,706 5.5%

FRANCE

4,021 8.2%

WHO FILED THE MOST MADRID

TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS

IN 2015?

U.K.

2,730 5.5%

CHINA

2,401 4.9%

JAPAN

2,205 4.5%

NETHERLANDS

1,306 2.7%

AUSTRALIA

2,058 4.2%

2,000

4,000

6,000

7,000

SWIT

ZERLAND

3,051 6.2%

U.S.

7,340 14.9%

+ 2.9%49,273

WHO ACCOUNTED FOR THE

MOST HAGUE DESIGN FILINGS

IN 2015?

Design filings under

the Hague System

TOP 10 HAGUE APPLICANTS

Number of designs contained in applications

Number of designs contained in applications

Growth in 2015

TOP 10 COUNTRIES

Clocks and watches

324 +17.8%

Means of transport

264 +10.9%

Packages and containers

249 +3.8%

Furnishing 249 +7.3 %

Recording and communication

equipment 387 +141.9 %

Number of designs contained in applications and share of world total

Samsung Electronics

Swatch

Fonkel Meubelm

arketing

Volkswagen

Procter & Gamble

ThunGillette Com

pany

Thomas Sabo

Legero Schuhfabrik

Cartier Creation Studio

200

400

800

Number of registrations and growth rate 2014-15

600

1,000

1,132

369

511

183

438

179

418

156153

147

3,316 20.2%

SWIT

ZERLAND

1,317 8%

FRANCE

1,282 7.8%

REPUBLIC O

F KOREA

1,186 7.2%

ITALY

1,039 6.3%

U.S.

765 4.7%

NETHERLANDS

497 3%

AUSTRIA

411 2.5%

JAPAN

391 2.4%

U.K.

TOP 5 CLASSES

GERMANY

3,453 21%

1,000

2,000

3,000

+ 13,8%16,435

WHO FILEDTHE MOST

DOMAIN NAME CASES

IN 2015?

TOP 5 AREAS OF COMMERCE

TOP 10DOMAIN NAME CASE FILERS

TOP 10 COUNTRIES

Number of cases filed

Number of cases

Growth rate2014-15

Number of cases filed and percentage of filing

US

A 847

337 France

229 UK

Italy

87

Sweden 72

Spain 76

Denmark 68

Retai

l

Biote

chnology

and Pharm

aceu

ticals

Inte

rnet

and IT

Fash

ion

Banking

and finance

Sw

itze

rlan

d 1

69

Nethe

rland

s 9

6

272 Germany

Hugo Boss

Philip Morris

Electrolux

Hoffmann-La Roche

Volkswagen

LEGO

Michelin

Wikimedia

Accor

Intesa Sanpaolo

62

178

10% 9% 8% 7%

161 159156

132

International WIPO domain

name case filings

Total number of cases

+ 4.6%

9%

60

48

41

37

36

23

22

22

22

2,754