Bulgaria - Industrial design applications

Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count

The value for Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count in Bulgaria was 248.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 10 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 274.00 in 2016 and a minimum value of 48.00 in 2010.

Definition: Industrial design applications are applications to register an industrial design with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) offices and designations received by relevant offices through the Hague System. Industrial designs are applied to a wide variety of industrial products and handicrafts. They refer to the ornamental or aesthetic aspects of a useful article, including compositions of lines or colors or any three-dimensional forms that give a special appearance to a product or handicraft. The holder of a registered industrial design has exclusive rights against unauthorized copying or imitation of the design by third parties. Industrial design registrations are valid for a limited period. The term of protection is usually 15 years for most jurisdictions. However, differences in legislation do exist, notably in China (which provides for a 10-year term from the application date). Non-resident application refers to an application filed with the IP office of or acting on behalf of a state or jurisdiction in which the first-named applicant in the application is not domiciled. Design count is used to render application data for industrial applications across offices comparable, as some offices follow a single-class/single-design filing system while other have a multiple class/design filing system.

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Statistics Database at www.wipo.int/ipstats/. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data.

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Year Value
2010 48.00
2011 72.00
2012 235.00
2013 263.00
2014 60.00
2015 219.00
2016 274.00
2017 267.00
2018 112.00
2019 124.00
2020 248.00

Industrial design applications, resident, by count

The value for Industrial design applications, resident, by count in Bulgaria was 534.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 10 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 885.00 in 2014 and a minimum value of 433.00 in 2018.

Definition: Industrial design applications are applications to register an industrial design with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) offices and designations received by relevant offices through the Hague System. Industrial designs are applied to a wide variety of industrial products and handicrafts. They refer to the ornamental or aesthetic aspects of a useful article, including compositions of lines or colors or any three-dimensional forms that give a special appearance to a product or handicraft. The holder of a registered industrial design has exclusive rights against unauthorized copying or imitation of the design by third parties. Industrial design registrations are valid for a limited period. The term of protection is usually 15 years for most jurisdictions. However, differences in legislation do exist, notably in China (which provides for a 10-year term from the application date). Resident application refers to an application filed with the IP office of or acting on behalf of the state or jurisdiction in which the first-named applicant in the application has residence. Design count is used to render application data for industrial applications across offices comparable, as some offices follow a single-class/single-design filing system while other have a multiple class/design filing system.

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Statistics Database at www.wipo.int/ipstats/. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data.

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Year Value
2010 520.00
2011 615.00
2012 743.00
2013 831.00
2014 885.00
2015 620.00
2016 648.00
2017 631.00
2018 433.00
2019 718.00
2020 534.00

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology