Germany - Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count

The value for Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count in Germany was 4,874 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25,442 in 2000 and a minimum value of 4,874 in 2020.

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
1989 8,902
1990 8,092
1991 7,717
1992 9,329
1993 9,763
1994 15,660
1995 17,740
1996 16,544
1997 18,376
1998 19,786
1999 21,641
2000 25,442
2001 22,225
2002 23,953
2003 14,926
2004 12,547
2005 13,495
2006 13,974
2007 18,031
2008 12,684
2009 10,093
2010 10,228
2011 12,066
2012 12,110
2013 10,440
2014 13,965
2015 11,173
2016 9,917
2017 6,694
2018 5,661
2019 7,480
2020 4,874

Limitations and Exceptions: An industrial design right protects only the appearance or aesthetic features of a product, whereas a patent protects an invention that offers a new technical solution to a problem. In principle, an industrial design right does not protect the technical or functional features of a product. 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). Data are based on information supplied to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) by IP offices in annual surveys, supplemented by data in national IP office reports. Data may be missing for some offices or periods.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology