Switzerland - Industrial design applications

Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count

The value for Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count in Switzerland was 7,245 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 14 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,284 in 2019 and a minimum value of 4,797 in 2006.

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
2006 4,797
2007 6,151
2008 6,072
2009 6,187
2010 6,693
2011 6,862
2012 8,208
2013 7,762
2014 9,041
2015 8,295
2016 7,920
2017 8,773
2018 8,239
2019 9,284
2020 7,245

Industrial design applications, resident, by count

The value for Industrial design applications, resident, by count in Switzerland was 2,915 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 14 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,800 in 2015 and a minimum value of 2,915 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). 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
2006 3,337
2007 3,341
2008 3,973
2009 3,704
2010 4,177
2011 4,408
2012 3,991
2013 4,095
2014 4,244
2015 4,800
2016 3,817
2017 4,301
2018 3,458
2019 3,334
2020 2,915

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology