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April 29, 2021 | By Gene M. Garner II | An Nguyen
Posted in: S&H IP Blog | USPTO News

USPTO Year in Review – 2020 Trademark Trends

In February 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark office (“USPTO”) released its annual Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2020. Overall, the report showed an increase in U.S. trademark application filings in fiscal year 2020 but a slight decrease in trademark renewals compared to fiscal year 2019.

U.S. Trademark Applications and Registrations for fiscal Years 2000-2020:

YearRegistrationRenewalSection 8 Affidavit
2000375,42824,43528,920
2001296,38824,17433,547
2002258,87334,32539,484
2003267,21835,21043,151
2004298,48932,35241,157
2005323,50139,35447,752
2006354,77536,93948,444
2007394,36840,78649,241
2008401,39242,38868,470
2009352,05143,95365,322
2010368,93948,21461,499
2011398,66749,00065,771
2012415,02663,63676,646
2013433,65474,28093,174
2014455,01767,865107,823
2015503,88963,98188,486
2016530,27072,74487,447
2017594,10779,55792,138
2018638,84785,56396,091
2019673,23380,52698,234
2020738,11276,18497,636

 

2020’s Top 10 U.S. Trademark Applicants

RankCompany2020
1Walmart Apollo, L.L.C.478
2Amazon Technologies, Inc.366
3Novartis AG318
4Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd.397
5MATTEL, Inc.281
6HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO. Ltd.273
7Target Brands Inc.245
8Microsoft Corporation242
9Play’n GO Marks Ltd.241
10QING WUTONG CO. Ltd.240

 

Top 10 Foreign Countries to File Trademark Applications

Country20192020%
China76,334102,5930.74
Canada17,76416,431-0.92
United Kingdom16,11615,288-0.95
Germany14,35913,432-0.94
Japan8,7798,671-0.99
Australia7,3037,3580.99
France8,6607,259-0.84
Republic of Korea5,6496,5570.86
Switzerland6,9226,128-0.88
Italy5,7155,104-0.89
Total167,601188,8210.89

 

– All data comes from USPTO’s 2019 and 2020 Performance and Accountability Report, available at https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/performance-and-planning/uspto-annual-reports


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