World Intellectual Property Indicators 2024: Highlights

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The 2024 Highlights summarize the major trends in the report, drawing on 2023 filing, registration and renewals statistics from national and regional IP offices and WIPO for patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, microorganisms, plant variety protection and geographical indications.</p> <ul class="dividers"> <li><a href="patents-highlights.html">Patents Highlights</a></li> <li><a href="trademarks-highlights.html">Trademarks Highlights</a></li> <li><a href="industrial-designs-highlights.html">Industrial Designs Highlights</a></li> <li><a href="plant-variety-highlights.html">Plant Variety Highlights</a></li> <li><a href="geographical-indications-highlights.html">Geographical Indications Highlights</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="container-footer-outer"> <div class="container-fluid container-fluid-max-xl"> <wipo-footer> </wipo-footer> </div> </div> <script src="https://cdnjs.wipo.int/npm/jquery/jquery-3.4.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-J6qa4849blE2+poT4WnyKhv5vZF5SrPo0iEjwBvKU7imGFAV0wwj1yYfoRSJoZ+n" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.wipo.int/npm/popper.js@1.16.0/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-Q6E9RHvbIyZFJoft+2mJbHaEWldlvI9IOYy5n3zV9zzTtmI3UksdQRVvoxMfooAo" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.wipo.int/npm/bootstrap@4.4.1/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-wfSDF2E50Y2D1uUdj0O3uMBJnjuUD4Ih7YwaYd1iqfktj0Uod8GCExl3Og8ifwB6" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/universal-design-system/assets/js/universal.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/universal-design-system/assets/js/ulf-digital-publication.js"></script>  <script> // Initialize the pageUrl for the social media buttons, and provide the clipboard url copy function var pageUrl = window.location.href; // Update the social media sharing links with the current page URL var shareLinks = document.querySelectorAll('#socialmediabuttons a'); shareLinks.forEach(function (link) { var href = link.getAttribute('href'); link.setAttribute('href', href.replace('[[pageUrl]]', pageUrl)); }); // Function to copy the current page URL to the clipboard function copyPageUrl() { navigator.clipboard.writeText(pageUrl).then(function () { alert('Page URL copied to clipboard!'); }, function (err) { console.error('Failed to copy page URL: ', err); }); } const switchLanguage = (from, to) => { const url = window.location.href.replace(`/${from}/`, `/${to}/`); window.location.href = url; } </script> </body> </html>

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World Intellectual Property Indicators 2024: Highlights