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DEFINITION: Trademark applications filed are applications for registration of a trademark with a national or regional trademark office. Trademarks are distinctive signs that identify goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise. Trademarks protect owners of the mark by ensuring exclusive right to use it to identify goods or services or to authorize its use in return for payment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Monaco	9.57 per 1,000 people	2004
2	Andorra	3.06 per 1,000 people	2004
3	New Zealand	2.08 per 1,000 people	2004
4	Belgium	2.03 per 1,000 people	2002
5	South Korea	1.91 per 1,000 people	2004
6	Australia	1.85 per 1,000 people	2004
7	Iceland	1.76 per 1,000 people	2004
8	Chile	1.7 per 1,000 people	1996
9	Argentina	1.63 per 1,000 people	2003
10	Uruguay	1.39 per 1,000 people	2003
11	Panama	1.32 per 1,000 people	2000
12	Paraguay	1.3 per 1,000 people	1993
13	Spain	1.24 per 1,000 people	2004
14	Singapore	1.14 per 1,000 people	2004
15	Hong Kong	1.08 per 1,000 people	2003
16	Switzerland	1.06 per 1,000 people	2001
17	Malta	1.05 per 1,000 people	2002
18	France	0.961 per 1,000 people	2003
19	Estonia	0.92 per 1,000 people	2004
20	Czech Republic	0.918 per 1,000 people	2004
21	Austria	0.897 per 1,000 people	2004
22	Costa Rica	0.889 per 1,000 people	1993
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	0.878 per 1,000 people	2000
23	Japan	0.863 per 1,000 people	2004
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	0.857 per 1,000 people	2001
24	Slovenia	0.809 per 1,000 people	2004
25	Denmark	0.775 per 1,000 people	2004
26	Portugal	0.773 per 1,000 people	2004
27	Bulgaria	0.768 per 1,000 people	2004
28	Germany	0.758 per 1,000 people	2004
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	0.743 per 1,000 people	2002
29	Sweden	0.742 per 1,000 people	2001
30	Norway	0.735 per 1,000 people	2001
31	United States	0.727 per 1,000 people	2004
32	Cyprus	0.71 per 1,000 people	2004
=33	Netherlands Antilles	0.705 per 1,000 people	2003
=33	North Korea	0.705 per 1,000 people	1992
35	Italy	0.693 per 1,000 people	2000
	NATO countries average (profile)	0.642 per 1,000 people	2001
	European Union average (profile)	0.641 per 1,000 people	2001
36	Macau	0.597 per 1,000 people	2004
37	Lithuania	0.561 per 1,000 people	2004
38	Latvia	0.558 per 1,000 people	2004
39	Canada	0.554 per 1,000 people	2004
40	Venezuela	0.548 per 1,000 people	2000
41	Slovakia	0.541 per 1,000 people	2004
42	Bahrain	0.537 per 1,000 people	2003
43	Armenia	0.528 per 1,000 people	2004
44	Finland	0.497 per 1,000 people	2004
45	Greece	0.481 per 1,000 people	2002
46	Barbados	0.479 per 1,000 people	1999
47	Romania	0.475 per 1,000 people	2004
48	Brazil	0.453 per 1,000 people	2002
49	Ecuador	0.427 per 1,000 people	2004
50	Turkey	0.426 per 1,000 people	2003
51	Hungary	0.425 per 1,000 people	2004
52	Malaysia	0.424 per 1,000 people	1997
53	Mexico	0.41 per 1,000 people	2004
54	Mauritius	0.409 per 1,000 people	1998
55	China	0.407 per 1,000 people	2004
56	Moldova	0.401 per 1,000 people	2004
57	United Kingdom	0.388 per 1,000 people	2004
58	Poland	0.361 per 1,000 people	2004
59	Thailand	0.358 per 1,000 people	2003
=60	Saint Lucia	0.342 per 1,000 people	2001
=60	Brunei	0.342 per 1,000 people	1997
62	Ireland	0.322 per 1,000 people	2003
	Emerging markets average (profile)	0.319 per 1,000 people	1996
63	Peru	0.303 per 1,000 people	2003
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	0.3 per 1,000 people	2004
64	Croatia	0.289 per 1,000 people	2004
65	El Salvador	0.287 per 1,000 people	1997
66	Guatemala	0.267 per 1,000 people	2001
67	Trinidad and Tobago	0.263 per 1,000 people	2002
68	South Africa	0.258 per 1,000 people	1996
69	Jamaica	0.253 per 1,000 people	2002
70	Belarus	0.245 per 1,000 people	2004
71	Ukraine	0.243 per 1,000 people	2004
72	Nicaragua	0.232 per 1,000 people	2000
73	Sri Lanka	0.207 per 1,000 people	2003
74	The Bahamas	0.2 per 1,000 people	1992
75	Kazakhstan	0.194 per 1,000 people	2004
76	Seychelles	0.193 per 1,000 people	2003
77	Fiji	0.192 per 1,000 people	1986
78	Dominica	0.178 per 1,000 people	1995
79	Colombia	0.172 per 1,000 people	2001
80	Mongolia	0.168 per 1,000 people	2004
81	Honduras	0.167 per 1,000 people	2003
82	Suriname	0.165 per 1,000 people	1996
83	Russia	0.164 per 1,000 people	2004
84	Iran	0.153 per 1,000 people	2001
85	Jordan	0.135 per 1,000 people	1989
86	Serbia and Montenegro	0.134 per 1,000 people	2003
87	Qatar	0.127 per 1,000 people	1989
88	Tunisia	0.108 per 1,000 people	1996
89	Oman	0.104 per 1,000 people	1994
=90	Morocco	0.09 per 1,000 people	2000
=90	Bolivia	0.09 per 1,000 people	1995
92	Philippines	0.084 per 1,000 people	2004
93	Indonesia	0.083 per 1,000 people	1996
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.068 per 1,000 people	2004
95	India	0.061 per 1,000 people	1999
96	Samoa	0.06 per 1,000 people	2003
=97	Pakistan	0.055 per 1,000 people	2004
=97	Belize	0.055 per 1,000 people	1989
99	Algeria	0.047 per 1,000 people	2003
100	Vietnam	0.045 per 1,000 people	2000
101	Namibia	0.037 per 1,000 people	1993
102	Cuba	0.034 per 1,000 people	2004
103	Georgia	0.033 per 1,000 people	2004
=104	Israel	0.032 per 1,000 people	2004
=104	Liberia	0.032 per 1,000 people	1993
106	Cambodia	0.03 per 1,000 people	2004
=107	Bangladesh	0.029 per 1,000 people	1998
=107	Saudi Arabia	0.029 per 1,000 people	1989
109	Iraq	0.028 per 1,000 people	1986
110	Kyrgyzstan	0.026 per 1,000 people	2004
=111	Turkmenistan	0.025 per 1,000 people	1999
=111	Nepal	0.025 per 1,000 people	1995
113	Madagascar	0.023 per 1,000 people	2004
114	Zambia	0.02 per 1,000 people	2001
115	Haiti	0.019 per 1,000 people	1999
=116	Azerbaijan	0.018 per 1,000 people	2002
=116	Guyana	0.018 per 1,000 people	1990
118	Uzbekistan	0.017 per 1,000 people	2004
119	Nigeria	0.015 per 1,000 people	1990
120	Kenya	0.014 per 1,000 people	1999
121	Malawi	0.011 per 1,000 people	2002
=122	Tajikistan	0.01 per 1,000 people	2004
=122	Tonga	0.01 per 1,000 people	2002
=122	Ghana	0.01 per 1,000 people	1994
125	Lesotho	0.009 per 1,000 people	1996
126	Angola	0.008 per 1,000 people	1992
=127	Papua New Guinea	0.007 per 1,000 people	2000
=127	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.007 per 1,000 people	1996
129	Sierra Leone	0.006 per 1,000 people	1995
=130	Laos	0.005 per 1,000 people	2002
=130	Sudan	0.005 per 1,000 people	1985
=132	Ethiopia	0.004 per 1,000 people	1995
=132	Tanzania	0.004 per 1,000 people	1989
=134	Burundi	0.003 per 1,000 people	2002
=134	Guinea	0.003 per 1,000 people	1991
=134	The Gambia	0.003 per 1,000 people	1985
=137	Rwanda	0.001 per 1,000 people	1999
=137	Uganda	0.001 per 1,000 people	1992
139	Zimbabwe	0.0	2001

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