India, China Leads as Global Intellectual Property Filings Reached New Records in 2021: Global intellectual property filings- of patents, trademarks, and designs-reached record levels in 2021 driven largely by increases from Asian countries of India, China, and South Korea according to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
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More About The Development:
Strong growth in local patent filings in India (+5.5%), China (+5.5%), and the Republic of Korea (+2.5%) fueled global growth in patent applications in 2021, pushing Asian filings above the two-thirds mark, according to the report. Local patenting activity in the U.S. (-1.2 per cent), Japan (-1.7 per cent) and Germany (-3.9 per cent) declined in 2021.
About The Report:
The WIPO’s World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) report showed that innovators around the world filed 3.4 million patent applications in 2021, up 3.6 per cent from the previous year with offices in Asia receiving 67.6 per cent of all applications worldwide.
What Has Been Said:
Despite the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, this bucked previous economic downturn trends, according to WIPO. The UN agency said that despite the disruption of the coronavirus pandemic, this bucked previous economic downturn trends.
“The latest WIPI data show continued and sustained growth in IP filings, driven largely by increases from Asia, with other regions also trending mostly upward,” said WIPO Director General Daren Tang. “IP filing strength during the pandemic showed that people across the world continued to innovate and create despite the economic and social disruptions caused by the pandemic,” he added.
“However, the challenges facing us right now such as climate change and the achievement of the UN SDGs means that we have to continue supporting innovators and creators to use the IP system to bring their ideas to reality, and create the impact that will change our lives for the better,” he added.
About WIPO- World Intellectual Property Organization:
- • The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of 15 United Nations specialised agencies (UN).
- Formation: 14th July 1967.
- Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO was created to promote and protect intellectual property (IP) across the world by cooperating with countries as well as international organizations.
- It began operations on 26 April 1970 when the convention entered into force
- Headquarter: Geneva, Switzerland
- WIPO’s activities include hosting forums to discuss and shape international IP rules and policies, providing global services that register and protect IP in different countries, resolving transboundary IP disputes, helping connect IP systems through uniform standards and infrastructure, and serving as a general reference database on all IP matters; this includes providing reports and statistics on the state of IP protection or innovation both globally and in specific countries.
