World Intellectual Property Indicators: Global Patent and Design Filings Reach New Records in 2024, Trademarks Flat
Innovators and designers filed record-setting levels of applications for the intellectual property rights that protect their work in 2024, while demand for the trademarks that promote brands stabilized, according to WIPO’s World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) report.
The WIPI provides an annual worldwide overview of filing activity in the areas of patents, trademarks, designs and other IP rights. It draws on statistics from around 150 national and regional IP offices.
According to the report, patenting activity grew 4.9 percent during 2024 in a fifth year of growth and global design filings rose 2.2%. Worldwide trademark applications showed signs of recovery following a two-year slowdown - ending the year essentially flat.
The figures showed the continued importance of IP rights for business and economic growth, said WIPO Director General Daren Tang.
“In today’s competitive, global economy, innovation is a key driver of growth with IP at the center of many business strategies - whether protecting and promoting breakthrough technologies, trusted brands or eye-catching designs. The continued growth in IP filings also reflects strong confidence in the IP system and the efforts of governments, with WIPO’s support, to incentivize and strengthen innovation. Sustaining this trust requires ongoing global cooperation to ensure a robust and effective IP framework,”, WIPO Director General said.
World Intellectual Property Indicators – 2025 (pdf)
(Source: WIPO)