On March 13th, from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) official website, in 2011, China submitted 2149 Madrid international trademark registration system application to WIPO, accounting for 5.1% of the total, and ranked seventh in the world with one position advanced by 2010. In addition, China remained the most designated country for trademark protection.
The top three applicants are EURO, Germany, U.S.A., and China took the post of the seventh with the application of 2149. For the annual development rate, Russia ranks first and China at the place of fourth.
The 2011 Madrid international trademark registration system data shows, China（+11.5%） ranked fourth among the largest growth rates. And moreover, China remained the most designated country for trademark protection（18724 designations）.
Besides, the design international application of WIPO in 2011 under the Hague system is 2, 363, enjoyed a year on year growth of 6.6%. The top three applicants are EURO, SWISS and GERMANY, among which GERMANY enjoyed the fastest development.
The Hague System enables the applicant to apply for the design protection over the industrial product with only on written application, and an application may include 100 designs to most, with one or more several treaty nations. The current signing parties of the Hague System are 59 and CHINA has not been the member of it.
And WIPO introduced that CHINA, JAPAN, U.S.A. and SOUTH KOREA is considering participating in the system, therefore there will see a vast growth of (the international application of design) under the Hague System in the coming several years.
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Author: Mr. Luo Yanjie
Attorney-at-law of DeBund Law Offices
Co-author: Mr. You Yunting
Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Bridge IP Law Commentary
Partner & Attorney-at-law of Shanghai DeBund Law Offices
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