Number of trademark applications on the rise
The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) received more trademark applications between April and August 2020 than during the same period last year.
The number of national trademark applications filed between April and August this year was 1509, which is 29 percent more than during the same period in 2019. The number of trademark applications filed as of the beginning of this year is 14 percent more than last year. In previous years, the number of trademark applications has remained very stable.
Despite the increased number of applications, the processing times for trademark applications have remained very short. The average processing time for new applications is less than a month.
Although the number of new trademark applications has increased from last year, old trademarks have not been renewed as frequently. The number of trademark renewals made this year is 15 percent less than in 2019.
For more information, please contact:
Ms Tuulimarja Myllymäki
Patents and Trademarks
+358 40 7594811
tuulimarja.myllymaki@prh.fi
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We work for the benefit of companies and organizations.
We register companies, associations, foundations and other organizations and corporations, as well as enterprise mortgages and LEI codes. We examine and grant patents and register utility models. We also register trademarks for products and services and provide design protection. We oversee and approve auditors and monitor foundations and the collective management of copyright.
We offer our customers advisory services and courses. We give information about companies, organizations, corporations and immaterial rights.
Our office is an International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) for international PCT patent applications.
Our office comes under the administrative sector of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (MEAE), and we negotiate each year with the MEAE on our performance targets. Our office is subject to net budgeting, meaning that about 95% of our expenses are covered by the income we make from our services.
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