As can be seen, Chinese filings have grown at a faster rate than any other country, which reflects the country’s expanding influence in the branding world. Notably, Chinese filings overtook Japanese applications for the first time in 2015, with Japanese rights holders seemingly shifting their focus away from Korea.
As of 10 October 2017, The National Institute for the Defense of Free Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property of Peru (INDECOPI) has made its trade mark data available to the TMview search tool. The integration of INDECOPI is a concrete result of the EUIPO’s International Cooperation framework in collaboration with its international partners. This last extension brings the total number of offices participating in TMview to 59 and with the addition of more than 400.000 trade marks from Peru