Trends in Intellectual Property Statistics for September 2020

The number of intellectual property applications in Korea in September 2020 was 49,420, and the cumulative number of applications totaled 394,599 in 2020, up 8.1 percent as compared to the same period in the previous year including 3.6 percent increase in patents, 14.7 percent in trademarks, and 1.5 percent in designs.
The number of intellectual property registrations in Korea in September 2020 was 24,291, and the cumulative number of registrations totaled 225,122 in 2020, down 0.2 percent as compared to the same period in the previous year including 7.5 percent increase in patents, 7.1 percent increase in trademarks, and 1.2 percent decrease in designs.
The number of requests for trial filed in September 2020 was 19,589, and the cumulative number of requests totaled 157,299 in 2020, up 20.4 percent as compared to the same period in the previous year, and in the case of request for trial, 629 cases were requested in September 2020, and the cumulative number of cases in 2020 was 5,800 cases, down by 13.7% as compared to the same period in the previous year.