Trademarkora Research / Global Trademark Signals
A data publication on where trademark protection is moving, what broad classes reveal, and where the evidence stops.
Issue 01WIPO · 2020–2024Evidence first · No email gate
China’s Trademark Map Is Spreading Beyond the U.S.
Five years of WIPO data across selected offices show a less U.S.-concentrated pattern, with growth and category gains appearing across a wider set of filing destinations.Read Issue 01
U.S. share of selected overseas filing officesWIPO · 2020–202453.6% → 43.8%U.S. share of the selected-office panel, 2020–2024. Down 9.8 percentage points.
+157.4%Mexico reported class counts, 3,744 in 2020 → 9,637 in 2024
15/15Offices where Class 3 gained share, 2021 → 2024
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Class breadth across 15 officesGlobal · Issue 01China’s Overseas Trademark Footprint Is ChangingThe flagship report follows office growth, UK boundaries and category breadth across a fixed panel.Read the signal 53.6% → 43.8%Data Note 01 · Destination shareThe U.S. rebounded, but its panel share stayed lowerA focused look at the selected-office denominator behind the headline 53.6% to 43.8% change.Read the signal 
Mexico · Australia · Viet NamData Note 02 · Office growthSecond-tier destinations grew from different starting pointsMexico, Australia and Viet Nam all more than doubled their reported class counts, but the comparison is not a replacement story.Read the signal Explore published research
Real entry points only01GlobalIssue 01 · cross-office and cross-class signals with an explicit denominator.Open Issue 01 →
02United StatesU.S. destination share plus the separate record-level evidence layer.U.S. signal →Data Lab →
03Emerging destinationsMexico, Australia and Viet Nam growth from different starting points.Open Data Note 02 →
Future research will appear here only when it has a named question, an independent evidence boundary and a publishable page.
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Research interprets. Data Lab lets you inspect.
Global Trademark Signals is the interpretation layer: WIPO, China applicant origin, selected offices, 2020–2024. The Data Lab is a different U.S. record-level R2 snapshot: seven Nice classes, September 2025–August 2026.
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