The Estonian Trademark Law came into force on October, 1 1992. The number of trademark applications filed yearly is as follows:
1992 1365
1993 11932
1994 2733
1995 2830
1996 2659
The extremely high number of applications in 1993 is mainly because:
- there was no trademark law before 1992
- the applications for re-registration of former Soviet Union trademarks were accepted until December 31, 1993.
The Soviet Union was also the member state of Madrid's agreement, so the international registrations were re-registered as well.
The number of applications is now stabilized at the level of 2600-2800 applications per year.
Domestic applications
