The Seychelles is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean with less
than 100,000 inhabitants. Data gathered over the past 13 years
provides an interesting overview of the country's trademark
filing landscape.
Between 2008 and 2021, more than 10,000 trademark applications
have been filed in the Seychelles. Over the past eight years,
trademark filing numbers have remained steady, with roughly 500
filings per year, excluding a small peak of 650 registrations in
2019. Although the numbers suggest that the Seychelles is not a
particularly attractive country for trademark applicants, it is
still an interesting area for brand owners to consider.
In the past five years, Class 35 covering "advertising and
marketing services" has been the most popular class for
Seychelles trademark applications – representing 8% of all
applications. In second place is Class 9 for software products,
representing 7.5% of applications in this period, followed by Class
36 with 6% and Class 12 with 5%.
