Do you want to know more? What does it tell us about the
future?
As usual for this time of year, thanks to the Clarke, Modet
& Cº Spain INDEX, we can make an end-of-year forecast
for 2017 (1) regarding the main Industrial Property
indicators that reflect the actions of Spanish applicants.
2017 end-of-year forecast for applications of different types of
Industrial Property. The applications managed by the EUIPO and the
WIPO correspond to applications submitted by Spanish applicants.
Source: Compilation based on data from SPTO (2), EUIPO and
WIPO.
Overall, the data that we gather today follows the trend
that we already noted in our July
2017 forecast (3).
Like before, we emphasize the so-called "regulatory leap
into the unknown effect" (4), one of the most interesting
effects that occurs when there is a regulatory change with effects
that involve a certain level of uncertainty. If we focus on the
main evolution indicators, the following is worth noting:
