Balgarianovinite.com The European Union Intellectual Property Network (EUIPN) has published the first edition of its EUIPN Trends Report 2025, which examines developments in intellectual property activities across Europe, Bulgaria’s Patent Office said. The analysis covers trademarks, industrial designs, patents, and plant variety rights, tracking trends in the context of economic and innovation developments within the European Union.
The report shows that despite a challenging economic environment in 2025, the European intellectual property system demonstrated resilience and strong activity. Trademark applications filed within the EUIPN increased by 12.9% compared with the previous year, reaching approximately 1.6 million classes under the Nice Classification. According to the report, this represents one of the strongest growth rates among the world’s leading intellectual property systems.
Particularly noteworthy is that national intellectual property offices made the largest contribution to this growth. In 2025, applications for national trademarks increased by 13.4% compared with the previous year, while applications for European Union trademarks rose by 11.8%. The findings confirm the key role of national offices as the primary gateway to the industrial property protection system and as an important source of support for businesses and innovation.
The report also notes that national registrations account for around 70% of all trademark applications filed within the EUIPN, underscoring the importance of national industrial property protection systems and their complementary role alongside the European Union trademark system.
Among the report’s highlights is the presence of Bulgarian companies among the active users of the European intellectual property system. The analysis states that applicants from France and Bulgaria together account for nearly 25% of all trademark applications submitted by the group of leading applicants, underscoring the strong presence of Bulgarian companies within the European intellectual property protection system.
In the field of industrial designs, Bulgaria stands out for its high level of activity in packaging and containers (Locarno Class 09), which account for approximately one-quarter of all industrial design applications filed in the country.
At the same time, Bulgaria is among the countries where the share of trademark applications related to services remained stable during the 2018–2024 period, indicating a consistent pattern of filing activity and sustained use of the trademark protection system.
According to the report’s conclusions, intellectual property continues to be an important tool for promoting innovation, competitiveness, and economic growth. The findings show that businesses across Europe are making increasingly active use of trademarks, industrial designs, and patents to strengthen their market presence, protect innovation, and create added value. EU Intellectual Property Report: Bulgaria Posts Strong Results in Several Key Sectors in 2025 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-14 13:28:50 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law