The World Intellectual Property Organization recently published its annual statistics report, World Intellectual Property Indicators. The headline story from the report is the dominance of China, and the importance of Asia more broadly in the intellectual property world. This is certainly true in Cambodia, where a very large share of patent registrations have been validations of Chinese patents under a recent cooperation agreement.
As reliable and current IP statistics are hard to come by in Cambodia, we thought we would republish the figures assembled by WIPO. The take-home is the dominance of non-resident (meaning foreign) rights holders - with Cambodians making up less than 20% of trademark applicants and not a single patent applicant.
It is also of note how few Cambodian businesses are taking advantage of international registrations through the Madrid System, with only one applicant being granted a registration. This despite benefiting from a 90% discount on the basic fee; we figure the demand for foreign registrations is just not there, as few Cambodian businesses venture abroad. This may change in the future, but for now, IP is mostly an in-bound field in Cambodia.
Patents
Total Applications: 159
of which resident: 0
of which non-resident: 159
Equivalent applications by origin: 10
PCT national phase entry - office: 26
PCT national phase entry - origin: 9
Total Grants: 56
of which resident: 0
of which non-resident: 56
Equivalent applications by origin: 1
Patents in force: N/A
Number of patent examiners (FTE): 3
Utility Model Applications
Total Applications: 13
of which resident: 0
of which non-resident: 0
Total Grants: 3
of which resident: 0
of which non-resident: 3
Trademarks
Total Applications: 12,200
of which resident: 2,416
of which non-resident: 9,784
Application class count by origin: 2,565
Equivalent application class count by origin: 2,705
Madrid applications - origin: 5
Madrid applications - designations: 2,353
Total Registrations: 10,710
of which resident: 1,572
of which non-resident: 9,138
Registration class count by origin: 1,626
Equivalent registration class count by origin: 1,680
Madrid registrations - origin: 1
Total trademarks in force: N/A
Total marks pending: 2,723
Number of trademark examiners (FTE): 12
Industrial Designs
Total Applications: N/A
Hague international applications - origin: N/A
Hague international applications - designations: 75
Total Registrations: N/A
Geographical Indications
Total in force: 1