In the fourth month of 2022, trademark offices were pretty active in issuing – 14,796 rejections.
Most of the rejections were issued from the United States of America, Canada, China, Japan, and the Philippines.
| Countries | Number of rejections | Percentage of rejections |
| United states of America | 1720 | 11.62% |
| Canada | 1653 | 11.17% |
| China | 1270 | 8.58% |
| Japan | 1196 | 8.08% |
| Philippines | 795 | 5.37% |
| Thailand | 711 | 4.81% |
| Russian Federation | 701 | 4.74% |
| Republic of Korea | 694 | 4.69% |
| India | 673 | 4.55% |
| European Union | 598 | 4.04% |
For the second month in a row, the Egyptian trademark office has issued the most number of refusals compared to other MENA countries – 97 refusals.
However, according to the total number of refusals issued during this month, this number is minimal.
All the rejections in the MENA countries represent only 1.3% of the total rejections.
| Countries | Number of rejections | Percentage of rejections |
| Egypt | 97 | 0.66% |
| Oman | 49 | 0.33% |
| Algeria | 33 | 0.22% |
| Morocco | 20 | 0.14% |
| Tunisia | 4 | 0.03% |
| Sudan | 2 | 0.01% |
Bahrain, Syria, and the United Arab of Emirates are from the MENA region but did not issue any rejections this month, noting that UAE is the newest member of the Madrid Protocol and has yet to issue any rejections. Let’s wait and see…
