18% der 36471 Markenanmeldungen nach dem Madrider System kamen im Jahr 2006 von deutschen Anmeldern.
German-based companies accounted for the largest share of the 36,471 international trademark applications received by WIPO in 2006 accounting for 6,552 applications or 18.0% of the total. These were followed by French-based companies which accounted for 3,896 applications or 10.7% of the total. After only 3 years as a member of the Madrid system, users in the USA ranked third with 3,148 or 8.6% of the total; followed by Italy 3,086 (8.5%), Benelux 2,784 (7.6%), Switzerland 2,468 (6.8%), United Kingdom 1,489 (4.1%), China 1,328 (3.6%), Spain 1,215 (3.3%) and Austria 1,197 (3.3%).
Quelle: WIPO