The trend towards fewer national IP applications and more international applications continued in the Icelandic IP market in year 2013.

Patents

The majority of patent applications in Iceland come through the European Patent Office (EPO) as national validations of European patents.

Applications 2012 2013 Increase/decrease in %
Foreign national phase PCT 5 5 no change
Foreign applications 2 8 fourfold increase
Icelandic applications 37 33 10% decreace
EP  national  validations 881 911 4% increase
Total 925 957 4% increase

Valid patents in Iceland at the end of 2013 were 3.817. Thereof were 592 national patents and 3.225 EP patents.

Iceland has been a member of the European Patent Convention (EPC) since 2004.

Trademarks

Applications 2012 2013 Total valid registered

trademarks

Icelandic applications 666 606 National: 54.431
Foreign applications 607 519
International applications

WIPO

2.274 2.586 International, WIPO: 31.451
Total applications 3.547 3.711 Total valid: 85.882

Iceland has been a member of the Madrid Protocol-WIPO since 1997.

Designs

Applications 2012 2013 Increase/decrease in %
Icelandic applications 30 28 7% decrease
Foreign applications 6 3 50% decrease
International applications 85 87 2% increase
Total 121 118 2% decrease

Iceland has been a member of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement for the International Registration of Industrial Designs since 2004.