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.