In 2024, companies and private individuals from Velbert filed numerous trademarks at both the national and European levels. In total, 57 trademarks were filed by 46 different applicants. The following overview shows the ten most active applicants from the city.
Top 10 Applicants 2024
The ten most active applicants from Velbert in 2024 include both private individuals and companies. The list is led by Kevin Eberhardt (5 filings), followed by STANNOL Holding GmbH (4) and Alessandro Landollina (3). Two filings each were submitted by Doppstadt Beteiligungs GmbH, Nerospec SK GmbH, Campwerk GmbH, Manuel Heywinkel, Waldemar Pastor, and Werner Doppstadt Umwelttechnik Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH. Bartosz-Zbigniew Sadowski is represented with one filing.
Challenges in Trademark Registration
Trademark applications may fail due to both absolute and relative grounds for refusal. To ensure that registration proceeds as smoothly as possible, it is advisable to seek the support of a specialized trademark or patent attorney at an early stage. Otherwise, there is a risk that fees will be incurred without success if a trademark is not registrable in the desired form.
The trademarks filed in 2024 by companies and private individuals from Velbert were predominantly registered successfully. This suggests that many applicants prepared the process carefully and made use of professional advice.
Trademark Filings in Velbert: Steady Growth over the Last 10 Years
To put the current figures into context, we analyzed trademark filings by companies and private individuals from Velbert over the past ten years. Notably, unlike patents, trademark filings did not experience a pandemic-related decline. The stagnating economic situation in Germany also appears not to have had a negative impact on the figures. Instead, a clear upward trend can be observed: over the past ten years, the number of trademark filings has increased almost continuously and has nearly doubled since 2014.
Data Basis
The analysis is based on publicly accessible DPMA register data. It includes new filings of German, European, and international trademarks with designation/protection effect in Germany and/or the EU by applicants based in Velbert.