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Trademark refusal rate in United Arab Emirates: Madrid System filings
34,227 international registrations on record designate United Arab Emirates. Among the 5,890 designations registered 2019–2022 (the resolved cohort we measure outcomes on), 8.4% received a provisional refusal, 249 (4.2%) are still refused outright, 122 partially, and 4,970 (84.4%) hold a grant of protection. That refusal rate is below the 4.4% median across the 60 most-designated offices.
How U.S. companies fare in United Arab Emirates compared with 60+ other offices: where U.S. trademark owners get refused abroad.
46% of the registrations designating United Arab Emirates also designate the United States. Those appear in USPTO data as well, so a USPTO clearance check catches them; the rest are invisible to a U.S.-only search.
Most-designated Nice classes in United Arab Emirates
| Class | Goods / services | Registrations |
|---|---|---|
| Class 9 | Computers & Electronics | 8,796 |
| Class 35 | Advertising & Business | 6,679 |
| Class 42 | Computer & Scientific | 5,463 |
| Class 3 | Cosmetics & Cleaning | 5,339 |
| Class 5 | Pharmaceuticals | 3,916 |
| Class 41 | Education & Entertainment | 3,820 |
| Class 25 | Clothing | 3,255 |
| Class 30 | Staple Foods | 2,417 |
| Class 12 | Vehicles | 2,291 |
| Class 36 | Insurance & Financial | 2,123 |
Who files into United Arab Emirates
Office of origin of the registrations designating United Arab Emirates, where the filers are based.
| Office of origin | Registrations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States (US) | 5,650 | 16.5% |
| China (CN) | 4,874 | 14.2% |
| European Union (EM) | 4,595 | 13.4% |
| United Kingdom (GB) | 2,512 | 7.3% |
| France (FR) | 2,133 | 6.2% |
| Switzerland (CH) | 1,867 | 5.5% |
| South Korea (KR) | 1,442 | 4.2% |
| Italy (IT) | 1,340 | 3.9% |
International registrations designating United Arab Emirates, by registration year
Registrations on record by the year they were registered internationally. Our copy covers registrations with activity since July 2025, so older years reflect renewals and decisions, not original volume.
| Year | Registrations | Volume |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 301 | |
| 2018 | 403 | |
| 2019 | 516 | |
| 2020 | 608 | |
| 2021 | 897 | |
| 2022 | 3,869 | |
| 2023 | 5,496 | |
| 2024 | 7,414 | |
| 2025 | 8,247 | |
| 2026 | 4,380 |
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