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Trademark refusal rate in Brazil: Madrid System filings
54,943 international registrations on record designate Brazil. Among the 18,600 designations registered 2019–2022 (the resolved cohort we measure outcomes on), 29.6% received a provisional refusal, 2,259 (12.1%) are still refused outright, 4 partially, and 16,043 (86.3%) hold a grant of protection. That refusal rate is above the 4.4% median across the 60 most-designated offices.
How U.S. companies fare in Brazil compared with 60+ other offices: where U.S. trademark owners get refused abroad.
49% of the registrations designating Brazil 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 Brazil
| Class | Goods / services | Registrations |
|---|---|---|
| Class 9 | Computers & Electronics | 18,068 |
| Class 42 | Computer & Scientific | 11,938 |
| Class 35 | Advertising & Business | 9,651 |
| Class 41 | Education & Entertainment | 7,780 |
| Class 5 | Pharmaceuticals | 7,573 |
| Class 3 | Cosmetics & Cleaning | 5,387 |
| Class 7 | Machinery | 5,286 |
| Class 25 | Clothing | 4,453 |
| Class 1 | Chemicals | 4,322 |
| Class 10 | Medical Apparatus | 4,285 |
Who files into Brazil
Office of origin of the registrations designating Brazil, where the filers are based.
| Office of origin | Registrations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States (US) | 11,946 | 21.7% |
| European Union (EM) | 9,402 | 17.1% |
| China (CN) | 7,832 | 14.3% |
| France (FR) | 3,054 | 5.6% |
| Switzerland (CH) | 2,944 | 5.4% |
| United Kingdom (GB) | 2,778 | 5.1% |
| Germany (DE) | 2,242 | 4.1% |
| Japan (JP) | 2,077 | 3.8% |
International registrations designating Brazil, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,154 | |
| 2020 | 4,878 | |
| 2021 | 5,759 | |
| 2022 | 6,809 | |
| 2023 | 8,408 | |
| 2024 | 11,059 | |
| 2025 | 11,119 | |
| 2026 | 5,757 |
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