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Sweden has been a member of WIPO since 1970 and is a signatory to over 19&nbps;WIPO treaties.

The national IP office of Sweden is the Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV). The office is located in Stockholm.

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Intellectual property landscape: Sweden

IP legal information

IP statistics

  • Statistical IP profile including data on patent, utility models, trademark and industrial design applications

Global Innovation Index ranking

Sweden ranks 2nd among the 136 economies featured in the GII 2024.

The Global Innovation Index (GII) ranks world economies according to their innovation capabilities. Consisting of roughly 80 indicators, grouped into innovation inputs and outputs, the GII aims to capture the multi-dimensional facets of innovation.

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Year GII position Innovation inputs Innovation outputs
2024 2nd 3rd 2nd
2023 2nd 4th 3rd
2022 3rd 4th 2nd
2021 2nd 2nd 2nd
2020 2nd 3rd 2nd

Use of WIPO global IP services & products: Sweden

Patents

PATENTSCOPE

PCT System – the international patent system

Trademarks

Global Brand Database

Madrid System – the international trademark system