‘We have seen an explosion of interest in intellectual property rights’
https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/web/guest/news/-/action/view/8744034 Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the European Union(EU) Intellectual Property Office as permitted under their Terms of Use. The Executive Director Christian Archambeau reports on the record filing numbers of the first months of 2021, with around 25% increase in EU trade mark applications.