(WIPO code: GR) (last revised January 2023)
by Dr. HELEN G. PAPACONSTANTINOU AND PARTNERS, LAW FIRM Patent & Trademark Attorneys, Athens
Greece
General Information
Area
132,000 sq. km.
Population
10,432,481 (census 2021).
Capital
Athens.
Language
Greek.
Religion
Greek Orthodox (98%).
Currency
Euro (EUR).
Import of goods
67,854.5 million euros (+48.9%) (Jan.-Sept. 2022).
Exports of goods
40,554.3 million euros (+41.1%) (Jan.-Sept. 2022).
Trade balance
-27,300.2 million euros (+62.3%) (Jan.-Sept. 2022).
General Remarks
Greece is mainly agricultural (though only 23% of the land is arable) with a well-developed industry (tourism, textiles, chemicals, metals, wine and food processing).
| Statistics – Trademarks (Jan. – Nov. 2022) | Granted |
Filed |
| National trademarks | 5,408 | |
| Collective trademarks | 1 | |
| Applications for conversion of Community trademarks into Greek trademarks | 29 | |
| Applications for conversion of International trademarks into Greek trademarks | 0 | |
| International trademark registrations transmitted to the Office for examination | n.a. | |
| International trademark registrations granted | 436 | |
| National applications for International trademarks | n.a. |
| Statistics – Patents (Jan. – Nov. 2022) | Filed |
| National patents | 995 |
| Utility models | 17 |
| Patents transformed into utility models | 403 |
| European patents validated in Greece | 2,364 |
| European applications (Receiving Office Greece) | 86 |
| PCT applications (Receiving Office Greece) | 67 |
| Provisional protection for European patents | 6 |
| National Designs | 80 |
| Community Designs | 0 |
| Supplementary Protection Certificates for plant protection products | 7 |
| Supplementary Protection Certificates for medicinal products | 44 |
| Supplementary Protection Certificates for pediatrics | 17 |