(WIPO code: GR) (latest review March 2024)

by Dr. HELEN G. PAPACONSTANTINOU AND PARTNERS, LAW FIRM Patent & Trademark Attorneys, Athens

General Information

Area

132,000 sq. km.

Population

10,482,487 (census 2021).

Capital

Athens.

Language

Greek.

Currency

Euro (EUR).

Import of goods

60,808.8 million euros (-11.1%) (Jan.-Sept. 2023).

Export of goods

38,032.1 million euros (-6.4%) (Jan.-Sept. 2023).

Trade balance

- 2,676.4 million euros (25.9%) (Jan.-Sept. 2023).

Trade deficit

22,776.7 million euros (-18,1%) (Jan.-Sept. 2023).

General Remarks

Having gone through a ten-year economic crisis and a two-year health crisis, Greece finds itself before critical challenges, which are not just economic, but also closely related to several other factors such as climate change, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, price volatility and, in general, the need of constant and quick adaptation to unpredictable events within an international environment. At the core of the Greek national development policy is the strengthening of productivity, competitiveness, entrepreneurship, extroversion, research and innovation with the aims of improvement of the national income and of sustainable development while respecting the environment.

 

Statistics – Trademarks (Jan. – Nov. 2023) Granted
Filed
National trademarks   5,342
Collective trademarks   2
Applications for conversion of Community trademarks into Greek trademarks   26
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 422  
National applications for International trademarks   n.a.

 

Statistics – Patents (Jan. – Nov. 2023) Filed
National patents 991
Utility models 19
Patents transformed into utility models 360
European patents validated in Greece 2,342
European applications (Receiving Office Greece) 128
PCT applications (Receiving Office Greece) 63
Provisional protection for European patents 3
National Designs 97
Supplementary Protection Certificates for plant protection products 0
Supplementary Protection Certificates for medicinal products 25
Supplementary Protection Certificates for pediatrics 16