Business Creation: Services Take the Lion's Share
11 May 2009
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Services remain the favorite sector for future entrepreneurs, dominating new business creation projects. This is not a new phenomenon, but it is part of a trend that is growing stronger over the years.
According to the latest statistics from the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC), for the first ten months of the year, no less than 54% of the negative certificates (CN) issued for business creation concern the services sector. Far behind are other sectors, namely commerce, with 23%, construction and public works (12%), industry (9%), agriculture and fishing, and energy and mining, each with 1%.
It should be noted that during last October, 4,785 negative certificates were granted, bringing the cumulative total for the first ten months of the year to 44,085 CN, an increase of 22% compared to the same period last year.
The breakdown by legal nature shows that the limited liability company (SARL) alone accounts for 79% of business creation intentions at the end of October. It is followed by individuals (16%), public limited companies, and partnerships (2% each).
The situation is also the same regarding regional distribution, with the predominance of Greater Casablanca and the rest being essentially shared between four other regions of the Kingdom.
Thus, 36% of the negative certificates granted nationally benefited the country's economic capital. The rest is distributed among the Rabat Salé Zemmour Zaërs and Marrakech Tensift regions, with 11% each, Tangier Tetouan (10%), and Souss Massa (6%).
The companies actually created and registered in the trade register during the first nine months of the year number 41,689, including 23,596 individuals and 18,093 legal entities.
The latest OMPIC statistics also report the issuance of 726 industrial property titles during last October, including 577 trademarks, 85 invention patents, and 64 industrial designs.
This brings the cumulative total for the first ten months of 2007 to 7,208 industrial property titles (including 5,849 trademarks, 748 invention patents, and 611 industrial designs), a decrease of 0.2% compared to the same period last year. This decrease is mainly due to the 2% drop in the number of invention patents filed.
The sector breakdown shows that nearly half of these patents (49%) concerned the medicine/hygiene activity. The chemical industries also maintain their attractiveness to inventors, with a 27% share of new filings. The rest is distributed among mechanical technology (9%), physics/electricity (6%), agri-food (4%)…
For industrial designs, the food sector had the largest share (37%), followed by construction (22%), textiles/clothing (19%), medicine/hygiene (6%), and furniture & household (5%).
For new trademarks, they benefited in particular services (33%), chemistry and parachemistry, and agri-food (19% each), followed by electrical/electronic sectors (10%), textiles & leather (9%)…
10,000 trademarks in 2010
The forecasts for the activity of registration and management of industrial property titles for the current year are promising. According to OMPIC forecasts, the year 2007 should see the registration of no less than 8,000 trademarks (compared to 7,345 in 2006).
Similarly, the Office expects to receive 950 invention patent applications (instead of 910 last year) and 850 (compared to 800 in 2006) filings of industrial designs. It should be recalled in this regard that, as part of its 2010 vision, the OMPIC is aiming for the registration of 10,000 trademarks by the end of the decade, representing a 15% annual increase, 1,500 patents, corresponding to a 20% annual variation, and 1,500 industrial designs, representing a 20% annual increase.
It should also be recalled that OMPIC is placing more emphasis on the development of pre-diagnosis relating to industrial property (IP) and its extension to a larger number of beneficiaries.
Similarly, as foreseen in its action plan for this year, it is focusing on training trainers on IP (industrial property) to create a network of expertise: federations, professional associations, chambers of commerce, industry, and services… and supporting businesses (SMEs) in the IP process.
Regarding the fight against counterfeiting, OMPIC is working on promoting the new provisions of Law 31-05.
This includes, it is specified at the Office, the opposition system for trademarks, border measures for goods suspected of being counterfeit, and the establishment of the National Anti-Counterfeiting Committee.
Published January 30, 2008
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According to the latest statistics from the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC), for the first ten months of the year, no less than 54% of the negative certificates (CN) issued for business creation concern the services sector. Far behind are other sectors, namely commerce, with 23%, construction and public works (12%), industry (9%), agriculture and fishing, and energy and mining, each with 1%.
It should be noted that during last October, 4,785 negative certificates were granted, bringing the cumulative total for the first ten months of the year to 44,085 CN, an increase of 22% compared to the same period last year.
The breakdown by legal nature shows that the limited liability company (SARL) alone accounts for 79% of business creation intentions at the end of October. It is followed by individuals (16%), public limited companies, and partnerships (2% each).
The situation is also the same regarding regional distribution, with the predominance of Greater Casablanca and the rest being essentially shared between four other regions of the Kingdom.
Thus, 36% of the negative certificates granted nationally benefited the country's economic capital. The rest is distributed among the Rabat Salé Zemmour Zaërs and Marrakech Tensift regions, with 11% each, Tangier Tetouan (10%), and Souss Massa (6%).
The companies actually created and registered in the trade register during the first nine months of the year number 41,689, including 23,596 individuals and 18,093 legal entities.
The latest OMPIC statistics also report the issuance of 726 industrial property titles during last October, including 577 trademarks, 85 invention patents, and 64 industrial designs.
This brings the cumulative total for the first ten months of 2007 to 7,208 industrial property titles (including 5,849 trademarks, 748 invention patents, and 611 industrial designs), a decrease of 0.2% compared to the same period last year. This decrease is mainly due to the 2% drop in the number of invention patents filed.
The sector breakdown shows that nearly half of these patents (49%) concerned the medicine/hygiene activity. The chemical industries also maintain their attractiveness to inventors, with a 27% share of new filings. The rest is distributed among mechanical technology (9%), physics/electricity (6%), agri-food (4%)…
For industrial designs, the food sector had the largest share (37%), followed by construction (22%), textiles/clothing (19%), medicine/hygiene (6%), and furniture & household (5%).
For new trademarks, they benefited in particular services (33%), chemistry and parachemistry, and agri-food (19% each), followed by electrical/electronic sectors (10%), textiles & leather (9%)…
10,000 trademarks in 2010
The forecasts for the activity of registration and management of industrial property titles for the current year are promising. According to OMPIC forecasts, the year 2007 should see the registration of no less than 8,000 trademarks (compared to 7,345 in 2006).
Similarly, the Office expects to receive 950 invention patent applications (instead of 910 last year) and 850 (compared to 800 in 2006) filings of industrial designs. It should be recalled in this regard that, as part of its 2010 vision, the OMPIC is aiming for the registration of 10,000 trademarks by the end of the decade, representing a 15% annual increase, 1,500 patents, corresponding to a 20% annual variation, and 1,500 industrial designs, representing a 20% annual increase.
It should also be recalled that OMPIC is placing more emphasis on the development of pre-diagnosis relating to industrial property (IP) and its extension to a larger number of beneficiaries.
Similarly, as foreseen in its action plan for this year, it is focusing on training trainers on IP (industrial property) to create a network of expertise: federations, professional associations, chambers of commerce, industry, and services… and supporting businesses (SMEs) in the IP process.
Regarding the fight against counterfeiting, OMPIC is working on promoting the new provisions of Law 31-05.
This includes, it is specified at the Office, the opposition system for trademarks, border measures for goods suspected of being counterfeit, and the establishment of the National Anti-Counterfeiting Committee.
Published January 30, 2008
Le matin
