A STUDY CARRIED OUT BY THE EUIPO AND THE EPO DETERMINES THAT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS BENEFIT THE EUROPEAN ECONOMY
Wed, 16/10/2019 - 10:12
On September 25, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) published a joint study on intellectual property rights showing that those sectors that make intensive use of intellectual property rights generate 45 % of the economic activity of the European Union, giving employment to one in three people in the EU and generating salaries 47 % higher than in other sectors.
This study demonstrates once again that intellectual property assets (trade marks, patents and designs) are of paramount importance for companies and their workers and that their correct protection facilitates and promotes the economic development of all of them.
