Industries that are heavily used Intellectual Property Rights to produce more directly or indirectly 81 million jobs According to a report by EUIPO, the Alicante-based Euroagency, across the EU and European Patent Office (EPO).
In this way, this type of company that bets register your trademarks and innovations In the European Community they are responsible for practically four out of every ten jobs. Beside contribution of these sectors to GDP EU amounts 47.1dtotal gross domestic product for the value 6.4 billion Euro, according to the results of this study.
The report also reveals that: 80% of imports and exports It is produced by intellectual property-intensive industries that generate a trade surplus of €224,000 million and help maintain a positive balance in trade between the EU and the rest of the world.
“The work will strengthen the intellectual property ecosystem in Europe, we strengthen the economy. “IPO-intensive industries are an engine for business and commerce and can help Europe on its way to economic recovery and ecological transition,” said EUIPO Executive Director. Christian Archambeau.
Data from the 2022 edition show that the contribution of industries intensive in the use of intellectual property to the EU economy Highest level since 2008-2010 from all angles: job creation, GDP and exports of goods and services.
These sectors employ more than 61 million people in the EU and indirectly create 20 million new jobs due to the need for products and services produced by the industry. They also pay significantly higher salaries than others by a margin of 41%.
The study also examines both emerging sectors. climate change mitigation technologies gain weight, like those associated with green brands. Many are related to energy and transportation. Patent-intensive sectors dealing with climate change or green brands represent 14% of EU GDP, 9.3% of employment and a large part of the EU’s foreign trade activity.
In total, about one in ten European patent applications from the EU concerned these technologies aimed at reducing or preventing greenhouse gas emissions. The green marks filed by companies based in the EU represent a similar proportion of the total applications filed in 2021.
The study is based on the industrialization of intellectual property rights intensive industries. pillar of the single market and represents more than 75% of trade within the EU. It is also a major driver of cross-border job creation in EU countries, with around seven million jobs created by companies in other Member States, and the share of jobs in these sectors exceeding 30% in some countries.
Countries such as Germany, France, Italy or the Netherlands are leading the creation of new intellectual property rights, while others such as the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland or Estonia benefit greatly from the division of labor in labor-intensive sectors. these are your rights.