Intellectual property rights intensive industries: contribution to economic performance and employment in

A joint project between the European Patent Office and the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market

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Intellectual property rights Contribution of IPR-Intensive intensive industries: contribution Industries to Employment in GERMANY to economic performance and employment in 27.4% GERMANY

The study covers a broad range of IP rights – trade marks, patents, designs, copyright and geographical Contribution of IPR-Intensive indications (GIs) – and considers a variety of economic Industries to GDP in GERMANY indicators, in particular gross domestic product (GDP) and employment. It is designed to provide evidence that can be used by policymakers in their work, and to serve as a basis for raising awareness of intellectual property 45.9% The study, carried out jointly by the Office for Har- among Europe´s citizens. The complete report can be monization in the Internal Market and the European viewed here. Patent Office, aims to provide the first broad, credible assessment of the combined contribution of indus- IPR-intensive industries are defined as those having tries that make intensive use of the various types of above-average use of IPR per employee. According intellectual property rights (IPR) to the economies of to the study, 27.4% of all jobs and 45.9% of GDP in the EU as a whole and to the individual Member States. Germany are generated by IPR-intensive industries. employment GDP

IPR-intensive industries: contribution to economic performance and employment in Germany DE GERMANY Contribution of IPR-Intensive 27.4% 21.6% Industries to Employment in 8,733,141 13.7% GERMANY 11,089,918 5,548,665 13.6% 5,480,630 During the period 2008-2010, 21.6% of jobs in Germany 3.4% were generated by trade mark-intensive industries, 1,354,889 13.7% by design-intensive industries, 13.6% by patent- intensive industries, and 3.4% in copyright-intensive 0.1% industries. TOTAL GERMANY JOBS 34,305 40,440,333

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IPR-intensive industries: contribution to economic performance and employment in Germany DE GERMANY Contribution of IPR-Intensive 45.9% 39.7% Industries to GDP in 990,779 17.8% 1,144,972 (€ millions) GERMANY 443,874 19.8% 495,141 Over the same period of 2008-2010 in Germany, trade 4% mark-intensive industries accounted for nearly 40% 100,874 of GDP, design-intensive industries for nearly 18%, patent-intensive industries for 19.8% and copyright and 0.1% GI-intensive industries for smaller proportions. TOTAL GERMANY ECONOMY (€ milLions) 1,406 2,496,200 It is important to bear in mind that the shares of GDP and employment shown in this report do not necessarily reflect the degree to which a country´s economy is innovative. In the Internal Market, companies may have EU LEVEL their headquarters in one country, create their IPR in another country and manufacture the resulting products in yet another. The following figures illustrate the origins of IPRs in respect to Germany.

IPR-intensive industries: contribution to economic performance and employment in Germany 3.44 DE 6.6% 727,958 jobs

2.13 6.8% 1.87 750,663 jobs 86.7% 1.14 0.99 9,611,297 jobs

Germany

0.41 EU27

Germany Non-EU countries Other EU Member States

IP rights The figure shows the number of patents, trade marks Jobs in IPR- The figure shows how many jobs in IPR-intensive originating in and designs per 1000 employees in Germany and the intensive industries in Germany have been created by companies Germany whole EU. This is the measure of IPR intensity which industries from other countries and how many by companies (all industries), has been employed throughout this report. It should be created by based domestically. The total employment in IPR- noted that in order to provide a complete picture of the intensive industries corresponds to 11,089,918 2004-2008 IPR-generating activities in Germany, successful filings domestic jobs in Germany. 86.7% of these jobs are created (that is, filings that resulted in rights granted) from and foreign by companies based in Germany, while 6.6% are companies in all industries are included. Based on this companies generated by companies based in other Member States figure it is possible to observe that Germany has above and 6.8% by non-EU companies. average patents, trade marks and designs granted per 1000 employees in comparison to the EU27. Approximately 5 million IPR-intensive jobs are created in EU Member States by companies originating from The pattern of job creation in the Internal Market is other Member States. German companies create further illustrated by examining the extent to which jobs almost 1.5 million jobs in other Member States, or about in Germany are created by companies based in other 28.2% of the total. Member States or in countries outside the EU.

IPR-intensive industries: contribution to economic performance and employment in Germany