知识产权对欧盟的经济效益

The EPO and theEU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) today published their second EU-widestudy of the impact of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on the Europeaneconomy in terms of GDP, employment, wages and trade.

欧专局与欧盟知识产权局公布第二次欧盟境内知识产权（IPR）对欧洲经济上GDP，受雇工作，薪资与贸易上的影响。

The study findsthat more than 42% of total economic activity in the EU (some EUR 5.7 trillionannually) is generated by IPR-intensive industries, and approximately 38% ofall employment in the EU (82 million jobs) stems from businesses that have ahigher than average use of IP rights. The report also finds that average wagesin IPR-intensive industries are more than 46% higher than in other industries.

In addition, IPR intensive industries have played adramatic role in EU trade, with a very high share of imports (85%), and an evenhigher share of exports (93%), as well as generating a trade surplus of ?96.4 billion for the EU in the period 2011-2013.

此外，IPR密集产业在欧洲对外贸易中扮演吃重角色，占欧盟进口85％与出口93％的比重，因此在2011 - 2013年期间替欧盟创造964亿欧元的贸易顺差。

These businesses also appear to have shownmore resilience in the face of the economic crisis, as the study reveals aslight increase in the contribution of these industries to the EU economy since2010.

EPO PresidentBeno?t Battistelli said: “Our joint report again confirms the benefits ofpatents and other IPRs for the European economy. Intellectual property assetsare increasingly important for innovating companies, especially for SMEs, butalso for research centres and universities. They have a positive impact onjobs, economic growth and prosperity in Europe.”

AntónioCampinos, Executive Director of the EUIPO, said: “The rapidly changing natureof business in the 21st century means that the EU and global economy reliesstrongly on trademarks, designs, patents and other rights. This poses thechallenge of ensuring that IP rights are more accessible to all businesses, andare protected effectively against infringement, in order to help the EU toretain its innovative strengths.”

The study coversa broad range of IP rights – patents, trademarks, designs, copyright,geographical indications (GIs) and plant variety rights. It also identifiesindustries that use them more intensively than others and quantifies thecontribution of these businesses to key economic indicators at EU level, inparticular gross domestic product (GDP), employment, wages and external trade.It further reports that IP-intensive industries such as engineering, motorvehicles and life sciences, account for approximately 90% of the EU's tradewith the rest of the world.