1、IP and innovation in European sectors Industry-level analysis reportJanuary 2026A joint project of the European Patent Office and the European Union Intellectual Property Office Back to contents2 Joint project teamEUIPO EPONathan Wajsman,Chief Economist Yann Mnire,Chief Economist Micha Kazimierczak,
2、Economist Ilja Rudyk,EconomistCarolina Arias Burgos,Economist AcknowledgementsChapter 5,“Participation of IPR-intensive industries in Global Value Chains”,was prepared with data provided by Pablo Piero-Mira and Jos Manuel Rueda-Cantuche from the Joint Research Centre(JRC).3 ForewordForewordInnovatio
3、n is a key component of the growth strategy adopted by the European Union(EU)and its member states,and to that end the EU is implementing several initiatives designed to address the issues identified by Mario Draghi in his September 2024 report.The achievement of these goals depends on many factors,
4、but an efficient system of intellectual property rights(IPRs)undoubtedly ranks among the most important,given the capacity of intellectual property(IP)to encourage ceativity and innovation throughout the economy.In response to the need to provide policymakers and the public with accurate information
5、,the European Union Intellectual Property Office(EUIPO)and the European Patent Office(EPO)joined forces in 2013 to carry out a study that quantified the economic contribution of intellectual property rights-intensive(IPR-intensive)industries to the EU economy.Following subsequent editions published
6、in 2016,2019 and 2022,this study has now been updated with new data for the post-Covid period 2021-2023.The results demonstrate that during the past decade,IPR-intensive industries have become even more integral to GDP,employment and trade in Europe.Other studies published jointly by our two offices