EPO and EUIPO have just published the updated edition for 2025 of the report concerning the correlation between the performances of the EU firms and IP rights.
The study entitled Intellectual property rights and firm performance in the European Union – 2025 edition confirms some results already highlighted by the previous edition:
- EU firms that own IP rights achieve higher revenues (23,85 for employees) in respect to firms that do not own IP rights;
- Wages of employees in firms that own IP rights are higher than the ones in firms that don’t own IP rights, typically about 22%;
- The amount of UE SMEs that own IP rights is still under 10%, while almost 50% of big companies own at least one title or a combination of patents for invention, trademark, or industrial design.
The study is based on the analysis of IPR rights owned by 119.00 EU firms across the 27 EU member states for a time span of 10 years (2013-2022) and takes into account patents for invention, trademarks, industrial designs registered at EPO, EUIPO and national patent offices.