Economic value of IP
Analysing the Impact of IP Technical Assistance
This study aims to assess to what extent developed country technical assistance programmes are likely to have interacted with, and potentially contributed to the promotion of country-appropriate sustainable changes in intellectual property strategies and technological capacities over the period 2005-10. It does this primarily on the basis of Intellectual property technical assistance impact assessments of four emerging and transition economies; namely Brazil, India, Poland and Thailand and an overview of intellectual property technical assistance in Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
Commissioned
by: IPO
Date
published: 2 June 2011
Author(s): Dr. Roya Ghafele (Oxford University)
The Economics of Design Rights
Design is of key importance to the UK economy, with £33.5billion spent on design in 2008. This importance prompted the IPO to commission a set of research projects around design rights which has been produced in four chapters.
The first chapter looks at where design activity takes place in the UK, how it is purchased (bought externally or created internally) and how registered rights are used.
The second chapter looks at the impact registered design rights have on business performance, given a UK or EU design registration.
The third chapter is a survey looking at the reasons for the behaviour of firms when interacting (or not as the case may be) with the IP framework for design.
The fourth chapter is an international comparison of design systems in the UK, France and Germany.
Design council event, 21
Stepember 2011
Audio
coverage of all presentations given during the days event are now available.
Commissioned
by: IPO
Date published: September 2011
Author(s): Various - as stated below
- Chapter
1
(2.21Mb) - Jonathan Haskel, Imperial College Business School and CEPR
Annarosa Pesole, Imperial College Business School - Chapter
2 (626Kb) - Elif Bascavusoglu-Moreau
and Bruce S. Tether,
Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London - Chapter
3 (869Kb) - Dr James Moultrie,
Finbarr Livesey
- Chapter
4 (865Kb) - BOP Consulting
The Economic Value of Intellectual Property: An Agenda for Policy-Relevant Research
Report of proceedings of June 2009 Forum on the Economic Value of IP: Use and value of IP rights; challenges affecting IP rights; IP system and its role in innovation and economic performance; policy implications and further research.
Date published: November 2009
Author(s): IPO, SABIP
The Economic Value of Intellectual Property: Research Agenda and Plan of Action
This report summarises the findings from the Forum on the Economic Value of IP and provides a basis for driving forward the work programme through building partnerships and strengthening networks.
Date published: November 2009
Author(s): IPO, SABIP
Film, Television & Radio, Books, Music and Art: UK Investment in Artistic Originals
This report reviews the definition of artistic originals and official estimates of investment in originals as recorded in the UK National Accounts. New data are also used to estimate the value of the UK stock of artistic originals. The report concludes that approximately £1.1bn more was invested in original artistic work in the UK in 2008 than had previously been estimated. Combining these data with new depreciation rates suggests an upward revision of £3.5bn to the UK stock of artistic originals in 2008.
Commissioned
by: IPO
Date published: July 2011
Author(s): Peter Goodridge & Jonathan Haskel
The Intellectual Property Rights System and its role in Innovation and Economic Performance
Presented at the UK Ministerial Forum on the Economic Value of IP, 10 June 2009. A review of arguments for and against intellectual property rights as a spur to innovation.
Commissioned
by: IPO, SABIP
Date published: 2009
Author(s): Josh Lerner (Harvard Business School and National Bureau of Economics Research).
The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in the UK Market Sector
This report estimates
(a) the level of UK market sector investment in knowledge assets protected by Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and
(b) the impact of investment in those assets via their contribution to labour productivity growth in the UK market sector. Estimates for investment and the stock of IPR capital are based on previous work and includes new estimates for investment in artistic originals, funded by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and featured in the accompanying report.
We also comment on additional spending on IP-protected goods that do not represent investments, although the coverage of this category is far from complete. Our main findings are:
1) On average, between 2000 and 2008, 48% of knowledge investment in the UK market sector was protected by IPRs
2) The majority of IPR investment is on assets protected by copyright and design rights
3) In 2008 approximately 62% of the stock of knowledge assets in the UK market sector was protected by IPRs
4) On average, between 1990 and 2008, 10.6% of growth in labour productivity was due to growth in capital deepening of IPR-protected assets. Comparable figures for ICT equipment and knowledge capital not protected by IPRs are 11.1% and 10.3% respectively.
Commissioned
by: IPO
Date published: July 2011
Author(s): Shikeb Farooqui, Peter Goodridge, Jonathan Haskel
Patent Backlogs and Mutual Recognition
An analysis of the recent evolution of patent backlogs and assessment of the impact that patent backlogs may have on the patent system, incentives to innovate and the economy. Further information can be found on our Patent Backlogs and Mutual Recognition pages of our website.
Commissioned
by: IPO
Date published: January 2010
Author(s): London Economics
Patents in the Global Economy
Examines the following issues in the context of the role of patents in the global economy: (i) whether patents can be used as a stimulus for invention and innovation; (ii) the role of patents in recently industrialised countries; (iii) the impact of patents on development; (iv) the role of licensing and technology transfer; (v) the impact of the TRIPS Agreement; (vi) public health issues; and (vii) prospects for the future: using patent information to stimulate invention and innovation.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: 2010
Author(s): Duncan Matthews
Patents and Industrialisation
A critical survey of patent systems from in the first phase industrialisation (1624-1907) with a special focus on the British case. The recent literature has shed light on a number of fundamental factors affecting the links between inventive activities and the patent system. The concluding section of the paper outlines some "history lessons" for the current debate on the role of patent in economic development.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: 2010
Author(s): Christine MacLeod and Alessandro Nuvolari
The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) 2009-10 Annual Report
The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy
(SABIP) was established in June 2008, as an advisory Non-Departmental Public Body. SABIP's objective was to give Ministers and the Chief Executive of the IPO independent policy advice
based on solid evidence.
The report covers the period from
1 April 2009 to 30 July 2010 when SABIP was dissolved.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: 2011
Author(s): SABIP
Trends and Distribution of Intellectual Property: UK and European patents and UK trade and service marks 1986-2000
This paper covers aggregate trends in patents and trade marks, trends in IP ownership by panels of UK firms. correlation between activity levels in types of IP, evidence on firm size and intellectual property. and implications for policy and research.
Commissioned by:
UK Patent Office
Date published: 2003
Author(s): Christine Greenhalgh, Mark Longland, Derek Bosworth
The Use and Value of Patent Rights
Prepared for the UK IP Ministerial Forum on the Economic Value of IP, 10 June 2009. This paper considers how firms use patents and the value of patents.
Commissioned by: IPO,
SABIP
Date published: June 2009
Author(s): Bronwyn H. Hall