Intellectual property and economic development in Germany: empirical evidence for 1999–2009

• Autores: Andreas Bielig
• Localización: European journal of law and economics, ISSN 0929-1261, Vol. 39, Nº 3, 2015, págs. 607-622
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The study analyses the relationship between the development of registered intellectual property and economic development in Germany. It shows a differing evidence for specific categories of intellectual property, indicating that not all intellectual property rights show a significant impact on the German Gross Domestic Product. Positive impacts have the stocks of patents, trademarks and designs. Applications for utility models surprisingly have a negative impact, what challenges developments of the economic theory. The empirical results delight also the specific structure of the technological and innovation system in the German economy, showing a national intellectual property profile with three key factors: product differentiation, complex technologies and design development.