The methodology applied in this study (as in the other studies in this series) requires a long time series of sales data of a homogeneous product. When possible, official data from Eurostat have been used, defining each sector based on the NACE classification. For car spare parts, only two NACE...

In 2015, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, commissioned a research study on online business models used to infringe intellectual property rights (IPRs). The initiative was created as an...

In 2015 the EUIPO through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, produced the Intellectual property rights and firm performance in Europe report, which indicated that 9 % of European small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) register IP Rights (IPRs)....