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

Andreas Bielig ()

European Journal of Law and Economics, 2015, vol. 39, issue 3, 607-622

Abstract: 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. Copyright The Author(s) 2015

Keywords: Intellectual property; Growth; Patent; Trademark; Design; Utility model; O11; O31; O34; O52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s10657-012-9324-5

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