TERA Consultants proposes an updated version of the first study published in 2010 to measure the evolution of the
economic contribution of creative industries to EU GDP and employment between 2008 and 2011, year for which
Eurostat statistics are available since November 2013.
This update will allow:
• First, to capture the major evolutions, which occurred at EU level (in the 27 Member States) and particularly
in the five largest markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK), which collectively represent over 70%
of European GDP;
• Explore and provide explanations on the relevant evolutions;
• Complement the report that the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), acting through
the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, and the European Patent Office
(EPO) have carried out in co-operation with the EU Commission, in particular DG Internal Market and Services
and Eurostat. This report quantify the overall contribution made by IP-intensive industries to the EU economy,
in terms of output, employment, wages and trade, taking into account the major IP rights (patents, trademarks,
designs, copyrights, geographical indications).
From a methodology standpoint, it is worth to mention that TERA Consultant’s methodology used for the previous
study has been confirmed by the OHIM and EPO report, which follows the same methodology to assess the footprint
of the IPR intensive industries in Europe and set the stage for a common language to evaluate the importance
of these industries in terms of revenues, jobs and contribution to EU GDP.