Intellectual property (IP) protection is an important component of national economic policies. Governments face complex choices on how to design an IP system that best serves their policy objectives, and how to respond to changes in technology and in business models that challenge the status quo.
WIPO seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the economic effects of different IP policy choices and to offer a first entry point for information on the economics of IP.
Economics & Statistics Highlights – Information about new economics & statistics publications and tools from WIPO. 4-7 per year.
Sign up | All WIPO newslettersWIPO synthesizes economic analysis, conducts original research, and commissions studies from academic economists. The resulting publications – taking the form of World IP Reports, WIPO Economic Research Working Papers, and Miscellaneous Economics Publications – seek to inform the public policy discourse on IP protection.
The Global Innovation Index (GII) ranks the innovation performance of some 130 countries and economies around the world, based on 80+ indicators. The GII is co-published by WIPO, Cornell University and INSEAD.
The World Intellectual Property Report is published every two years, with each edition focusing on specific trends in an area of IP.
The WIPO Economic Research Working Paper Series includes economic and statistical studies that are the outcome of professional research.
Development studies include WIPO economic research projects contributing to narrowing the knowledge gap faced by IP policymakers in developing economies.
WIPO’s Economics Literature Database is a knowledge tool for researchers, policy-makers, and anyone interested in the economics of IP. Browse the database to get a snapshot of the key academic literature in this field.
WIPO's Data for Researchers page lists links to databases containing innovation-related statistics that are frequently used in economics studies. It is a convenient starting point for researchers who are interested in obtaining empirical raw data on the subject matter.
The WIPO Seminar Series on the Economics of IP features economists from around the world, presenting their latest research to a policy-oriented audience. It seeks to stimulate an informed discourse on the effects of IP policies on economic performance.
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WIPO cooperates with IP offices across the world to collate, analyze and publish up-to-date statistics, including reports on IP filing activity worldwide. Find out more about WIPO statistics.