Intellectual property rights intensive industries: contribution to economic performance and employment in Bulgaria

September 2013

A joint project between the European Patent Office and the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market

IPR-intensive industries: contribution to economic performance and employment in Bulgaria

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zation  in  the  Internal  Market  and  the  European  Patent  

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Intellectual property rights intensive industries: contribution to economic performance and employment in

BULGARIA

Industries  to  GDP

Industries  to  Employment

as  a  basis  for  raising  awareness  of  intellectual  property  

here

Bulgaria

23.9%

41.1%

IPR-intensive industries: contribution to economic performance and employment in Bulgaria

BGContribution of IPR-Intensive Industries to Employment in

BULGARIA

3,700,333

23.9% 20.1%

12.4%

2.2%

0.1%

7.4%

IPR-intensive industries: contribution to economic performance and employment in Bulgaria

BGContribution of IPR-Intensive Industries to GDP in

BULGARIA

their  headquarters  in  one  country,  create  their  IPR  in  

ECONOMY  (€   )

36,052

41.1%  

33%

12.1%

4.8%

<0.1%

16.2%

IPR-intensive industries: contribution to economic performance and employment in Bulgaria

BG

The  pattern  of  job  creation  in  the  Internal  Market  is  

IP rights originating in Bulgaria (all industries), 2004-2008

Jobs in IPR-intensive industries created by domestic and foreign companies

0.16

2.13

12.6%

4.9%

82.4%

jobs

jobs

jobs

Bulgaria

Bulgaria

0.17

0.00

0.03