Insight

The geography of intellectual property protection in the UK – 2011 to 2016

ERC Insight paper

Associated Themes
  • Innovation

The success of organisations and businesses, in the form of growth or performance, often derives from innovation. In this paper, we provide a new perspective on the geographical patterns of innovation activities in the UK. Using data on three output-based indicators of innovation (patents, trade marks and registered designs), we generate a picture of the distribution of IP protection in the UK, uncovering geographical concentrations of intellectual property (IP) protection activity.

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