IP Number of the Day

97% of reported dangerous counterfeit goods were assessed as posing a serious risk to consumers.

43% of Europeans believe that the primary beneficiaries of intellectual property are big business and show business.

European member states lose out on €15 billion of tax revenues annually because of counterfeiting.

98% of people believe it is important that inventors, creators and performing artists are able to protect their rights and get paid for their work.

More interesting data could be found in the survey "European Citizens and Intellectual Property: Perception, Awareness, and Behaviour 2020" by European Union Intellectual Property Office.

Protection of EU trade marks lasts for 10 years from the application date and they can be renewed every 10 years indefinitely. 

A recent MTV study shows that 68% of the teens would pay for music out of respect for the artist, despite their belief that music should be freely available.

The Oktoberfest is powered via 43 kilometers of cable.

€ 121 billion of fake goods are making their way into the EU every year.

Registering a patent gives you exclusive rights over your invention for a limited period, normally 20 years. Other people cannot make, use, offer for sale, sell or import a product or a process based on your patented invention.

Piracy of films from the US, UK, France and Italy represents 96 % of film piracy in the EU, according to the EUIPO study "ONLINE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IN THE EU: FILM, MUSIC AND TV". The study is based on an analysis of the 30 most frequently pirated creative works in each of the EU Member States.