1、Protecting European innovation:Private equitys role in European Intellectual Property Rights The positive relationship between private equity,venture capital and intellectual property rights at private companies November 2024 Foreword 3 Executive summary 4 Literature review 9 Data and methodology 12

2、 IPR and financing 15 Country 16 Company sector 19 Investment stage 22 Fund stage focus 24 Results 26 IPR filings and amounts raised 27 Amounts invested and odds of IPR filings 31 Amounts invested and subsequent IPR stocks 33 Conclusion 37 References 39 Appendix 40 About Invest Europe 41 About the E

3、UIPO 42 4 Executive summary 15 IPR and financing 9 Literature review 27 Results Contents 2Invest Europe/EUIPO Report/Foreword Eric De Montgolfier Chief Executive Officer,Invest Europe Joo Negro Executive Director,EUIPO 809bn invested in companies of the European Union1 between 2007 and the first hal

4、f of 2023 Innovation lies at the heart of successful companies,and by extension is the lifeblood of growing economies.Innovation starts with creativity and bright ideas,but it also requires new products or services to be useful.They must be viable,fulfil a need,and ultimately have a commercial goal.

5、Intellectual property in its various forms serves both to protect innovations,ideas and creativity as well as to protect and to promote prestige and commercial goodwill,leading the innovation path that goes from ideas to products available to the public and back again,ensuring remuneration for the c

6、reators.For centuries,Europe was the global leader in innovation,driven by a thirst for discovery.Today,many of the greatest innovations are being born and developed elsewhere.In fields including artificial intelligence,software development,quantum computing,or biotechnology,Europe is often outpaced