Facts
IP Supports Jobs
IP-intensive industries directly and indirectly supported 45.5 million jobs
Making up
of all employment.
30%
Source: USPTO
Trademark and copyright -intensive industries supported approximately
30 million
jobs
TM
Source: USPTO
IP Provides Value
The average worker in an IP-intensive industry earned about 46% more than her counterpart in a non-IP industry.
Source: ICC and INTA
IP Supports New Businesses
76% of startup executives say that patents are essential to their funding
Source: The Brookings Institution
Copyright industries contributed more than $2.2 trillion in value to the U.S. economy (11.6% of it)
Source: IIPA
They employ 11.6 million workers.
Patent awards to U.S. research universities are up from 380 in1980 to more than 7,500 in 2018, supporting more than
Source: AUTM-BIO study
11,000 startups and
4M jobs
IP Theft is Costly
The global value of digital piracy of movies, music and software in 2015 was
$213
billion
(est)
Source: INTA
Estimated global net job losses in 2013 from counterfeit, knock-off and fake goods:
2-2.6 million.
Projected net job losses:
4.2-5.4M
by 2022.
Source: INTA
IP Basics Awareness Central (IPABC) is provided by CIPU, an independent non-profit organization
and a federally approved 51(c)(3).
