Research and analysis

Intellectual property awareness survey: Engaged businesses 2015

This report presents the results from surveying IP engaged businesses and compares the findings with those from the main IP awareness survey.

From:
Intellectual Property Office
Published
19 August 2016

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Intellectual property awareness survey: Engaged businesses 2015

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The aim of the survey is to give an indication of the state of Intellectual Property (IP) awareness in the UK across IP engaged businesses.

Highlights from the report show:

  • 42% of IP engaged respondents check they are not infringing other people’s IP. The most popular IP management activity amongst respondents
  • 28% of firms in the IP engaged community provide staff training on IP. This is 10% for firms responding to the main survey
  • 66% of the IP engaged respondents had protected some sort of IP (either through a single right or a combination). This compares with 52% for respondents in the wider business population

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Published 19 August 2016

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