On September 30, 2013, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) published their own knock off version, titled „Intellectual Property Rights intensive industries: contribution to economic performance and employment in Europe“ (copy here), which claimed that 39 percent of total economic activity in the EU is „generated by IPR-intensive industries.“

Like the USPTO study, the numbers are intended to mislead rather than inform debate on intellectual property. The following is a quick rundown of some of the employment numbers in the report, for various IP categories.