Institution

OECD, Eurostat

Year

2010

Level

Intermediate

Abstract

The report focuses on three types of intellectual property rights (IPPs): research and development, computer software and databases, and other IPPs. The main aim is to provide practical guidance and recommendations to countries to compile estimates for IPPs. The report describes available data sources, methodologies and calculation methods for research and development, computer software and databases, and other IPPs. The report includes recommendations to further improve the stock measures of IPPs. An overview of all recommendations is provided at the start of the paper.