Intellectual property rights encourage innovation and investment, and technology transfer and other socially useful knowledge. A recent study from September 2013th showed the extent to which industries, that are intensively use intellectual property rights, contribute to economic growth and employment; 39% of total economic activity in the EU (about 4.7 billion per year) is generated by sectors that deal with intellectual property rights (IS); 25% of all jobs in the EU (56 million jobs) provide sectors dealing with IPR, while 10% of all other jobs indirectly arising from these sectors.