Trade Marks and Performance in UK Firms: Evidence of Schumpeterian Competition through Innovation.

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This paper uses a novel data set of the trade mark activity of UK manufacturing and service sector firms to investigate whether applications for trade marks are suggestive of product innovation, improving the profitability and productivity of firms. Data on both trade (and service) marks sought via the UK Patent Office (UKTM) and the European Community Office for Harmonisation of the Internal Market (CTM) are available. There was rapid growth in trade mark activity during the period covered b...

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Authors: Greenhalgh, C; Rogers, M

• Publisher: Department of Economics (University of Oxford)
• Series: Discussion paper series
• Publication date: 2007-01-01
• Language: English