Title page
Contents
Acknowledgments 4
Acronyms 5
Executive summary 6
Luxembourg's Journey 7
Introduction 7
Scope and objectives 7
IPRs within Luxembourg 10
Institutional landscape for IP 12
The role of IP in economic policy 12
The Intellectual Property Office (OPI) 13
Intellectual Property Institute Luxembourg 13
IP financing 15
European context and strategy 15
European IP Action Plan 15
SME Fund 15
InvestEU Fund and EFSI 16
Luxembourg public financing tools and initiatives 17
Financial aid for SME innovation 17
Fit 4 Innovation 18
Luxembourg Future Fund 18
LuxIMPULSE for Space 18
Luxembourg IP Box 19
Access to private financing 19
Private banking sector 19
Business angels and other alternative investment sources 20
Other considerations 21
Markets for IPRs 21
Valuation of IPRs 21
Conclusion 22
Policy recommendations 24
Endnotes 26
Figure 1. Green EU trade marks: analysis by size of applicant, 2015-2020 8
Figure 2. Domestic patent applications filed at the OPI (Luxembourg Intellectual Property Office), 2005-2022 10
Figure 3. Trademark applications filed at the Benelux Organization for Intellectual Property (BOIP) originating from Luxembourg, 2005-2022 11
Figure 4. Corporate banking revenue within Luxembourg 20