International Law

Taylor Wessing has launched the results of its Global Intellectual Property (IP) Index:       

The Global IP Index presents a comprehensive statistical comparison of IP protection and enforcement in 22 of the world's leading economies, rating each jurisdiction for protecting and enforcing patents, trade marks and copyrights.
         
Based on an innovative analysis of surveys of senior industry figures globally and an array of published empirical data, the index provides an assessment of the best and worst jurisdictions to obtain, exploit, enforce and attack particular types of IP. Where once anecdotes, conjecture and even some prejudice may have informed our view of a particular jurisdiction, we are now able to rely on statistical analysis.

The Results

Based on the analysis, all 22 jurisdictions have been ranked in order of IP competitiveness, however it is perhaps more useful to consider the Global IP Index in terms of five groups or 'tiers' of IP competitiveness. The resulting groups are listed below:

                        

To see a detailed breakdown of the IP Index including rankings for each of the 22 jurisdictions in regard to specific Trade mark, Patent and Copyright Indices, country analysis and commentary on the findings, rationale and implications, download the full Global IP Index report here.

Interestingly, this is the copyright top ten:

1. U.S.
2. U.K.
3. Germany
4. Netherlands
5. Canada
6. New Zealand
7. Australia
8. Singapore
9. France
10. Israel