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Taylor Wessing Global Intellectual Property Index
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Executive Summary
Background and Introduction
The Global IP Index
Results & Analysis
Trade mark Index
Patent Index
Copyright Index
Jurisdiction Analysis
Methodology
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In May 2008, Taylor Wessing, in association with Managing Intellectual Property, 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:
The Tiers of IP Competitivenes
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.
The Global IP Index will be updated regularly to identify changes in people's perceptions and in other measures of competitiveness. We hope to add new jurisdictions and build on the number of respondents to our questionnaires. It will be interesting to watch how some of the 'volatile' jurisdictions such as Dubai and Japan develop.
We would be grateful for your opinions on any jurisdictions with which you are familiar in the field of IP (generally or individually in the area of trade marks & designs, patents and/or copyright). Please be assured that answers will be kept confidential, and will be used only to compile the Global IP Index. The survey should take no more than ten minutes to complete.