Taylor Wessing Global Intellectual Property Index 2009
The second Taylor Wessing Global Intellectual Property Index (GIPI 2) follows on from the inaugural GIPI Report (GIPI 1) published in May 2008. That aimed to provide the first comprehensive assessment of how the intellectual property (IP) regimes of important jurisdictions compared with each other.
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.
GIPI 1 covered the three main IP rights of trade marks, patents and copyright in 22 jurisdictions. GIPI 2 provides an update on that, using data from even more respondents (20% more than in GIPI 1), to whom we are most grateful. In addition, GIPI 2 includes:
coverage of Ireland and Turkey, bringing the total to 24 jurisdictions;
assessments relating to designs and domain names;
consideration of regional systems of the Community Trade Mark/OHIM and European patents/European Patent Office (not fully ranked); and
assessments of the cost-effectiveness of enforcement in each jurisdiction.
Thank you to those of you who participated in the survey. We hope you find the latest results and our analysis interesting and that they stimulate and inform debates about the IP laws and their effects in the countries considered
The Results
The overall 2009 ranks and ratings for each jurisdiction are below:
GIPI ranks and ratings
To see a detailed breakdown of the IP Index including rankings for each of the 24 jurisdictions in regard to specific Trade mark, Patent, Design, Domain name and Copyright Indices, country analysis and commentary on the findings, rationale and implications, please 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.
We would be grateful for your opinions on our results and analysis, whether directly or done by completing the survey (by clicking HERE). 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.
Click here to take the 2009 survey