Executive Summary
Taylor Wessing's Global Intellectual Property Index (GIPI) was launched in May 2008 and provided the first comprehensive assessment of how the IP regimes of 22 important jursdictions compare with each other.
The overall GIPI results are set out in Table 1 below. This shows the rank and rating for each jurisdiction, its tier and its ranking for each IP right.
Table 1: GIPI 3 2011. All IP Ranking by jurisdiction
Points to note:
- Germany, ranked 1st overall, has three 1st positions in the individual IP indices but is last (24th) for the personal data index.
- A Tier 1 country sits at the top of each of the various indices and the UAE is the only non-tier 1 country to hold a 2nd place ranking (in the personal data index).
- Common law countries tend to fare well providing seven of the top 11 jurisdictions, but India is ranked last overall and in three out of the five indices.
- Russia, closely behind Poland, has consistent rankings largely setting it apart from the other BRIC countries at the bottom of the tables.
"Germany takes the top position and Russia pulls away from other BRIC countries"