UK, Germany and US top first IP Index
01 May 2008
James Nurton, London
A new Global IP Index rates the UK, US and Germany as the top three major jurisdictions in the world for IP protection, while China is ranked bottom
The Index, which will be regularly updated, ranks the IP regimes of 22 jurisdictions based on robust statistical analysis.
It was prepared by law firm Taylor Wessing, with the support of Managing IP , and is published tomorrow (May 2).
The index uses a mix of 43 objective factors and subjective jurisdiction assessments to rate each jurisdiction in respect of obtaining, exploiting, enforcing and attacking IP rights.
The 43 factors include data on the number of specialist IP judges and lawyers, the number of patent and trade mark filings...
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