GIPI - Global Intellectual Property Index

In May 2008, Taylor Wessing a leading international law firm launched the results of its Global Intellectual Property (IP) Index created by the Z/Yen Group.  In October 2008, Taylor Wessing wins The Law Society's 2008 "Excellence in Marketing and Business Development" award.

The Global IP Index presents a 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.
 

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GIPI in the News :

• EU’s stand on drug patents will be costly for Ontario TheStar.com (29 September 2011).

• U.S. Drops to Third in 24-Country IP Protection Ranking Law.com (13 May 2009).

• Time To Settle The Border Disputes. How Can Business Protect Its Intellectual Property Rights As Technology Blurs International Boundaries? TimesOnline (13 May 2009).

• Taylor Wessing Global Intellectual Property Index and China: The Last Shall Be The First, IPDragon (14 May 2009).

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• US, UK And Germany Top IP Protection Poll Legal Week (8 May 2008).

• UK Best Place To Enforce Patent Rights Law Society's Gazette (8 May 2008).

• IP Protection Survey Ranks U.S., U.K., Germany The Highest National Law Journal Online (7 May 2008).

• UK, Germany And US Top First IP Index MIP Week (2 May 2008).

More Information

• Great Mistakes In Technology Commercialisation Journal of Strategic Change  (November 2001).

• Financing Innovation: Viewing The UK From A Global Perspective www.aeat.com (8 February 2010).

• Financing Innovation: Viewing The UK From A Global Perspective Wolfson College AEA Technology Lecture (8 February 2010).

• Too Unimportant to Fail? Innovation and Competitive Selection in Markets Gresham College (26 February 2007).

• Enclosures of the Mind: Governing the Intellectual Commons Gresham College (18 October 2006).