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 won 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 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.
Taylor Wessing continued to sponsor the Global IP Index through five editions. We are now looking for a partner to take forward the index to a further phase of development.
"GIPI is the gourmet’s guide to intellectual property jurisdictions and will be invaluable to anyone trying to plot the strategic management of their IP rights."
GIPI in the News:
- TheStar.com: EU’s stand on drug patents will be costly for Ontario TheStar.com (29th September 2011)
- Law.com: U.S. Drops to Third in 24-Country IP Protection Ranking (Law.com, 13th May 2009)
- TimesOnline: Time To Settle The Border Disputes. How Can Business Protect Its Intellectual Property Rights As Technology Blurs International Boundaries? (13th May 2009).
- IPDragon: Taylor Wessing Global Intellectual Property Index and China: The Last Shall Be The First (14 May 2009).
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- Legal Week: US, UK and Germany Top IP Protection Poll (8th May 2008)
- Law Society's Gazette: UK Best Place to Enforce Patent Rights (8th May 2008)
- National Law Journal: IP Protection Survey Ranks US, UK & Germany the Highest (7th May 2008)
- MIP Week: UK, Germany and US Top First IP Index (2nd May 2008)
More Information
- AEA Technology: Financing Innovation: Viewing The UK From A Global Perspective (8th February 2010)
- Wolfson College AEA Technology Lecture: Financing Innovation: Viewing The UK From A Global Perspective (8th February 2010)
- Gresham College: Too Unimportant to Fail? Innovation and Competitive Selection in Markets (26th February 2007)
- Gresham College: Enclosures of the Mind: Governing the Intellectual Commons (18 October 2006)
- Journal of Strategic Change: Great Mistakes In Technology Commercialisation (November 2001)