Sunday, September 09, 2012

Global Competitiveness Report 2012-13 – Canada Once Again Beats the USA

Here are the latest World Economic Forum (WEF) rankings for intellectual property for 2012-2013.

Canada is #17, ahead of Japan, Australia, the United States and Korea. Interestingly, the USA, which ranks at #29 just behind Barhrain and just ahead of Barbados, continues to castigate Canada and to place Canada amongst the worst of the worst (along with the likes of Algeria, Pakistan, Russia, Ukraine) in the USTR’s “Special 301” report, which is significantly based upon IIPA “research”. The IIPA is an influential lawyer/lobbyist driven Washington organization that mainly represents major players in the American film, music, publishing, video game and software industries.

Rank
Entity
Edition filter
1
Finland
2012-2013
2
Singapore
2012-2013
3
New Zealand
2012-2013
4
Switzerland
2012-2013
5
Netherlands
2012-2013
6
United Kingdom
2012-2013
7
Luxembourg
2012-2013
8
Qatar
2012-2013
9
France
2012-2013
10
Germany
2012-2013
11
Hong Kong SAR
2012-2013
12
Sweden
2012-2013
13
Puerto Rico
2012-2013
14
Norway
2012-2013
15
Ireland
2012-2013
16
Austria
2012-2013
17
Canada
2012-2013
18
Japan
2012-2013
19
Australia
2012-2013
20
South Africa
2012-2013
21
Denmark
2012-2013
22
Taiwan, China
2012-2013
23
United Arab Emirates
2012-2013
24
Belgium
2012-2013
25
Oman
2012-2013
26
Iceland
2012-2013
27
Saudi Arabia
2012-2013
28
Bahrain
2012-2013
29
United States
2012-2013
30
Barbados
2012-2013
31
Malaysia
2012-2013
32
Rwanda
2012-2013
33
Israel
2012-2013
34
Estonia
2012-2013
35
Malta
2012-2013
36
Gambia, The
2012-2013
37
Liberia
2012-2013
38
Panama
2012-2013
39
Jordan
2012-2013
40
Korea, Rep.
2012-2013

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HPK

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