The U.S. had the highest-ranked overall intellectual property (IP)...
The U.S. had the highest-ranked overall intellectual property (IP) protections out of 25 countries, said a report (http://bit.ly/1cuElre) from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) released Wednesday. The U.K. placed second and France third, with China…
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17th and India 25th, it said. The rankings are based on 30 IP standards, including “protection and enforcement of patents, trademark, copyrights, trade secrets, and participation in relevant international treaties,” and said the U.S. had “fallen behind” in IP “enforcement,” said a GIPC news release (http://bit.ly/1byiVVZ). The federal government should strengthen “current enforcement programs and allocate dedicated resources throughout the government to effectively enforce IP rights and protect consumers,” said David Hirschmann, GIPC president. The analysis was done by Pugatch Consilium, an international research consultancy.