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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Hat tip and cat tip to Eleanor Rosati and the @IPKat

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