The United States slid to third from second in the European law firm Taylor Wessing’s second annual ranking of 24 countries and economies by intellectual property protection and enforcement practices.

The U.S., which was the sole country whose overall ranking declined, now stands behind the United Kingdom and Germany in Taylor Wessing’s 2009 Global Intellectual Property Index released on May 12. The U.K. also topped the 2008 index.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]