CCPIT Publishes Global Intellectual Property Protection Index 2023

The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) recently published its research report "Global Intellectual Property Protection Index 2023".

The report, covering 20 key countries of the world, namely, the US, Japan, Germany, India, South Korea, Russia, Brazil, Australia, Mexico, Switzerland, Turkey, South Africa, Singapore, Vietnam, China, Canada, Indonesia, Italy, Poland, and Morocco, researched into intellectual property (IP) protection of these countries in legal, policy and market dimensions on the basis of published data of international organisations such as the United Nations, World Bank, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and World Trade Organization.

According to the report, Switzerland was the top performer in overall strength of IP protection, followed by the US, Germany, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, and China. China scored an upper-middle level with particular strength in the number of patent grants for IT and digital communication technologies, and was rated first or second in a number of sub-indicators, including number of resident patent applications per 100 billion US dollars of GDP, number of geographical indication (GI) ownership, proportion of innovative product exports in total trade, number of scientific and technological journal articles published, number of ISO9001 certificates issued per billion US dollars of GDP, proportion of corporate R&D personnel in the total number of R&D personnel, and number of Fortune 500 companies.

On the other hand, the report found some gaps to close for China between its current status and international advanced level, such as in terms of proportion of highly cited papers included in the SCI (Science Citation Index) and proportion of PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) patent applications entering the national stage.

The results of CCPIT's Global Intellectual Property Protection Index build on five primary indicators, alongside scores of sub-indicators. The primary indicators include IP protection infrastructure (human, capital, and intellectual resources); IP protection ecology (business and legal environment, informatisation level); IP protection implementation (implementation level, protection efficiency, supportive policies); international cooperation (internationalisation level, international presence); and IP protection performance (integrated performance, radiation effect, economic output).