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【Singapore Company Registration Tips】Singapore's Global Ranking in Intellectual Property

【Singapore Company Registration Tips】Singapore's Global Ranking in Intellectual Property
【Singapore Company Registration Tips】Singapore's Global Ranking in Intellectual Property

Singapore places great importance on intellectual property rights. Today, FOZL's editor has translated data from the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore regarding Singapore's intellectual property, allowing us to see how high Singapore ranks.

 

Singapore boasts the world's best intellectual property protection, ranking in the "World Economic Forum 2016-2017 Global Competitiveness Report" fourth in the world and first in Asia. 。

 

In the United States Global Intellectual Property Center's "2016 International Intellectual Property Index," Singapore remains ranked first in Asia. 。

 

Bloomberg's 2017 Innovation Index, which scores economic strength based on factors such as R&D spending and the concentration of high-tech listed companies, ranks Singapore sixth in the world. 。

 

The 2016 Global Innovation Index, which measures a nation's innovation capabilities, also ranks Singapore sixth in the world. as an innovative country, simultaneously holding the highest ranking in Asia. In the "2016 Global Innovation Index"'s secondary index of innovation input, Singapore ranks first in the world This index measures various positive factors in a nation's economy that promote innovation activities.

 

Singapore's business-friendly intellectual property development system helps attract multinational corporations (such as Procter & Gamble, Continental Group, and Mead Johnson) to conduct business development in Singapore. These companies choose Singapore as their preferred location for research and development, and strong intellectual property protection is a decisive factor.

 

 

Here are the specific rankings:

 

RankingWorld Economic Forum 2016-2017 Global Competitiveness Report2016 International Intellectual Property IndexUnited States Global Intellectual Property Center's "2016 International Intellectual Property Index"Bloomberg 2017 Innovation Index2016 Global Innovation Index
1SwitzerlandFinlandUnited StatesSouth KoreaSwitzerland
2FinlandNew ZealandUnited KingdomSwedenSweden
3LuxembourgLuxembourgGermanyGermanyUnited Kingdom
4SingaporeNorwayFranceSwitzerlandUnited States
5NetherlandsSwitzerlandSwedenFinlandFinland
6New ZealandSingaporeSingaporeSingaporeSingapore
7United KingdomSwedenSwedenJapanIreland
8SwedenJapanAustraliaDenmarkDenmark
9IrelandNetherlandsJapanUnited StatesNetherlands
10FranceCanadaSouth KoreaIsraelGermany

 

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