Intellectual Property Index

Intellectual property Index is released by U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Center’s (GIPC). The index analyses the intellectual property (IP) climate in 50 world economies, including India.

• The index is based on 40 unique indicators that benchmark activity critical to innovation development surrounding patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secrets protection.
• India ranked 44th of 50 economies, a jump from 43rd of 45 economies one year ago, according to the sixth edition of the Index.

The factors that helped India improve its score included passing guidelines to strengthen the patentability environment for technological innovations, improving the protection of well-known trademarks, as well as initiating IP awareness and coordination programs — thereby implementing some tenets of its 2016 National IPR Policy.