International surveys consistently rank Singapore’s IP regime as one of the best in the world.
- Singapore is ranked second in the world and top in Asia for having the best IP protection in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2019. Overall, Singapore is ranked first as the world's most competitive country.
- Singapore is ranked fourth on the International Property Rights Index 2019, which measures the strength of a country's property rights regime, including both intellectual and physical property rights.
- The U.S. Chamber International IP Index 2019 ranked Singapore tenth in the world based on 45 indicators that look at patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secrets protection.
- The 2021 Bloomberg Innovation Index, which scores economies using factors including research and development spending, manufacturing capability and concentration of high-tech public companies, ranked Singapore second in the world.
- The Global Innovation Index 2020, which ranks countries' innovation performance, ranked Singapore as the eighth most innovative nation in the world and top in Asia. Singapore maintains its lead as first in the world on the Innovation Input Sub-Index of the Global Innovation Index 2019, which gauges elements in the national economy that enable innovation activities.
This business-friendly IP regime has helped bolster the confidence of leading global companies such as Procter and Gamble, Continental, and Mead Johnson, all of whom have selected Singapore as their location of choice for investments in business and research & development, citing the country’s strong protection of IP rights as a factor in their decisions.
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IP Ranking
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World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2019
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International Property Rights Index 2019
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U.S. Chamber International IP Index 2019
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2021 Bloomberg Innovation Index
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Global Innovation Index 2020
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1
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Singapore
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Finland
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United States
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S. Korea
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Switzerland
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2
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United States
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Switzerland
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United Kingdom
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Singapore |
Sweden
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3
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Hong Kong SAR
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New Zealand
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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United States of America |
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4
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Netherlands
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Singapore
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France
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Germany
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United Kingdom
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5
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Switzerland |
Australia
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Germany
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Sweden
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Netherlands |
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6
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Japan
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Japan
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Ireland
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Denmark
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Denmark |
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7
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Germany
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Sweden
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Netherlands
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Israel
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Finland
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8
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Sweden |
Norway
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Japan
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Finland
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Singapore
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9
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United Kingdom
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Luxembourg
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Switzerland
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Netherlands
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Germany
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10
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Denmark
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Netherlands
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Singapore
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Austria
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Republic of Korea
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