This year’s International Property Rights Index, a project of the Property Rights Alliance, ranks the U.S. #17 for the protection of both physical and intellectual property.
The US score is thanks in part to its strong intellectual property protection system, and ranked second only to Finland’s IPR structure (which is also #1 on the overall property rights list.)
Ranking countries specifically by their intellectual property protections, the 2013 IPR index shows:
- Finland
- Switzerland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, United States, Japan
- New Zealand, Luxembourg, Sweden