For those interested in IP, patents, or economic freedom, the 2002 Economic Freedom of the World report may be of interest (press release). Released by the Cato and Fraser Institutes, the report also contains a separate study, Index of Patent Rights, which gives countries a ranking for their patent protection based on several objective factors, such as enforcement, etc.
Hong Kong tops the Economic Freedom list this year, followed by Singapore and the United States, which climbed from fifth to third place. The US leads all other nations in the patent rights study.
