The global IP map

Tra­di­tion­al­ly, the glob­al IP land­scape was dom­i­nat­ed by a few key play­ers and led by the Unit­ed States of Amer­i­ca. But as tech­no­log­i­cal progress con­tin­ues at speed, there are an increas­ing num­ber of coun­tries inno­vat­ing, want­i­ng to pro­tect their new ideas and charg­ing oth­er coun­tries for their use. Savvy com­peti­tors would be wise to keep their eye on the IP map