Bahrain lagging behind others in securing intellectual properties

Bahrain is lagging behind globally and even in the GCC region when it comes to protecting the intellectual property of its people, it emerged.

The 2018 version of the Intellectual Property Rights Index brought out by US-based Property Rights Alliance pinned Bahrain at 45th, while not impressive on a global scale it was also worse than neighboring countries including Oman, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Only Kuwait marked a worse ranking than Bahrain this year. Bahrain’s ranking at 45 is below its previous ranking when it was ranked 42nd worldwide.

According to economist Ammar Awachi, this could be due to a number of factors. He said that the main reason for the Kingdom to lag behind is because its ecosystem has not been mature enough to help the use of patents and intellectual properties thrive.