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Silicon Valley, buoyed by dealmaking, makes strides in WIPO innovation index

By Melissa Ritti ( September 1, 2025, 16:15 GMT | Insight) -- The addition of venture capitalism as a measure of innovation has shaken up the World Intellectual Property Organization’s annual top-100 ranking of science and technology hubs, catapulting California’s Silicon Valley to third place and disrupting Asia’s dominance. Although a success worth celebrating, former US Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal tells MLex there is still room to improve.The World Intellectual Property Organization this morning gave an early glimpse of its 2025 Global Innovation Index, or GII, at the Science Park in Hong Kong, China — a region which now tops all others in a key measure of inventiveness....

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