List of the 100 most innovative Companies in the world 2014: BlackBerry made the cut?

There were 39 Japanese companies that made 2014’s top 100 most innovative organisations list, compared to 35 American firms, according to a 2014 Global Innovators list released by Thomson Reuters, a global financial news and information provider.

So more than one-third of the most innovative companies allegedly come from Japan, while Canada had one (BlackBerry)!

Somehow BlackBerry — yes BlackBerry made the cut?

The struggling cell phone maker, once dominated the smartphone space, but now its market share is less than 1% of the worldwide market, yet this is the 2nd straight year Blackberry was included on the list.

First launched in 2011, the list has been compiled on four patent-related criteria: overall patent volume, patent approval success rate, global reach of the portfolio and patent influence as evidenced by citations.

Here’s the full list of the 2014 top 100 global innovators:

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