Do trademarks and design registrations provide a better perspective on national innovation activity? DIME Conference on the Creative Industries and Intellectual Property, London 2008 Finbarr Livesey A and James Moultrie B A: Corresponding author Institute for Manufacturing University of Cambridge Mill Lane Cambridge CB2 1RX tfl20@eng.cam.ac.uk B: Institute for Manufacturing University of Cambridge Mill Lane Cambridge CB2 1RX jm329@eng.cam.ac.uk 1