The WIPO Assemblies 2022 just concluded
Thanks to all who participated in person and virtually, forging the future of innovation and creativity 🙌ℹ️http://ow.ly/BMeI50K29Jw#wipoGA
In rural Cambodia🇰🇭, agricultural cooperatives are betting on the booming organic rice market – and a collective mark is helping them take their product to global consumers⤵️
More: http://ow.ly/op1l50K4v7R
Change "no" to "yes I can"
A Guatemalan fashion designer with Down syndrome is promoting diversity and inclusion with her brand "Down to Xjabelle"
Meet Isabella: http://ow.ly/1Rqe50K4vvH
The WIPO Assemblies 2022 concluded on Friday
Thanks to all who participated in person and virtually, forging the future of innovation and creativity 🙌ℹ️http://ow.ly/q0RL50K2ixW#wipoGA
🏁115.6 km left🏁
Today’s final stage of the Tour de France will lead racers to the iconic Champs-Élysées in Paris
While we wait for them, let’s take a look at how much intellectual property there is in this big sporting event⤵️#TDF2022
This year’s Tour de France🇫🇷 is entering the final stages to culminate on the iconic Champs-Élysées in Paris
The race runs on the talent, endurance and tactical sense of its competitors, but also on intellectual property – learn more below⤵️#TDF2022
WIPO member states approve Diplomatic Conferences for proposed international agreements on:
🔹Protection of designs to ease cross border trade
🔹Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources
🔗http://ow.ly/Vg4W50K1xMO#wipoGA
WIPO Global Awards🏆: SMEs from China, Japan, the Netherlands and Singapore were the first-ever winners of #WIPOGlobalAwards: http://ow.ly/RkPF50JYRay
Take a look at the highlights of the awards ceremony⤵️#wipoGA
Q: Which global industry is worth $ 150,000,000,000?
A: Video games🎮👾🕹️!
Did you also know that video games are made of intellectual property? Find out in our explainer 👇
🥁And the winners are🥁
SMEs from China, Japan, the Netherlands and Singapore are first-ever winners of #WIPOGlobalAwards: http://ow.ly/RkPF50JYRay
The awards recognize exceptional enterprises & individuals using intellectual property to make a positive impact worldwide
#wipoGA
😵This slime could save lives😵
In Hong Kong, a team of researchers has developed a slime that can recover accidentally swallowed objects and reach tumors ⤵️
WIPO Global Awards🏆: SMEs from China, Japan, the Netherlands and Singapore are first-ever winners of #WIPOGlobalAwards: http://ow.ly/RkPF50JYRay
The awards recognize exceptional enterprises and individuals using intellectual property to make a positive impact worldwide.
#wipoGA
Non-fungible, intangible, but valuable ✨#NFTs are taking the art and tech worlds by storm – and intellectual property is playing a part.
Read more: http://ow.ly/X3ol50JhTbJ
supporting great British brands to benefit IP users around the globe.
The UK has one of the most highly regarded IP environments in the world, and joining the database is a practical step that will help keep it that way.
#WIPO GA-watch
UK joins @WIPO Global Brands Database: the UK is to add more than 3 million trade marks to the Global Brands Database giving visibility for people wanting to find, register & protect a trade mark in the UK.
Read more: http://bit.ly/GlobalBrandsDatabase…
Great news! Peru🇵🇪 joins the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement and WIPO's classification treaties:
• Locarno Agreement
• Nice Agreement
• Strasbourg Agreement
• Vienna Agreement
The agreements make it easier for innovators to protect their intellectual property
#wipoGA
Proud to witness today’s endorsement of gender-neutral language for @WIPO by its member states – an issue very close to my heart as a woman and chair of the Organization's General Assemblies
#wipoGA#GenerationEquality@AndyWIPO
Intellectual property isn't only for the developed world. It can be the instrument by which Cabo Verde can grow rich, help spur growth & take advantage of all talents we have.
—Cabo Verde🇨🇻 Prime Minister highlights importance of technology, innovation & human capital at #wipoGA
WIPO Assemblies open: Director General calls on delegates to transform intellectual property into a powerful catalyst for growth and development
More: http://ow.ly/x0Gq50JW2r1#wipoGA
Great news: Thailand🇹🇭 joins the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
The WCT addresses the protection of works and the rights of their authors in the digital environment – including computer programs and databases
ℹ️ More: http://ow.ly/gvgB50JV5BB#copyright
Great news: Indonesia🇮🇩 joins WIPO’s Budapest Treaty
The Treaty makes it easier for innovators to patent biotech inventions
ℹ️ More: http://ow.ly/CyZy50JUNQV
It's here–the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date: Webb's First Deep Field.
Previewed by @POTUS on July 11, it shows galaxies once invisible to us. The full set of @NASAWebb's first full-color images & data will be revealed July 12: http://nasa.gov/webbfirstimages
Chile🇨🇱
Colombia🇨🇴
Ecuador🇪🇨
Morocco🇲🇦
Peru🇵🇪
Philippines🇵🇭
South Africa🇿🇦
Inventors and SMEs from these 7 countries can apply to WIPO’s Inventor Assistance Program – and get help patenting their inventions to take them to market.
Learn more: http://ow.ly/RXvV50Jp4Yt#wipoIAP
They're all the rage, but what exactly is a non-fungible token (NFT)? And what does copyright have to do with it?
A short explainer: http://ow.ly/nh5o50JcfnC
Climate change 🌡️ is killing the world’s corals as tropical sea temperatures rise
A young entrepreneur in Tahiti is working to reverse damage to coral reefs