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WIPO Magazine Features

Achieving the SDGs is an all-hands-on-deck affair and requires strong partnerships

Achieving the SDGs is an all-hands-on-deck affair and requires strong partnerships

How can strong partnerships drive progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals? From eradicating poverty to advancing gender equality and innovation, Edward Kwakwa shines a spotlight on how WIPO collaborates across sectors.

Closing the Gender Gap in Patents Across Latin America

Closing the Gender Gap in Patents Across Latin America

The Global Intellectual Property Alliance is tackling the prevalent gender gap within the IP sector. Women inventors still account for less than a quarter of patent applications. So, in a busy first year, GLIPA teamed up with the Mexican think tank CAIINNO to better understand the gender IP gap in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico.

Tourism Inclusion for All - Fostering Social Entrepreneurship in Uganda

Tourism Inclusion for All - Fostering Social Entrepreneurship in Uganda

Through her practical skills training programs, Ugandan social entrepreneur, Charlotte Kazoora, is creating new livelihood opportunities for communities across Uganda, enabling them to tap into the lucrative tourism market.

LexisNexis SDG Patent Mapping of Sustainable Innovations

LexisNexis SDG Patent Mapping of Sustainable Innovations

LexisNexis leads the way in enabling decision-makers to leverage patent analytics to accelerate sustainable innovation.

The Inventor’s Patent Academy: moving the dial on diversity

The Inventor’s Patent Academy: moving the dial on diversity

In 2022, Invent Together and Qualcomm joined ranks to launch The Inventor’s Patent Academy, a free online learning platform to help inventors from underrepresented groups better navigate their patenting journey.

H3D: Africa’s First Integrated Drug Discovery and Development Platform

H3D: Africa’s First Integrated Drug Discovery and Development Platform

Professor Kelly Chibale, Director of H3D, Africa’s first integrated drug discovery and development center, explains how the Center is supporting drug discovery in Africa and the role the IP plays in its pioneering work.

Access Infinity: Bringing Accessible Content to Print Disabled Users in Developing Countries

Access Infinity: Bringing Accessible Content to Print Disabled Users in Developing Countries

The Access Infinity platform from Tata Consultancy Services is transforming the lives of millions with print disabilities in India. A recent agreement with WIPO opens the possibility of extending these benefits to more than 50 other countries. Charudatta Jadhav, one of the platform’s main architects, discusses the platform’s development and its transformative impact.

Authenticity at the Heart of Mi’kmaw Cultural Tourism

Authenticity at the Heart of Mi’kmaw Cultural Tourism

Shannon Monk, an Indigenous (Mi’kmaw /Anishininew) woman from Canada, believes that cultural tourism is a natural opportunity for Indigenous peoples in Canada to reclaim and re-build their cultural heritage. Registering the Mi’kmaw cultural tourism brand is an important step in that journey.

Natural Solutions To Battle Microplastics

Natural Solutions To Battle Microplastics

Lactips is rethinking plastic with its fully biodegradable natural milk-derived bio-material alternative.

Collaboration, Diversity, and Inclusion for More Effective Innovation Ecosystems

Collaboration, Diversity, and Inclusion for More Effective Innovation Ecosystems

The late Japanese inventor and entrepreneur Kyoko Ikoma, former CEO of Proassist and Representative Director of the KANSAI Association of Corporate Executives, discusses the importance of cooperation, diversity, and inclusion to the development of more effective innovation ecosystems.