WIPOD – Intellectual Property Matters

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Episode 2 – Classroom Conversations: Why is Intellectual Property Key for a Career in STEM?

March 24, 2023 - What role does intellectual property (IP) play in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)? And why do scientists and researchers need to know about IP? Priscilla Kolibea Mante, an award-winning neuroscientist and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Pharmacology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, explains how patents, copyright, and even traditional knowledge are essential tools for scientists all over the world. Read transcript.

Classroom Conversations – bite-sized crash courses and conversations on IP topics featuring real life examples from around the world – are brought to you by the WIPO Academy. Send in your questions.

References: Dr. Mante’s Prescription for Future Scientists

Episode 1 – Classroom Conversations: FTW – Tapping into the Potential of IP in Videogames

March 10, 2023 - What does intellectual property (IP) have to do with videogames? Hear from Gaetano Dimita, an expert on games and interactive entertainment law, and Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, as he connects the dots between the worlds of IP and videogames. Read transcript.

Classroom Conversations – bite-sized crash courses and conversations on IP topics featuring real life examples from around the world – are brought to you by the WIPO Academy. Send in your questions.

References: Videogame Development: A Quest for IP

Disclaimer – The views expressed in WIPO podcasts are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organization or any of its member states.