Ethiopian IP System Helps Elevators Rise Again
An Ethiopian inventor and entrepreneur's creative problem solving leads to the creation of a domestic industry.
Talking About Traditional Knowledge
A WIPO official explains why it is important to help indigenous people benefit from their cultural creations.
David Bowie, IP Innovator
“Bowie Bonds”: The musician pioneered the use of a financial tool backed by royalties from his IP.
WIPO Seminar: Patent Systems and Availability of Medicines
International experts on innovation, intellectual property and access to medicines recently discussed the relationship between patent systems and the availability of medicines in developing and least-developed countries.
Brand Africa: AZAM
One Tanzanian firm has nurtured a single brand from humble beginnings to a vast array of products and sales of over half a billion dollars per year.
Bringing Books to the Blind
A WIPO partnership aims to increase worldwide access to books for people who are blind, have low vision or are otherwise print disabled.
IP and Access to Medicine
WIPO, WTO and WHO host a seminar on innovation and public health.
New Trademark Milestone
WIPO’s Madrid System has surpassed 1.25 million international trademark registrations, a milestone celebrated in New Delhi with top officials from the Indian government, WIPO and Micromax Informatics Ltd., which filed the record-breaking mark.
Seminar: Intellectual Property and Indigenous People
Protecting indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge across borders is among the most-challenging topics in the intellectual property field, Harvard Law expert told participants at a WIPO seminar.
Public Domain Images Are Valuable
A new study shows how creators are using freely available photos to create new value on Wikipedia and crowd-funding site Kickstarter.