This WIPO Technology SPARK (Short Pieces of Analysis, Research and Knowledge) report was prepared under the stewardship of Marco Alemán (Assistant Director General, IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector) and under the direction of Andrew Czajkowski (Acting Senior Director, IP for Innovators Department), and was led by Christopher Harrison (Patent Analytics Manager, IP Analytics Section, Technology and Innovation Support Division, IP for Innovators Department).
The report was prepared by a project team led by Christopher Harrison and including Ekrem Çakay (Fellow, IP Analytics Section, Technology and Innovation Support Division) and Pooyan Piredeir (former Young Expert, Technology and Innovation Support Division). Additional support was provided by Aled Matthews (former Patent Analytics Consultant, IP Analytics Section).
Our thanks also go to the World IP Day team led by Samar Shamoon (Director, News and Media Division), Edward Harris (Senior Media Officer, News and Media Division) and Alinka Brutsch (Media Officer, News and Media Division), to Ryszard Frelek (Counsellor, External Relations Division), Rafael Ferraz Vazquez (Legal Officer, Copyright Law Division), and to the WIPO editorial and design team led by Charlotte Beauchamp (Head, Publications and Design Section), as well as the WIPO IP and Sports task force led by Michele Woods (Director, Copyright Law Division) and Carol Simpson (Officer-in-charge, Division for Latin America and the Caribbean). We also acknowledge valuable external input from Weihan Wu and Miaoting Ye (both from Gengee), and Marco Lorenzi and Ben Crossing (both from Hawk-Eye Innovations).
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