Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) play a key role in enabling local innovators to reach their potential – from ideas to impact.
Typically located in patent offices, universities, research centers and science and technology parks, TISCs enable researchers and inventors to receive local support in accessing and using technological information from more than 150 million published patent documents and scores of scientific and technical publications.
The IP for Innovators Department (IPID), IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector (IES), manages the TISC program as part of WIPO’s mission to help member states develop their IP and innovation ecosystems, to support researchers and innovators in using the IP system for innovation promotion and economic growth, and to turn good ideas into real products, services and creative works.
With the vision to evolve continuously and adapt to the needs and challenges of innovators, the program strives to expand its portfolio of resources to support TISCs in building their capacities to meet the demands of innovators. Examples of the resources that will gradually be offered to TISCs include support for patent drafting, technology transfer, IP commercialization and valuation, advice on how to use IP as collateral to secure financing and IP analytics.
Marco M. Aleman
Assistant Director General, IES