Recent Developments

Podcast Highlight: Closing the Gender Gap with WIPO members Julio Raffo and Elodie Carpentier

Julio Raffo, Head of the Innovation Economy Section of the Department for Economics and Data Analytics at WIPO, and Elodie...

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems

WIPO Report: The Global Gender Gap in Innovation and Creativity

Authors Elodie Carpentier and Julio Raffo published a 2023 report as part of the WIPO Development Studies, in collaboration with...

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems

Merck Life Science on Vaccines Technology Transfer

Merck Life Science recently published a whitepaper titled “From Bench to Market: Vaccines Technology Transfer.” It covers an overview of...

Posted in: Technology and Knowledge Diffusion

IFPMA on Sustainable Access to Effective Antibiotics

IFPMA published a position paper this July addressing some of the challenges that exist in ensuring access to safe and...

Posted in: Policy Discussions and International Organizations

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) on Standard Essential Patents and National Security

The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) published an explainer on standard essential patents (SEPs) and national security. In...

Posted in: Enabling Innovation Policies

Innovation Council Opening Statement at 2024 WIPO General Assemblies

The 57th WIPO General Assemblies will take place in Geneva from July 9 to 17, 2024. You may follow the...

Posted in: Policy Discussions and International Organizations

Innovation Council and GLIPA Roundtable on July 8th – Emerging Best Practices from IP Offices: Stakeholder Engagement and Outreach

Innovation Council and GLIPA have partnered together to host a roundtable discussion titled ” Emerging Best Practices from IP Offices:...

Posted in: IP Management

WIPO 2024 World IP Report

WIPO’s 2024 World IP Report titled ‘Making Innovation Policy Work for Development’ explores the need for innovation policies to focus...

Posted in: Policy Discussions and International Organizations

USPTO’s First National Strategy for Inclusive Innovation

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has just released it’s first-ever National Strategy for Inclusive Innovation in 2024, with...

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems