Recent Developments

Singaporean business associations welcome RCEP

Two Singaporean business associations, the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises and the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and....

Posted in: Enabling Innovation Policies

EUIPO and INSME collaboration agreement to bring IP to SMEs

The SME ecosystem needs more partnerships to encourage a favorable environment where SMEs can develop and reach their full potential in....

Posted in: Enabling Innovation Policies

Pfizer COVID vaccine raises IP questions

It has been announced today that the covid-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech has been found to be 90% effective in preventing....

Posted in: Technology and Knowledge Diffusion

Video: World’s first Group B strep vaccine

This video describes how Biovac, in collaboration with PATH and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is developing the world's first Group B....

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems

Charting leadership in the 5G race

In this article, Matthew Noble, Jane Mutimear and Richard Vary examine the difficulties in charting the leadership of companies in the 5G....

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Shiok Meats debuts lab-grown shrimp meat

Shiok Meat’s finished product possesses the texture of ground shrimp and has already been tested to make shumai, the Cantonese dim sum....

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems

SalivaDirect™ COVID-19 test

SalivaDirect™ is a new process developed at the Yale School of Public Health to test persons suspected of having COVID-19 for the virus,....

Posted in: Innovation and the Sustainable Development Goals

WTO: Proposal on COVID and IP by South Africa and India

During the October 2020 TRIPS Council meeting, 40 TRIPS Council members discussed a proposal submitted by India and South Africa for a temporary....

Posted in: Policy Discussions and International Organizations

WIPO Re:Search

By catalyzing a broad range of innovative collaborations, WIPO Re:Search supports early-stage research and development (R&D) in the fight....

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