International patent applications continued their upward trend in 2022, defying challenging economic conditions: ow.ly/8Uvu50N4rei.
These countries filed the most international patent applications⤵️
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In 2022, brand owners filed some 69,000 international trademark™️®️ applications via WIPO to protect and promote their brands across borders
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Women shape our world with their ingenuity and creativity every day – but how can we better support them?
#WorldIPDay 2023 celebrates and promotes inclusion and diversity in innovation and creativity.
Join the campaign with our free publicity materials: ow.ly/CqRo50N5Yy4
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Inventors around the world filed a record number of international #patent applications in 2021
🔸Which countries are the largest users of WIPO's PCT System?
🔸What are the top technologies?
Find out below👇 and learn more at ow.ly/AcfZ50N60G2
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Fashion-forward✂️🧵
Inspired by his seamstress mother, Taibo Bacar built a leading African fashion brand
His statement pieces recount personal stories with a pop of color and intricate cuts – all inspired by Taibo’s Mozambican roots
Read more: ow.ly/aHsu50N3NIY
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💊🌿 + ™️®️ = Business success 🚀
In Ethiopia, healers are using modern branding strategies to bring their products to new markets
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Repeated washing degrades wool clothes
An inventor in Germany is betting on corn🌽 to make them more durable
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Can 🐄 🐔 eat 🐛🪰?
Two entrepreneurs from Tanzania developed alternative animal feed that’s better for the environment – insects!
See for yourself⤵️
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African fashion 🌍😍
This Mozambican designer turned his passion into a business, founding one of Africa’s leading fashion houses
Read more: ow.ly/fWVy50N2hW2
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What makes "Thai silk" unique?
In Thailand🇹🇭, local artisans use traditional methods to create the tight, shiny, fadeless, and flawless Thai silk.
Learn more: ow.ly/pNOQ50N2hQG
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Skincare you can… eat 😋!
Violet from Ghana🇬🇭 is making all-natural, edible skincare with locally sourced ingredients
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is destroying lives, property and the innovation ecosystem of the country. This war is an affront to our values as a United Nations agency. It must end.
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🚜 + ⚡ = chemical-free weed removal
This Brazilian company is getting rid of pesky weeds with a device that zaps them from behind a tractor ⤵️
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Women creators, innovators and entrepreneurs are transforming our world👩💡✨
How can we better support them on their innovation and entrepreneurship journeys?
Send us your ideas in a short video: ow.ly/m0h750MVncE
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We 💙 innovation
We’re celebrating exceptional innovators through another series of #WIPOGlobalAwards🏆 – recognizing outstanding small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
If you work for or represent a small business, apply here: ow.ly/e90X50MYiHR
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A special type of silk🧵✨
Nakhon Ratchasima, also known as Khorat, is the home of “Pak Thong Chai Thai Silk” – the tight, shiny, fadeless, and flawless Thai silk that is a staple of Thailand’s🇹🇭 economy and culture: ow.ly/h9tu50MXkha
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WIPO DG Tang updated Ukraine Dy Minister of Economy Oleksandr Hryban on implementing the 2022 WIPO GA resolution on assistance & support for Ukraine’s innovation & creative ecosystem. In a week marked by a grim anniversary, Tang joined others in reiterating the call for peace.
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Great news: Barbados joins WIPO's #MarrakeshTreaty
The Treaty boosts access to specially-adapted books for persons who are visually impaired or print disabled – expanding their learning, education and leisure opportunities.
ℹ️ More: ow.ly/OJAB50MWRxG
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Smooth as silk🧵
In Thailand, local artisans use traditional methods to create the tight, shiny, fadeless, and flawless Thai silk.
A geographical indication for this fabric is helping them improve their earnings⤵️
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Innovation makes our lives healthier, safer, and more comfortable – turning problems into progress
This year’s #WIPOGlobalAwards🏆 will go to outstanding small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Apply by March 31, 2023: ow.ly/qHnO50MVnWG
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Great news: Brazil🇧🇷 has joined WIPO's Hague System for the international registration of designs – ow.ly/3JCL50MVoo8
The Hague System helps companies and designers protect their designs📱🪑🚗⌚️👜 in up to 96 countries through a single and cost-effective procedure
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Meet Sarah Beydoun – a Lebanese entrepreneur whose fashion brand is expanding globally: ow.ly/J8xx50KlK5O
Beyoncé, Amal Clooney and Queen Rania of Jordan are among her clients⤵️
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🍚White rice
🍚Sticky rice
🍚Fragrant rice
...can all be organic rice! In Northern Cambodia, cooperatives are shifting from traditional cultivation methods to organic farming – to meet growing demand and increase their returns ⤵️
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Chile🇨🇱
Colombia🇨🇴
Ecuador🇪🇨
Morocco🇲🇦
Peru🇵🇪
Philippines🇵🇭
Singapore🇸🇬
South Africa🇿🇦
Innovators from these 8 countries can apply to WIPO’s Inventor Assistance Program – and get help patenting their inventions to take them to market.
More: ow.ly/Uai850MSGG6
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How do cosmetics taste?
⚪️ Sour
⚪️ Bitter
🔘 Yummy
This entrepreneur from Ghana is making edible skincare products ⤵️
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This sister-entrepreneur duo from Indonesia🇮🇩 is cementing new fashion trends
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Happy #ValentinesDay2023! #IPLove
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It’s Valentine's Day💞
Roses are red, violets are blue... these are our patent picks, what about you?
🥤 Love straw for couples
☔️ Lovers’ umbrella
🌹 Personalized flower vase
💌 Multifunctional card
#ValentinesDay2023 #IPLove
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Great news: Singapore🇸🇬 joins WIPO’s Inventor Assistance Program – ow.ly/2EfH50MP1f9
In Singapore, the Program which helps inventors with limited resources seek patent protection will focus on young innovators starting their intellectual property journey.
#wipoIAP
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Bad news👎: Climate change is already affecting our lives.
Good news👍: Green technologies can help reduce vulnerability and increase resilience to climate impacts.
WIPO's Green Technology book identifies 200 solutions for climate change adaptation: ow.ly/8p1G50LNRfH
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Could these 11 young professionals become the next intellectual property leaders?
YEP👍
During the next two years, the second cohort WIPO’s Young Experts Program will gain an in-depth understanding of IP, work on impactful projects & develop their leadership skills
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It’s #WomenInScienceDay! 👩🏻🔬👩🏽🏫
Today, we celebrate women scientists like Chieko Asakwa who are working to make our lives more comfortable, safer, and enjoyable.
Blind since 14, Chieko developed this AI-powered suitcase to navigate crowded, changing areas like airports⤵️
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🔬Scientist
🎓Professor
🤱Mother
👩🏻🏫Mentor
Egypt’s Dr. Menattallah Elserafy is all of the above, and leads research in neurological disorders and cancers.
Read her story: ow.ly/MayU50MPFx0
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Great news: Singapore🇸🇬 joins WIPO’s Inventor Assistance Program – ow.ly/2EfH50MP1f9
In Singapore, the Program which helps inventors with limited resources seek patent protection will focus on young innovators starting their intellectual property journey.
#wipoIAP
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A theater in the rainforest?
This Costa Rican writer and activist is pushing the boundaries of theater ⬇️
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Q: Which global industry is worth $ 150,000,000,000?
A: Video games🎮👾🕹️!
Did you also know that video games are made of intellectual property? Find out in our explainer 👇
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This family business is timeless 🙂
A French family has been keeping up with the times for over 150 years – thanks to innovation
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WIPO Director General Daren Tang met with 🇰🇷 Yoon Suk Yeol.
They discussed boosting cooperation and shared the view that it is essential to work towards building a more inclusive global intellectual property ecosystem which enables more women and SMEs to access IP.
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Do you believe that we need more women in innovation to create a better future?
👉Then we want to hear from you!
Send us a video showing why it's important for girls and women to switch on to intellectual property for a better tomorrow: ow.ly/5lwN50MM3JB
#WorldIPDay
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