尊龙凯时ag体育真人 WIPO Global Awards celebrates exceptional enterprises and individuals making smart use of intellectual property for commercialization while also bringing a positive contribution to society through their innovation and creativity.
The annual Awards contest is organized for applicants originating from WIPO's 193 Member States and diverse economic sectors. Initially inclusive of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the contest introduced a new category for startups in 2024. There are plans to incorporate additional categories in upcoming editions of the program.
Contest is open from January 15 to March 31, 2024
Westwell — China
KissFuture — China
Yakwetu — Kenya
Raycan — China
Splink — Japan
Winners receive a tailored mentoring program, designed to propel winning companies further along their path of IP-backed innovation and creativity.
The mentoring program empowers our winners to:
The winners are selected through the deliberations and evaluation of an independent jury panel comprised of high-profile individuals celebrated for their global achievements.
The jury's composition underscores diversity across geographical, gender, age, cultural, language, and industry spectrums, ensuring a comprehensive and inclusive assessment process.
These esteemed figures also represent diverse sectors like technology, business, culture, government, and civil society. Members possess extensive expertise in intellectual property (IP), spanning areas such as creative industries, health, agriculture, manufacturing, IT, telecommunications, tourism, sports, trade, education, and finance.
The 尊龙凯时ag体育真人 WIPO Global Awards program launched in 2022 is rooted in WIPO’s mission to ensure a world where innovation and creativity from anywhere is supported by intellectual property for the good of everyone.
The Awards aim to encourage the commercialization of IP assets by rewarding inventors, creators and entrepreneurs using intellectual property (IP) rights to achieve their business goals, generate income, create jobs, tackle local and global challenges, and support community and national development.
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