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Innovation Expert, Louis Foreman on Turning an Idea Into a Profitable Business
No full textSerial entrepreneur, Louis Foreman, Founder and CEO of Enventys Partners, an integrated product design and launch company in the United States, shares useful insights on intellectual property (IP) and entrepreneurship. Over the last three decades, Foreman has created multiple successful startups. He holds over 10 US patents and his firm is responsible for the development and commercialization of more than 700 other patents. Foreman is a recent inductee into the IP Hall of Fame
WIPO Technology Trends: Future of Transportation.
No full textThe WIPO Technology Trends report on the Future of Transportation dives into the transformative changes reshaping the transportation sector. The report, based on patent data and scientific literature data complemented by business information, policy, regulation and standards data looks at transportation technologies and trends across land, sea, air and space. It identifies four primary technology trend clusters: Sustainable Propulsion, Automation and Circularity, Communication and Security, and Human-Machine Interface technologies – representing the critical areas of innovation crucial to the future of transportation. The report also considers the current and future applications of technologies in the transportation sector.This technical annex to the WIPO Technology Trends Report on the Future of Transportation offers a deep-dive analysis of global patenting and emerging trends in land transportation affording comprehensive insights into innovations shaping the future of road and rail transport systems. It serves as a valuable resource for those stakeholders – including policymakers, industry leaders, researchers and innovators – seeking to understand the trajectory of technological advancements and their implications for the future of land transportation
Revista da OMPI, Número 1/2025
No full textThe WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world
مؤشر الابتكار العالمي 2025, النسخة الرابعة عشر:نسخة تنفيذية
No full textتعرض النسخة التنفيذية من مؤشر الابتكار العالمي 2025 أبرز النقاط والنتائج الرئيسية الواردة في التقرير الكامل. ويكشف مؤشر الابتكار العالمي 2025 عن الجهات الرائدة في مجال الابتكار العالمي، ويصنف الأداء الابتكاري لما عدده 139 اقتصاداً ويسلط الضوء على نقاط القوة والضعف لكل منها. وإضافة إلى ما سبق، يحدد المؤشر أكبر 100 مجمّع للعلوم والتكنولوجيا في العالم
Green Technology Book: Solutions for confronting climate disasters
No full textThe Green Technology Book: Solutions for confronting climate disasters looks at solutions for confronting climate disasters, highlighting how innovation is transforming disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. As climate-driven crises intensify, emerging technologies, such as AI, IoT, drones, satellites, and nature-based systems, are redefining how we protect lives and livelihoods. From flood forecasting to modular shelters, these adaptive solutions combine digital intelligence with disaster-ready infrastructure in an increasingly volatile climate
Margarita ::Directrices para la ejecución del examen de la distinción, la homogeneidad y la estabilidad.
No full textLa finalidad de estas directrices (“directrices de examen”) es elaborar los principios que figuran en la Introducción General (documento TG/1/3) y sus documentos TGP conexos, con objeto de que sirvan de orientación práctica y detallada para el examen armonizado de la distinción, homogeneidad y estabilidad (DHE) y en particular, para identificar los caracteres apropiados para el examen DHE y producir descripciones armonizadas de variedades
Could AI music be the industry’s next Napster moment?
No full text“Have Everything. Own Nothing,” Napster once claimed. Today’s generative AI models seem to say, “Scrape Everything. Credit Nothing.” Still, fairer frameworks may yet emerge, says Professor María L. Vázquez. Working for Virgin Music in the 1990s, the Harvard-educated lawyer saw early file-sharing give rise to legitimate streaming platforms. For WIPO Magazine, Vázquez explores the copyright lessons we may learn from past disruptions
Royalties in the age of AI::paying artists for AI-generated songs
No full textThe AI music industry is growing, raising questions around how to protect and pay artists whose work is used to train generative AI models. Are the answers in the models themselves
The Right to Repair::Recent Developments in the USA
No full textImagine you recently purchased a sophisticated electronic product, which you unfortunately, dropped on the floor and damaged. After unsuccessfully trying to repair it yourself, you decide to take it to the electronic repair shop near your house. There, however, you are told that the shop is not authorized to repair it. Instead, you discover you have to go back to the shop where you originally purchased it or to another manufacturer-approved repair service. You are puzzled and wonder how long the repair will take and how much it will cost you
New Generation of Miniature Satellites Brings Connectivity to Remote Areas
No full textWhen you look up at a sky at night, you may notice bright moving dots. These are not shooting stars; they are satellites orbiting close enough to the Earth to be seen with the naked eye. While we take mobile coverage for granted, it is still impossible to get network coverage in many locations around the world. Spanish picosatellite company, FOSSA Systems SL, is tackling this problem with its low-cost, miniature satellites that enable data exchange and smart device connectivity in previously unconnected locations