The International children’s contest “School patent - step into the future”

21/12/2021

Help Keep PTSOS Going, Click Here: https://www.gofundme.com/ptsosDan Burns explains his space-time warping demo at a PTSOS workshop at Los Gatos High School,...

02/10/2021

The WIPO Academy has developed a service to help teach creativity and inventiveness through intellectual property (IP) called IP4Youth&Teachers. The service kick-starts teachers and learners on their path to IP education by cultivating dialogue among educators, curricula setters, and IP offices by providing access to teaching and learning content. It is also a hub for sharing experiences, policy documents, business cases, and research on the benefits of early introduction to the role of IP in inventiveness and creativity.

The service kick-starts teachers and learners on their path to IP education by cultivating dialogue among educators, curricula setters, and IP offices by providing access to teaching and learning content. It is also a hub for sharing experiences, policy documents, business cases, and research on the...

02/10/2021

New Korean-style Manhwa comic for kids (and adults!)

WIPO launches a Manhwa on respect for copyright, “Let’s draw a dream”, written and illustrated by Korean lawyer-artist Youngwook Lee, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) of the Republic of Korea.

https://www.wipo.int/enforcement/en/news/2021/news_0001.html

02/10/2021

On November 12, 2021, at the International Innovation Forum in St. Petersburg, our example of a bar-camp "IP Leaders" (winners of the "School Patent" competition) and an award ceremony "For Contribution to the Development of Intellectual Property" will be held.
Everyone is welcome. Registration sheet and preliminary program will be posted during the next week. Follow the news!

https://spbinno.ru/en/

26/02/2021

Black Inventor Garrett Morgan Saved Countless Lives with Gas Mask and Improved Traffic Lights

In 1916 he strapped on his “safety hood” and dragged rescuers to safety, but racism prevented him from being hailed as a hero 

29/10/2020

The Avengers, Batman, Captain America, and the Hulk – are just a few examples of larger-than-life comic characters 🦹 🦸

You probably know that like other literary artistic works, they are protected by copyright. But did you know that they can also receive trademark protection?

A new WIPO study looked into what this means in economic and policy terms – and which character features most appearances in movies and games 👇

Find out more at and discover the full top 40 franchise characters at http://ow.ly/b6O750BZI5k

27/08/2020

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27/03/2020

This year our School Patent Competition reached new heights - we opened 3 new regional directorates, received support from the Presidential Grants Fund, entered the federal list of competitions and other intellectual and (or) creative contests, events.
This year, more than 1,500 applications from 13 regions of our country and the Republic of Belarus were submitted to the competition.
The work of experts is still ongoing, but we are pleased to share with you the first lists of winners of the regional stages!

Дорогие участники их родители научные руководители и преподаватели В этом году наш Конкурс достиг новых высот - мы открыли

08/02/2020

NEWS OF THE DAY! "School patent" is included in the list of competitions and other intellectual and (or) creative competitions, events, approved by the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1239 "On approval of the Rules for identifying children who have shown outstanding abilities, accompaniment and monitoring of their further development" (order dated 27.12. 2019 No. 737 “On Amending the List for the 2019/2020 academic year, approved by order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation No. 390 dated July 24, 2019”)