Today I had the pleasure of chairing M-SParc ("Menai Science Park")'s celebrations of World IP Day. This is the second time that M-SParc has marked World IP Day. This year's theme is "Innovation for a Green Future". We discussed WIPO Green - an international online database of providers and seekers of environmentally friendly technology which offers great opportunities for British business and in particular businesses on Anglesey and the fast-tracking of environmentally friendly patent applications through the IPO's green channel. We had great presentations by Rob Elias of Beacon Biorefining, Andrea Knox of Knox Commercial Solicitors and Nigel Hanley of the IPO. These slides serve as an introduction and overview of the topic..

1. World Intellectual
Property Day 2020
Jane Lambert
nipc

2. What is World IP Day?
• Annual worldwide of the formation of the
WIPO by the WIPO Treaty on 26 April
2020
• Each year has a different theme
• This year’s theme is “green innovation”
• WIPO Green
• Green Channel

3. What is WIPO Green?
WIPO GREEN is a global marketplace for
sustainable technology, supporting global
efforts to address climate change. Through
its online database and regional activities,
WIPO GREEN connects green tech seekers
and providers in order to catalyze green
innovation and accelerate green tech
transfer and diffusion.

4. WIPO Green Database
The WIPO GREEN database is a unique
catalogue of sustainable solutions and
needs across the world. It offers
technologies from prototype to marketable
products, available for license, collaboration,
joint ventures, and sale. It also contains
needs defined by companies, institutions,
and non-governmental organizations looking
for technologies to address specific
environmental or climate change problems

5. Examples
• Climate-Friendly Management of Sanitary
Waste in India
• Converting Plastic Waste into Fuel in
Japan
• Ensuring Cleaner Air One Engine at a
Time in France
• Sustainable Toilets: Serving People,
Serving the Environment

6. Opportunity
Only one British company on the database.
A worldwide market of licensees, joint
adventurers, partners, distributors and
investors
Beacon can help with product development
Knox Commercial Solicitors can help with
contractual issues
IPO will help protect your rights

7. Questions and answers
Jane Lambert
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jane.lambert@nipclaw.com
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