WIPO 2023 Global Awards

Dear Member,

In the letter sent to our Chamber by TOBB, with reference to the letter of the Ministry of Industry and Technology Directorate General for European Union and Foreign Relations dated 18.01.2023 and numbered E-74980686-720-4420827, the letter referenced above, conveyed to our Union by the Ministry of Industry and Technology Directorate General for European Union and Foreign Relations, announces that applications have opened for the WIPO Global Awards to be held this year and that applications can be made between 16 January–31 March 2023.

The letter further states that it is understood from the Note received from the WIPO Secretariat that the competition is open to all small and medium-sized enterprises active in every area of the economy, including technology, agriculture, the creative industries or sectors beyond these, and that applications using forms of intellectual property ranging from copyright to trademarks, patents and geographical indications will be accepted.

In this context, the said Note states that the winners will be invited to WIPO's 64th General Assembly to be held in July and will be given a personalised WIPO mentorship programme, that this programme will help strengthen the use of intellectual property, pursue new business goals and create greater impact, and that the WIPO Global Awards aim, by shedding light on the importance of intellectual property in advancing economic, social and cultural development, to strengthen intellectual property as an asset and to enable more inventors and designers to see intellectual property as a powerful tool for making progress both at home and abroad.

Detailed information on the competition is available at https://www.wipo.int/global-awards/en/.

Kind regards,

Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry

 

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Date Added :2023-01-25 01:32:00