Applications open for WIPO Global Awards 2024

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has just opened its 2024 Global Awards competition, inviting applications from small businesses and startups that use intellectual property (IP) to drive enterprise growth as well as positive societal impact.

Enterprises from all business sectors, located anywhere in the world and meeting the competition criteria, can apply until March 31, 2024. Winners receive mentoring to support their IP strategies - including fund raising, partnership opportunities, publicity support and more.

Our Global Awards program is based on WIPO's mission to serve the world's innovators and creators by ensuring that their ideas are safely brought to market and improve the lives of people around the world. Although the Global Awards program is only two years old, we are delighted that it and its approach to mentoring winners is already having a transformative impact on companies' IP strategies," WIPO Director General Daren Tang.

This year, jury will also consider a company’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals, aligning with the award’s core value centered on the positive impact on society by IP-supported creativity and innovation.

An independent jury of renowned experts will select up to seven winners. The public announcement of winners will take place at an awards ceremony held during WIPO’s General Assembly scheduled for July 2024 at WIPO’s headquarters (Geneva, Switzerland).

The application form is available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Japanese. More information is available at the link.

Based on WIPO materials

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