IP Offices of the XXI Century and their Role in Promoting the Commercialization of Green Technologies

By Mayora IP

Led by the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) in Brazil and implemented by the Economic Commission for America Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) with support of the European Union through Euroclima+, a workshop took place within the scope of the project “Building a national and regional strategy for the development and adoption of sustainable technologies”.
More than 200 patent examiners from 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries participated in the course, including El Salvador and Honduras.

The workshop build on a series of actions that are in course in the context of a fruitful network coordinated by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Green within the scope of the “LAC Acceleration Project”, which started in 2019 as a public-private marketplace to promote green technology innovation and diffusion; connect technology providers with technology seekers; and offer services to catalyze mutually beneficial commercial transactions.

Its mission is to contribute to the accelerated adaptation, adoption and deployment of green technology solutions, in both developing and developed countries, helping to address global challenges like climate change and food security.

The goal of the event was to provide an opportunity for peer exchanges on good practices, challenges and opportunities for the promotion of a new role of Intellectual Property (IP) Offices in the XXI century, particularly regarding the development of innovation projects for green technologies.

The event was mainly targeted at representatives of IP Offices and relevant stakeholders of National Innovation Systems (including the business sector as an IP user) from Latin American countries and the Caribbean.