IP Offices promoting the commercialization of green technologies

By Espinosa Bellido Abogados

Several intellectual property Offices of Latin America participated in a workshop within the scope of the project “Building a national and regional strategy for the development and adoption of sustainable technologies”, implemented by the Economic Commission for America Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) with support of the European Union.

The workshop, with the participation of Peru, 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, 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.

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 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, and aims at building a bridge between the most traditional roles and cutting-edge roles performed by IP Offices.