70/ WIPO-WTO Colloquium for IP Teachers back on track
5 NOVEMBER 2021
After a year-long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Colloquium for Intellectual Property (IP) Teachers is back with its 17th edition, which is taking place virtually from 1 to 12 November. The colloquium is a two-week skills-building activity on intellectual property and relevant teaching methodologies jointly organized annually by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the WTO since 2004
The colloquium is an opportunity for university teachers and researchers to enhance their IP knowledge and skills to support their countries’ independent research, policy analysis and teaching in the field of IP law.
A total of 30 teachers and researchers representing 28 countries, in addition to 25 colloquium alumni who submitted research papers for the 2020 WIPO-WTO Colloquium Papers publication are participating in the colloquium. WTO Deputy Director General Anabel González and WIPO Deputy Director General Hasan Kleib gave the opening address at the colloquium on November 1 highlighting the key role of educators in the future of the IP system.
DDG González said: “In making balanced IP systems, the scholarly community has a critical role to play in analysing how best to adapt and reconsider the broad principles of the IP system across a wide diversity of economic, social, cultural and technological contexts.”
DDG Kleib said: “WIPO’s vision is a world where innovation and creativity from anywhere is supported by intellectual property, for the good of everyone. We see educators such as yourselves as a vital part of making this vision a reality on the ground. You are at the forefront of these efforts.”
The WIPO-WTO Colloquium gives participants the opportunity to engage in discussions about current issues in IP law and policy with peers, and with more than 40 expert lecturers from WIPO, WTO, other intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, the private sector and renowned universities around the globe.
Throughout the colloquium, participants are invited to introduce specific topical IP areas and challenges that are currently under active debate or review in their respective countries or regions, particularly relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The program of the colloquium covers a wide range of IP related legal and policy issues, such as:
- IP and economic and social development;
- The role of IP in public health, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic;
- IP and emerging technologies in the digital environment;
- IP and biotechnology;
- Competition policy and IP;
- From university research to IP commercialization; and
- New teaching methodologies and skills-development during COVID-19.
Source: wto.org
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