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WIPO presents two Awards at Geneva Iventions Fair

Geneva, April 19, 2005
Press Releases PR/2005/404

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presented on Friday, April 8, 2005 two awards to inventors at the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions as part of the Organization's commitment to promoting innovation and recognition of inventors worldwide. The distinctions were presented to the best invention by a woman and the best invention by a national from a developing country. This is the twenty-fifth consecutive year in which WIPO has presented awards at the Geneva fair.

Mrs. Karine Le Moing, a French national, received an award for the invention of a "ready-to-post" decorative frame, called Postpicture, a breakthrough in the cardboard industry in which the envelope is transformed into a stand-alone frame. The second award went to a Malaysian inventor, Mr. Hashim Roslan, for his invention of a cost effective coastal erosion control system for soft soil conditions, called L-Block Coating. The invention is efficient in dissipating wave energy which, untamed, is a powerful force in coastal erosion.

The two WIPO award winners were chosen by an international jury designated by the organizers of the Geneva Exhibition. The WIPO award consists of a gold-plated medal and a certificate signed by the Director General of WIPO, Dr. Kamil Idris, together with a token cash prize of 2,000 US Dollars. Since the first WIPO awards were presented at the 8th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions in 1979, 54 WIPO medals have been presented at the annual fair to 59 inventors from 33 countries. The winners include 35 inventors from developing countries, 22 women and 2 young inventors.

The Geneva fair is a unique opportunity for inventors from all over the world to showcase their inventions and to attract business partners for joint ventures or licensing agreements.

The WIPO awards seek to stimulate inventive and innovative activity around the world, particularly in developing countries. They serve to attract and enhance public recognition of inventors and their work. Offering these awards also improves the image of inventors through recognition of their merits as creators who contribute to national wealth creation and development. Since the launch of this program in 1979, 882 WIPO medals have been awarded to inventors from 101 countries, including women and young inventors.

WIPO's innovation promotion activities also focus on improving and creating innovation support services, developing practical materials and tools on different aspects of intellectual property and its use and management for innovators and small and medium-sized enterprises and assisting and advising research and development (R&D) organizations and centers on effective strategies for commercializing inventions and protecting intellectual property rights (IPRs). The Organization also provides advice on development of national intellectual property information infrastructure and intellectual property information services.

For additional information, please contact the Media Relations and Public Affairs Section at WIPO:

 

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