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The WIPO Magazine 4/2010 (August) issue

is now available on the WIPO website.

This WIPO Magazine focuses on:

• Goal-Line Technology – Getting it Right – a close-up of technologies that can support referees in officiating matches.
• A Tribute to the Man behind the Swatch – Mr. Nicolas G. Hayek.
• Rwanda Transforms its IP Landscape – how the country’s new IP law is building support for intellectual property to advance national development goals.

Also in this issue:

• Fostering Future Inventors in Japan – a behind-the scenes at an innovative IP outreach initiative for students.
• Water from Air – A Life-Changing Innovation – Marc Parent explains how his pioneering technology harvests water from the air using wind power.
• Africa University – First Group of IP Graduates awarded Master’s degrees.
• What place for customary law in protecting traditional knowledge? Challenges and opportunities.
• Highlights – Developments in the field of trademarks and designs, access to medicines and protection of traditional cultural expressions (TCEs).

WIPO Magazine is published bimonthly by the World Intellectual Property Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations.

http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/

Interested members may contact SIDA at http://www.sida.org.sg/contact-us/
(For SIDA member, please use the email address that you registered with SIDA so that we know who you are)

Remember the bladeless dyson fan (http://www.sida.org.sg/2009/10/20/fan-without-blades/) ?

(This photo was taken at Best Denki IMM http://www.bestdenki.com.sg/)

This is a SIDA “Call To Invention” under our SIAP (SIDA Inventor Assistance Programme).

SIDA members who are interested to take part in this project may contact us at http://www.sida.org.sg/contact-us/

Epson BrightLink 450Wi
This is a projector with interactive whiteboard feature.
It can be used on any wall with adjustable screen size. In addition,  the projected screen can become interactive without purchasing any special whiteboard (That’s right, even on normal wall ! ).

Check it out at http://www.epsonbrightlink.webengager.com/

SIDA wishes a very happy birthday to Singapore 45 years old.

May Singapore see many prosperity and inventive years ahead.

We are in the mist of setting up a SIAP (SIDA Inventor Assistance Programme)  system with the following mission…

• Assist SIDA members to test and prototype their idea.
• Assist SIDA members to write and apply for their patent themselves.
• Guide and develop Inventor mindset and confidence during their invention journey.
• Provide limited financial resources and help to seek sponsorship.
• Built up a SIAP fund to help other SIDA inventors.

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For all SIDA member who are interested to participate in this project, please drop us a message at out contact page (http://www.sida.org.sg/contact-us).

Please use your email address according to your SIDA membership account so that we know who you are.

http://inventorspot.com/articles/british_inventor_creates_first_allpurpose_carbon_neutral_clothes

The WIPO Magazine 3/2010 (June) issue

is now available on the WIPO website.
(http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/)

This WIPO Magazine focuses on:

• World Intellectual Property Day 2010 – a glimpse of the many events organized around this year’s theme, “Innovation – Linking the World”.
• Open Innovation – Collective solutions for tomorrow – the emerging innovation model that is helping to jump-start stalled company growth and deliver solutions to global problems.
• WIPO’S First Open Day – WIPO opens its doors to the public for the first time.
• The Green Debate: IP Perspectives – an overview of the different perspectives expressed in a public debate on IP and the environment.

Also in this issue:

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