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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/

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

May Singapore see many prosperity and inventive years ahead.

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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Dear SIDA Members,

Please be informed that the WIPO Magazine 1/2010 (February) Issue is now available on WIPO’s website, link is
http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/

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9th Invention and Innovation Awards 2010.
The event will be held in conjunction with the 9th Malaysia Technology Expo from 4 -6 February 2010. You may also visit their website for more details http://www.mte.org.my/2010/