The Strategic Use of Intellectual Property for Prosperity and Development

Download or read book The Strategic Use of Intellectual Property for Prosperity and Development written by World Intellectual Property Organization and published by WIPO. This book was released on 2009 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contains the policy and technical papers and the presentations made concerning valuable country experiences as well as the ministerial policy statements delivered at the special plenary session on the occasion of the WIPO High-Level Forum for Least Developed Countries (LDCs), held in Geneva on July 23 and 24, 2009. Presentations of national experiences in the successful use of intellectual property for economic growth and development in LDCs, included that of Ethiopia, in using trademarks to promote its major export commodity, coffee; of Malaysia, in using patent information for national technological capacity-building; and of South Africa, in using traditional knowledge for the generation of employment and wealth creation.