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How does it work?
The Inventor Assistance Program
matches inventors with patent attorneys
who are willing to give them free legal
advice on how to file a patent to protect
their inventions.
Patent protection is a powerful legal
tool that allows the patent owner to
control who uses their invention. Patents can be very valuable. All too often,
however, inventors and small businesses
in the developing world fail to obtain
patents because they lack the resources
or specialist knowledge needed to use
the system.
The Inventor Assistance Program aims
to help solve that problem by putting
eligible inventors and small businesses
in touch with an expert in their country
who is willing to help them free of charge.
The program is a joint initiative of the
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Economic
Forum, with support and input from
some of the world’s leading businesses
and law firms.
For more information, visit:
www.wipo.int/iap
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