#About Intellectual Property Management Clinic This year's intellectual property management clinic will focus on agriculture. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Sidley Austin's Emerging Enterprises Pro Bono Program are joining forces to help micro, small and medium-sized enterprises that are developing solutions for the agricultural sector to enhance food security or reduce pollution, water or carbon emissions. Managing the intellectual property system is crucial to ensuring that new agricultural technologies receive investment and enter markets. The Intellectual Property Management Clinic is a program designed to help companies make better use of intellectual property as part of their business strategies.

Why AttendCompanies selected to participate in intellectual property management clinics will benefit from a five-month activity plan specifically designed to respond to their intellectual property management needs identified during the application process. They will receive advice on intellectual property management strategies and guidance on how to use the intellectual property system to make their products, services or business models more competitive in today's market.

During the 5-month clinic period, the company can expect to attend: Conduct 3 personalized one-on-one guidance sessions with well-known intellectual property experts with knowledge of the agricultural sector. 4 online seminar events covering a range of business and intellectual property-related topics designed to meet the specific needs of participating companies. These activities may include:

• Intellectual property management strategy;
• Intellectual property rights as a source of competitive intelligence;
• Patent strategy for agricultural technology;
• Creating value in agricultural technology: The role and importance of intellectual property for software-intensive companies;
• Microinsurance and microfinance considerations
• Insurance plans for climate shocks
• Food, health and safety considerations for exports to the EU/US
• Licensing agreements and technology transfers
• Point-to-point communication opportunities between participating companies within the clinic

applicants

Participating micro or small and medium-sized enterprises must meet the following criteria:

• Have innovative green products or technologies and have a clear business model
• Have technology related to the agricultural industry
• Have at least one registered intellectual property right
• Have an entrepreneurial team (at least 3 people)
• Having operations in low-or middle-income countries
• Willing to be included in the WIPO GREEN database
• Good command of English

Deadlines and processes

Registration deadline: April 14, 2023 WIPO will evaluate the applications and select a limited number of companies for the program. The selection announcement and launch of the plan will be carried out before April 30, 2023. To ensure the success of the intellectual property management clinic, selected companies are expected to actively participate (attend webinars to provide non-confidential information about their products/technologies and intellectual property, and provide feedback after the clinic is over).