World Intellectual Property Day 2010 - Securing Innovation http://www.securinginnovation.com/articles/innovation-management/ en-us Copyright 2011 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:01:49 -0500 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:41:04 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Linking the World IP Day and DNA Day On April 26, 2010, WIPO celebrates both the 10th anniversary of World Intellectual Property Day and the 40th anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Convention establishing WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization.

The theme of World IP Day in this celebratory year is “Innovation – Linking the World”.

The Genographic Project
IBM and National Geographic launched a landmark 5 year global scientific initiative to gather and analyze the world's largest collection of human genetic samples. The study's purpose is to better understand humanity's migration across the planet over thousands of years, and the impact of that migration upon the development of our collective civilization. Hundred of thousands of DNA samples from both indigenous and general public communities are being gathered, sequenced and then analyzed to surface the patterns of human migration.

Friday, April 23, 2010, was DNA Day, as noted by the Genomics Law Report which hosted Blawg Review #260 last week. Today, to mark World Intellectual Property Day, Blawg Review #261 is hosted by one of the leading IP law professionals in the UK, Jeremy Phillips, at IPKat.

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