What We Do

In order to foster innovation and creativity, TIP engages in projects that embody its mission of helping those innovating find the right way to use intellectual property through cooperation and collaboration. Our Expert Team is engaged in projects that build human and social capital in the fields of knowledge governance and intellectual property management through a wide range of activities, including strategic advising, training initiatives, developing entrepreneurship, and building networks.

In particular, TIP engages in the following:

• We work with governments on how to improve their IP policies and stimulate innovation and creativity while taking into account global realities;
• We work with foundations and NGOs on how to develop governance structures and internal policies that will facilitate and promote innovation and creativity;
• We work with universities, researchers and scientists on how to improve technology transfer and dissemination while ensuring both social and economic benefits;
• We work with national and international organizations on how to structure and implement collaborative models, such as patent pools;
• We work with developing country research and scientific organizations on how to structure their IP policies and manage and negotiate collaborative research and its outputs in a way that takes into account their particular needs;
• We offer lawyers and non-lawyers tailored training courses on a wide array of topics, including basic intellectual property law, licensing, corporate structure and business models, including open-science and other access-oriented structures;
• We build tailored training initiatives with our developing country partners to improve their understanding, use and management of intellectual property and alternative vehicles for managing knowledge. Our goal is to educate our partnering communities (including indigenous communities) about the relative advantages and disadvantages of pursuing different strategies with the aim of building decision-making capacity that will allow them to make their own choices about how to advance their goals;
• We are building a mentorship program with our developing country partners that will link-up emerging change-actors with experts in the region and from around the world. The goal is to develop and expand the network of change-actors in innovation management in developing countries.

TIP is ready to assist you in addressing your particular needs. For further information contact us.