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USPTO announces ‘IP Champions’

∙ On March 20, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the launch of the Community Outreach Campaign: Intellectual Property (IP) Champions. This program connects USPTO employees- trained in providing IP awareness and educational resources to diverse audiences- with high schools and local community centers.

As a part of an initiative promoted by the Council for Inclusive Innovation1), IP Champions program was proceeded with a mission to expand innovation across the country by leveraging the strength of America’s diversity and increasing opportunities for citizens to participate in innovation.

IP Champions program in details;

∙ Purpose: To educate high school classes and local communities specifically about the importance of protecting IP, such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, and to increase overall IP awareness.

∙ Contents: USPTO employees designated as IP Champions are trained to provide IP awareness and educational resources to diverse audiences and educate IP-related content in high schools and other community centers.

∙ Support: Support America's next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs, as well as support local educators, discuss important IP concepts, and share free online resources.

“I am excited about being an IP Champion and giving back to my community,” said Brandi Thomas, a patent examiner and member of the first cohort of IP Champions. “I want the young people in my neighborhood to see that I was them and that I can relate to them. I want to show them the opportunities out there in engineering, math, and the sciences, especially as a woman.”

The Council for Inclusive Innovation is tasked with strategizing new ways to expand innovation in America by leveraging the strength of America's diversity and increasing opportunities for all Americans to participate in innovation. For further information, please refer to the following link, https://www.uspto.gov/initiatives/equity/ci2/about

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Hurun Research announce 2024 global unicorn company rankings

On April 9, 2024, China's Hurun Research Institute (胡润研究院) announced the '2024 Global Unicorns' list, which selected unlisted companies around the world that were established after 2000 and have a corporate value of more than $1 billion. 1)

Hurun Research Institute, known as China's version of 'Forbes', is a research institute that annually surveys the world's wealthiest people. It has been tracking and recording unicorn companies since 2017, and this is the 6th time it has published a global unicorn list.

The Details;

. There are a total of 1,460 unicorn companies around the world, distributed in approx. 50 countries and regions.

∙ By country: The United States ranked 1st (701 companies), China ranked 2nd (57 companies), and India ranked 3rd (74 companies).

∙ By industry: Fintech, software services, and e-commerce accounted for the three major industries of unicorn companies. American unicorn companies made many inroads into the Fintech, software services, and artificial intelligence (AI) industries, while China made inroads into the AI, semiconductor, and new energy industries.

∙ Top 10: 4 companies are included each from the United States and China, and 1 company each from Australia and Malta. China's ByteDance, which operates TikTok, is ranked first, and SpaceX, an American aerospace company took second place, and OpenAI, an American company that develops conversational AI ChatGPT, took third place.