Global Initiative for Open Innovation Launched to Promote Patent System Transparency

CANBERRA, Austrailia -- Cambia CEO Richard Jefferson launches the Initiative for Open Innovation in an invited speech at the UN sponsored meeting on Intellectual Property and Public Policy Issues, in Geneva July 13 & 14, 2009.

The Initiative for Open Innovation (IOI) is a new global facility dedicated to making the world’s patent systems more transparent, inclusive and navigable.

To read the full press release, visit the IOI web site.

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, Washington, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and Co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

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