World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) film feature on two Filipino
success stories
Posted 20 June 2008
Multi-awarded
scientific researcher Dr. Ramon F. Barba and
Jollibee Foods Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(CEO), Mr. Tony Tan Caktiong top bill the recently produced film
documentaries of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Dr.
Barba discovered the application of potassium nitrate for flower induction
in mango trees.
The
WIPO webcast page features personalities chosen from the 184 member states
of WIPO. The
WIPO
Communications and Public Outreach Division produces video documentaries
to make the public understand the issues involved in intellectual
property, patents, and trademarks.
Dr.
Barba and Mr. Tan Caktiong, the first Asian inventor and entrepreneur
respectively featured by WIPO, join other creators and innovators from
Burkina Faso (filmmaker), Kenya (filmmaker), Mali (singers, songwriters),
Nigeria (inventor), Peru (singer, songwriter), Switzerland (watchmaker),
and Tunisia (glass artist).
Dr.
Barba has at least 12 awards to his name including the Ten Outstanding
Young Men (TOYM) in Agriculture, and the DA-Khush Award, the highest award
conferred by the Federation
of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines (FCSSP). Tan
Caktiong, on the other hand, received the
World Entrepreneur of the Year (EOY) Award from Ernst & Young in 2004.
WIPO
formally presented the video documentary to IP Philippines Director
General Atty. Adrian S. Cristobal, Jr. in the First Session of the
Committee on Development and Intellectual Property in
The
WIPO video documentary featuring Dr. Barba and Mr. Tan Caktiong can be
viewed at its website:
