Education and Training in Intellectual Property Value Capture

In 2010, Light Years IP made a strategic decision to enact IP Value Capture training and education in two countries: Tanzania and Uganda. Acquiring support from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Light Years IP has developed the first IP Value Capture full-scale curriculum and is conducting training in IP Value Capture 101; 202; and 303 which provides sequential IP business trainings based on strategies for real income return and growth and sustainability of that income.

IP Value Capture 101

This involves training in our 6 step method of analyzing a country's truly distinctive products; researching final markets; forming stakeholder groups; understanding the basic of IP business strategies; learning how to form export and distribution companies to control more of the supply chain; and IP tools such as Trademarks; Branding and Licensing. IP Value Capture is not branding alone, or Fair Trade, but involves a combination of legal and business strategies designed to move low-income farmers and producers out of commodity markets where they receive 2-3% returns. This course curriculum involves workbooks and training in IP Value Capture business strategies, as well as country specific product workbooks derived from Light Years IP's serious Scoping and Feasibility study work.

Our training, focused on Learning by Doing includes::

  • Ministers and Permanent Secretaries
  • Government support staff
  • Export sector
  • Farmers and Producers
  • Trainers and Stakeholders who lead implementation of IP Value Capture strategies

IP Value Capture 202

At this level, participants are involved in business planning and implementation of full-scale products. Participants in IPVC 202 are on teams involving marketing, production and supply, and organization and others as relevant to the projects. Light Years IP also involves our legal team, marketing experts such as Anne Belec (former global brand manager, Ford Co.), and Marc Mathieu (former global brand manager, Coca Cola).

IP Value Capture 303

Here, participants are fully engaged in implementation, as well as building their own stakeholder groups. Light Years IP is focused on transferring knowledge and IP Business strategy capabilities to enable stakeholders to fully own their businesses with higher export income for the long-term.

Implementation Partners