The “Global Innovation Commons” platform builds on M•CAM’s original open source intellectual property (IP) system and will enable users to rapidly access any individual or aggregated innovation solution in the above sectors. The platform allows users at the click of a button to search country-by-country, all public domain IP records that have expired, been abandoned or simply have no protection, thus opening up vast opportunities for entrepreneurs in developing countries to utilize this information to create new business opportunities. The current revenue generated globally from the IP available on the database is over $2 trillion, most of which is not protected in the majority of the world, especially in developing countries. The product will be rolled out initially through infoDev's global incubator community.

There is no cost associated with the service, however creators from M•CAM ask that whichever way the information in the database is used, it be shared with the rest of the world - The underlying principle of "open innovation".  The Global Innovation Commons platform was officially unveiled at the Global Forum in Florianopolis, Brazil and simultaneously made available to India and China with the first password given to Mr H.K. Mittal from the Department of Science and Technology, India.

For more informations and to access the platform, go to:
http://www.globalinnovationcommons.org/

Source: infoDev