Categories
Innovation for Sustainable Impact
This category recognises forward-thinking innovations and ideas that use technology, creativity, and practical design to deliver measurable environmental, social, or economic benefits. It celebrates solutions that address real-world challenges while promoting sustainability, inclusivity, and responsible growth.
Entries may include products, services, platforms, processes, or programmes that improve resource efficiency, reduce environmental harm, expand access and inclusion, support community development, or create sustainable economic opportunities. Innovations can be at concept, prototype, or early implementation stage, provided their potential impact is clearly demonstrated.
Creative IP Excellence
This category celebrates outstanding original work in the creative industries and recognises creators and innovators who use copyright and related IP protections to turn creative ideas into real value. It is aimed at entrants working across creative sectors who are producing, enabling, or commercialising original content.
We are looking for creative works and creative technologies that show originality, quality, and clear IP awareness, whether through creation, protection, distribution, or monetisation of content.
Entries May Include: Film, video, and animation Music and sound productions Photography and visual art Books, scripts, and written works Software and creative apps Games and interactive media Digital and multimedia content tools that help creators protect or distribute their work.
Innovative Ideas on the Fight Against Counterfeit Goods and Post-Seizure Waste Solutions
This category recognises innovative solutions, tools, technologies, campaigns, or systems designed to detect, prevent, report, or reduce the spread of counterfeit goods — as well as practical, responsible ways to manage confiscated and forfeited materials.
Entries may include product authentication methods, digital tracking platforms, supply-chain safeguards, awareness initiatives, enforcement-support innovations, and environmentally sustainable approaches for recycling, repurposing, safe disposal, or value recovery of seized goods. Judges will assess originality, measurable impact, feasibility, scalability, and the potential to deliver both anti-counterfeiting and waste-reduction outcomes.
MSME Innovation Excellence
This category recognises medium, small, and micro enterprises (MSMEs) that are using intellectual property strategically to drive innovation, business growth, and market competitiveness. We are looking for MSMEs that have successfully used IP, such as patents, trade marks, designs or copyright, to develop products or services, strengthen their brand, enter new markets, improve revenue, or build long-term business value.
Suitable Entries may include, IP-protected products or technologies brought to market; Strong trade mark or brand-driven business growth; Design or patent-led product differentiation; Copyright-based digital or creative enterprises; Successful IP commercialisation or licensing models; IP strategies that improved competitiveness or market access.
Women Shaping IP
This category celebrates women innovators, creators, entrepreneurs, and leaders who are making a strong and measurable impact through intellectual property. It recognises women who are using IP; such as patents, designs, trade marks, copyright, or other protected creations — to turn ideas into value, grow businesses, support communities, and drive innovation.
Entries are welcome from women at any stage of their journey, from emerging innovators to established leaders whose work shows initiative, influence, and real results in creating, protecting, managing, or promoting intellectual property.