Humanitarian Innovation Intellectual Property Primer

Who owns an innovation once it starts scaling?

In humanitarian innovation, intellectual property can be easy to overlook. We often want solutions, tools and approaches to spread as widely as possible. But that does not mean questions of ownership, rights, partnerships and responsible use can be left until later.

Our Humanitarian Innovation Intellectual Property Primer offers a practical starting point, outlining five steps to help innovators think through what to protect, why it matters, how to protect it and how to align IP with their scale-up strategy.

IP is not a one-time decision. As an innovation evolves, so do its partnerships, ownership and pathways to impact.

📖 Explore the primer to start thinking about IP as part of your innovation journey, not an afterthought.