MONROVIA, April 16 -- Christopher Kalanje, the Advisor in the Intellectual Property Division for businesses at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), has expressed excitement about the initial impact of the WIPO-sponsored Intellectual Property (IP) Management Clinic in Liberia.

Kalanje, who is a visiting guest of the Liberia Intellectual Property Office, notes that the project was able to achieve its primary goal of educating owners of some of the country's most promising SMEs to understand the economic importance of IP and how it can be managed as an important business asset.

Kalanje's excitement, which he says will be incorporated into his reports, comes as the project, which began in the second quarter of last year, add...