BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej became the first recipient of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)’s Global Leaders Award.
WIPO director-general Francis Gurry presented a medal to the King at Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Klai Kangwon Palace in Huahin, Thailand.
The award is in recognition for the King’s inventions for rural community development and use of the intellectual property system to protect these works.
To date, more than 20 of the King’s inventions have been patented.
