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WIPO Committee agrees on future work on patents. Member states of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP), meeting from June 23 to 26, began a comprehensive review of issues relating to the international patent system. More...
Next WIPO Director General is nominated. Mr. Francis Gurry, a national of Australia, was nominated by the WIPO Coordination Committee on May 13 to become the next Director General of WIPO. The candidate will have to be appointed by the WIPO General Assembly at its next meeting from September 22 to 30. More...
OAPI Accedes to International Industrial Designs Treaty. Following the accession on June 16 of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement, users will be able to file a single application for the registration of their industrial designs in all 16 OAPI countries as well as in all the other member countries of the Geneva Act. More...
WIPO to Launch Pilot Training Program for Indigenous Communities. The pilot program, to be launched in September, will assist indigenous communities to document and digitize their own cultural traditions, archive this heritage for future generations, and safeguard their interests in authorizing the use of their recordings and traditions by third parties. More...

Green technology - From Cows to Kilowatts [More]

In the courts - Pursuing the P2P pirates [More]

Forthcoming Events

Inter-Regional Forum on Development and Service-Oriented Intellectual Property Administration - July 1-2, Geneva. More...
Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) - Second Session. July 7 - 11, Geneva. More...
WIPO International Workshop on Digital Preservation and Copyright - July 15, Geneva. More...
Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) - Nineteenth Session. July 21 - 25, Geneva. More...
WIPO Academy Summer Schools - June 30 - July 11, Dubrovnik, Croatia; July 14 - 25, Geneva, Switzerland; July 28 - August 8, Mexico City; August 11 - 22 Daejeon, Korea. More...