World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world". It currently has 189 member states, administers 26 international treaties,and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
Responsibility of WIPO
Promoting creative intellectual activity and for facilitating the transfer of technology related to industrial property to the developing countries in order to accelerate economic, social and cultural development, subject to the competence and responsibilities of the United Nations and its organs, particularly the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Development Program and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, as well as of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and of other agencies within the United Nations system.
Information Network of WIPO
WIPO has established WIPOnet, a global information network. The project seeks to link over 300 intellectual property offices (IP offices) in all WIPO Member States. In addition to providing a means of secure communication among all connected parties, WIPOnet is the foundation for WIPO's intellectual property services.
WIPO Lex
WIPO Lex is an online database of national legislation and international treaties in the field of intellectual property.
Maintenance and development of the database is exercised by the World Intellectual Property Organization. The database contains national legislation of the Member States of WIPO, WTO and UN. In 2014 the database included legal acts of 196 States and cumulatively contained 13 thousand entries. It is used as source of legal and reference information in universities and libraries all over the world.
WIPO Lex also covers international treaties related to intellectual property. In particular, the database includes all WIPO-administered treaties.
WIPO Office in China
The WIPO Office in China (WOC) opened in Beijing in July 2014. We promote WIPO's international intellectual property (IP) services and products in China.
The services include: international patent registration via the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), international trademark registration via the Madrid System, and international design registration via the Hague System, as well as alternative IP dispute resolution and arbitration.
The products include: PATENTSCOPE, the Global Brand Database and the Global Design Database.
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