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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#BIRPI"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>BIRPI</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-BIRPI-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Formation_of_WIPO" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Formation_of_WIPO"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Formation of WIPO</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Formation_of_WIPO-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-WIPO_joining_the_United_Nations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#WIPO_joining_the_United_Nations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>WIPO joining the United Nations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-WIPO_joining_the_United_Nations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-WIPO_Development_agenda" class="vector-toc-list-item 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class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Lisbon System</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lisbon_System-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-WIPO_Arbitration_and_Mediation_Center" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#WIPO_Arbitration_and_Mediation_Center"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-WIPO_Arbitration_and_Mediation_Center-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hague_System" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hague_System"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Hague System</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hague_System-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Funding" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Funding"> <div 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class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>WIPO Assemblies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-WIPO_Assemblies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Standing_Committees" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Standing_Committees"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Standing Committees</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Standing_Committees-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-WIPO_administered_treaties" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#WIPO_administered_treaties"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>WIPO administered treaties</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-WIPO_administered_treaties-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Intellectual_property_protection_treaties" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Intellectual_property_protection_treaties"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1</span> <span>Intellectual property protection treaties</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Intellectual_property_protection_treaties-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Global_protection_system_treaties" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Global_protection_system_treaties"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.2</span> <span>Global protection system treaties</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Global_protection_system_treaties-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Classification_treaties" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Classification_treaties"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.3</span> <span>Classification treaties</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Classification_treaties-sublist" 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expressions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Genetic_resources,_traditional_knowledge_and_traditional_cultural_expressions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Global_health" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Global_health"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Global health</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Global_health-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Green_technologies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Green_technologies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Green technologies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Green_technologies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-WIPO_Judicial_Institute" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#WIPO_Judicial_Institute"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>WIPO Judicial Institute</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-WIPO_Judicial_Institute-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-WIPO_Academy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#WIPO_Academy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>WIPO Academy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-WIPO_Academy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Standing_Committee_on_Copyright_and_Related_Rights" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Standing_Committee_on_Copyright_and_Related_Rights"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Standing_Committee_on_Copyright_and_Related_Rights-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-World_Intellectual_Property_Day" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#World_Intellectual_Property_Day"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>World Intellectual Property Day</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-World_Intellectual_Property_Day-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sectors_and_divisions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sectors_and_divisions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Sectors and divisions</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sectors_and_divisions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Sectors and divisions subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Sectors_and_divisions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Economics_and_Statistics_Division" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economics_and_Statistics_Division"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Economics and Statistics Division</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economics_and_Statistics_Division-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Infrastructure_and_Platforms_Sector" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Infrastructure_and_Platforms_Sector"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Infrastructure and Platforms Sector</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Infrastructure_and_Platforms_Sector-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Diplomatic_Engagement_and_Assemblies_Affairs_Division" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Diplomatic_Engagement_and_Assemblies_Affairs_Division"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyn%C9%99lxalq_%C4%B0ntellektual_M%C3%BClkiyy%C9%99t_T%C9%99%C5%9Fkilat%C4%B1" title="Beynəlxalq İntellektual Mülkiyyət Təşkilatı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Beynəlxalq İntellektual Mülkiyyət Təşkilatı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A6_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE" title="বিশ্ব মেধাসম্পদ সংস্থা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বিশ্ব মেধাসম্পদ সংস্থা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%86%D1%96" title="Сусветная арганізацыя інтэлектуальнай уласнасці – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сусветная арганізацыя інтэлектуальнай уласнасці" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" title="Световна организация за интелектуална собственост – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Световна организация за интелектуална собственост" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svjetska_organizacija_za_intelektualno_vlasni%C5%A1tvo" title="Svjetska organizacija za intelektualno vlasništvo – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Svjetska organizacija za intelektualno vlasništvo" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organitzaci%C3%B3_Mundial_de_la_Propietat_Intel%C2%B7lectual" title="Organització Mundial de la Propietat Intel·lectual – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Organització Mundial de la Propietat Intel·lectual" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sv%C4%9Btov%C3%A1_organizace_du%C5%A1evn%C3%ADho_vlastnictv%C3%AD" title="Světová organizace duševního vlastnictví – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Světová organizace duševního vlastnictví" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization" title="World Intellectual Property Organization – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="World Intellectual Property Organization" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weltorganisation_f%C3%BCr_geistiges_Eigentum" title="Weltorganisation für geistiges Eigentum – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Weltorganisation für geistiges Eigentum" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maailma_Intellektuaalse_Omandi_Organisatsioon" title="Maailma Intellektuaalse Omandi Organisatsioon – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Maailma Intellektuaalse Omandi Organisatsioon" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9F%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82_%CE%99%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Παγκόσμιος Οργανισμός Πνευματικής Ιδιοκτησίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Παγκόσμιος Οργανισμός Πνευματικής Ιδιοκτησίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizaci%C3%B3n_Mundial_de_la_Propiedad_Intelectual" title="Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monda_Organiza%C4%B5o_de_Intelekta_Propra%C4%B5o" title="Monda Organizaĵo de Intelekta Propraĵo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Monda Organizaĵo de Intelekta Propraĵo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabetza_Intelektualaren_Mundu_Erakundea" title="Jabetza Intelektualaren Mundu Erakundea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Jabetza Intelektualaren Mundu Erakundea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D9%81%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="سازمان جهانی مالکیت فکری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سازمان جهانی مالکیت فکری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_mondiale_de_la_propri%C3%A9t%C3%A9_intellectuelle" title="Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizaci%C3%B3n_Mundial_da_Propiedade_Intelectual" title="Organización Mundial da Propiedade Intelectual – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Organización Mundial da Propiedade Intelectual" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%B8%EA%B3%84_%EC%A7%80%EC%8B%9D_%EC%9E%AC%EC%82%B0%EA%B6%8C_%EA%B8%B0%EA%B5%AC" title="세계 지식 재산권 기구 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="세계 지식 재산권 기구" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svjetska_organizacija_za_intelektualno_vlasni%C5%A1tvo" title="Svjetska organizacija za intelektualno vlasništvo – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Svjetska organizacija za intelektualno vlasništvo" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisasi_Hak_atas_Kekayaan_Intelektual_Dunia" title="Organisasi Hak atas Kekayaan Intelektual Dunia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Organisasi Hak atas Kekayaan Intelektual Dunia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C3%BEj%C3%B3%C3%B0ahugverkastofnunin" title="Alþjóðahugverkastofnunin – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Alþjóðahugverkastofnunin" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizzazione_mondiale_per_la_propriet%C3%A0_intellettuale" title="Organizzazione mondiale per la proprietà intellettuale – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Organizzazione mondiale per la proprietà intellettuale" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%99_%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%99" title="הארגון העולמי לקניין רוחני – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הארגון העולמי לקניין רוחני" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%97%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%96%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ინტელექტუალური საკუთრების მსოფლიო ორგანიზაცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ინტელექტუალური საკუთრების მსოფლიო ორგანიზაცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%B6%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%96_%D0%B4%D2%AF%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B6%D2%AF%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA_%D2%B1%D0%B9%D1%8B%D0%BC" title="Зияткерлік меншік жөніндегі дүниежүзілік ұйым – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Зияткерлік меншік жөніндегі дүниежүзілік ұйым" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D2%AF%D1%82%D0%BA%D2%AF%D0%BB_%D0%94%D2%AF%D0%B9%D0%BD%D3%A9%D0%BB%D2%AF%D0%BA_%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%BA_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%A3%D1%8E%D0%BC%D1%83" title="Бүткүл Дүйнөлүк Интеллектуалдык Менчик Уюму – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Бүткүл Дүйнөлүк Интеллектуалдык Менчик Уюму" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szellemi_Tulajdon_Vil%C3%A1gszervezete" title="Szellemi Tulajdon Világszervezete – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Szellemi Tulajdon Világszervezete" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" title="Светска организација за интелектуална сопственост – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Светска организација за интелектуална сопственост" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%95_%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%97%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B6_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%98%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%A8" title="ലോക ബൗദ്ധിക സ്വത്തവകാശ സംഘടന – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ലോക ബൗദ്ധിക സ്വത്തവകാശ സംഘടന" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertubuhan_Harta_Intelek_Dunia" title="Pertubuhan Harta Intelek Dunia – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Pertubuhan Harta Intelek Dunia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%BE%D1%8E%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D3%A9%D0%BC%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Дэлхийн оюуны өмчийн байгууллага – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Дэлхийн оюуны өмчийн байгууллага" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%80%E1%80%99%E1%80%B9%E1%80%98%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B7%E1%80%94%E1%80%8A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%95%E1%80%8A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%99%E1%80%B0%E1%80%95%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%81%E1%80%BD%E1%80%84%E1%80%B7%E1%80%BA%E1%80%86%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AC_%E1%80%A1%E1%80%96%E1%80%BD%E1%80%B2%E1%80%B7%E1%80%A1%E1%80%85%E1%80%8A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="ကမ္ဘာ့နည်းပညာမူပိုင်ခွင့်ဆိုင်ရာ အဖွဲ့အစည်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ကမ္ဘာ့နည်းပညာမူပိုင်ခွင့်ဆိုင်ရာ အဖွဲ့အစည်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wereldorganisatie_voor_de_Intellectuele_Eigendom" title="Wereldorganisatie voor de Intellectuele Eigendom – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wereldorganisatie voor de Intellectuele Eigendom" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%A8" title="विश्व बौद्धिक सम्पत्ति सङ्गठन – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="विश्व बौद्धिक सम्पत्ति सङ्गठन" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%9F%A5%E7%9A%84%E6%89%80%E6%9C%89%E6%A8%A9%E6%A9%9F%E9%96%A2" title="世界知的所有権機関 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="世界知的所有権機関" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_internasjonale_opphavsrettsorganisasjonen" title="Den internasjonale opphavsrettsorganisasjonen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Den internasjonale opphavsrettsorganisasjonen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdsorganisasjonen_for_immateriell_eigedomsrett" title="Verdsorganisasjonen for immateriell eigedomsrett – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Verdsorganisasjonen for immateriell eigedomsrett" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizacion_Mondiala_de_la_Proprietat_Intellectuala" title="Organizacion Mondiala de la Proprietat Intellectuala – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Organizacion Mondiala de la Proprietat Intellectuala" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahon_intellektual_mulk_tashkiloti" title="Jahon intellektual mulk tashkiloti – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Jahon intellektual mulk tashkiloti" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B8%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92_%D9%81%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%84%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="عالمی تنظیم برائے فکری ملکیت – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="عالمی تنظیم برائے فکری ملکیت" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Awiatowa_Organizacja_W%C5%82asno%C5%9Bci_Intelektualnej" title="Światowa Organizacja Własności Intelektualnej – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Światowa Organizacja Własności Intelektualnej" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organiza%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Mundial_da_Propriedade_Intelectual" title="Organização Mundial da Propriedade Intelectual – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Organização Mundial da Propriedade Intelectual" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organiza%C8%9Bia_Mondial%C4%83_a_Propriet%C4%83%C8%9Bii_Intelectuale" title="Organizația Mondială a Proprietății Intelectuale – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Organizația Mondială a Proprietății Intelectuale" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Всемирная организация интеллектуальной собственности – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Всемирная организация интеллектуальной собственности" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetov%C3%A1_organiz%C3%A1cia_du%C5%A1evn%C3%A9ho_vlastn%C3%ADctva" title="Svetová organizácia duševného vlastníctva – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Svetová organizácia duševného vlastníctva" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetovna_organizacija_za_intelektualno_lastnino" title="Svetovna organizacija za intelektualno lastnino – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Svetovna organizacija za intelektualno lastnino" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ururka_Mulkiyada_Garaadka_Aduunka" title="Ururka Mulkiyada Garaadka Aduunka – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Ururka Mulkiyada Garaadka Aduunka" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D1%83_%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%98%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%83" title="Светска организација за интелектуалну својину – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Светска организација за интелектуалну својину" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maailman_henkisen_omaisuuden_j%C3%A4rjest%C3%B6" title="Maailman henkisen omaisuuden järjestö – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Maailman henkisen omaisuuden järjestö" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization" title="World Intellectual Property Organization – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="World Intellectual Property Organization" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%89%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%95_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="உலக அறிவுசார் சொத்து நிறுவனம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="உலக அறிவுசார் சொத்து நிறுவனம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D3%A9%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%BE%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Бөтендөнья интеллектуаль милек оешмасы – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Бөтендөнья интеллектуаль милек оешмасы" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%81" title="องค์การทรัพย์สินทางปัญญาแห่งโลก – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="องค์การทรัพย์สินทางปัญญาแห่งโลก" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BCnya_Fikr%C3%AE_M%C3%BClkiyet_%C3%96rg%C3%BCt%C3%BC" title="Dünya Fikrî Mülkiyet Örgütü – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Dünya Fikrî Mülkiyet Örgütü" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F_%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%97_%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%96" title="Всесвітня організація інтелектуальної власності – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Всесвітня організація інтелектуальної власності" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B8%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92_%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%88%D9%82_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4" title="عالمی تنظیم برائے حقوق دانش – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="عالمی تنظیم برائے حقوق دانش" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%E1%BB%95_ch%E1%BB%A9c_S%E1%BB%9F_h%E1%BB%AFu_Tr%C3%AD_tu%E1%BB%87_Th%E1%BA%BF_gi%E1%BB%9Bi" title="Tổ chức Sở hữu Trí tuệ Thế giới – 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line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Head</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daren_Tang" title="Daren Tang">Daren Tang</a><br />Director General</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Parent organization</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Economic_and_Social_Council" title="United Nations Economic and Social Council">United Nations Economic and Social Council</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html">wipo.int</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_coloured_voting_box.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/16px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/24px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/32px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Politics" title="Portal:Politics">Politics&#32;portal</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:United_Nations_Flags_-_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/United_Nations_Flags_-_cropped.jpg/250px-United_Nations_Flags_-_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/United_Nations_Flags_-_cropped.jpg/375px-United_Nations_Flags_-_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/United_Nations_Flags_-_cropped.jpg/500px-United_Nations_Flags_-_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4384" data-file-height="2923" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Office_at_Geneva" title="United Nations Office at Geneva">United Nations Office at Geneva</a> (Switzerland) is the second biggest UN centre, after the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_headquarters" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations headquarters">United Nations headquarters</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>).</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>World Intellectual Property Organization</b> (<b>WIPO</b>; French: <i lang="fr">Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle</i> (<b>OMPI</b>)) is one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">15 specialized agencies</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> (UN).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>notes 1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Pursuant to the 1967 <a href="/wiki/Convention_Establishing_the_World_Intellectual_Property_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization">Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization</a>, WIPO was created to promote and protect <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> (IP) across the world by cooperating with countries as well as international organizations.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It began operations on 26 April 1970 when the convention entered into force. The current Director General is Singaporean <a href="/wiki/Daren_Tang" title="Daren Tang">Daren Tang</a>, former head of the <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_Property_Office_of_Singapore" title="Intellectual Property Office of Singapore">Intellectual Property Office of Singapore</a>, who began his term on 1 October 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>WIPO's activities include: hosting forums to discuss and shape international IP rules and policies, providing global services that register and protect IP in different countries, resolving transboundary IP disputes, helping connect IP systems through uniform standards and infrastructure, and serving as a general reference database on all IP matters; this includes providing reports and statistics on the state of IP protection or innovation both globally and in specific countries.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> WIPO also works with governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and individuals to utilize IP for socioeconomic development. </p><p>WIPO administers 26 international treaties that concern a wide variety of intellectual property issues, ranging from the protection of audiovisual works to establishing international patent classification.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is governed by the General Assembly and the Coordination Committee, which together set policy and serve as the main decision making bodies. The General Assembly also elects WIPO's chief administrator, the Director General, currently <a href="/wiki/Daren_Tang" title="Daren Tang">Daren Tang</a> of Singapore, who took office on 1 October 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> WIPO is administered by a Secretariat that helps carry out its day-to-day activities. </p><p>Headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a>, Switzerland, WIPO has "external offices" around the world, including in Algiers (Algeria); Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan); Abuja (Nigeria); Moscow (Russia); and Singapore (Singapore).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Unlike most UN organizations, WIPO does not rely heavily on assessed or voluntary contributions from member states; 95 percent of its budget comes from fees related to its global services.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>WIPO currently has 193 <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_World_Intellectual_Property_Organization" title="Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization">member states</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> including 190 <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member states</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a> and <a href="/wiki/Niue" title="Niue">Niue</a>; <a href="/wiki/Palestine" title="Palestine">Palestine</a> has permanent observer status.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The only non-members, among the countries recognized by the UN are the <a href="/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia" title="Federated States of Micronesia">Federated States of Micronesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palau" title="Palau">Palau</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre_BIRPI">Pre BIRPI</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Pre BIRPI"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1883_–_Paris_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Industrial_Property"><span id="1883_.E2.80.93_Paris_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Industrial_Property"></span>1883 – Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: 1883 – Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Paris_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Industrial_Property" title="Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property">Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Paris_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Industrial_Property" title="Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property">Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property</a> was adopted in 1883 and was one of the first <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">treaties</a>. It established a Union for the protection of industrial property. Additionally, it applies to a wide range of industrial property including <a href="/wiki/Patent" title="Patent">patents</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trademark" title="Trademark">trademarks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utility_model" title="Utility model">utility models</a>, <a href="/wiki/Industrial_design" title="Industrial design">industrial designs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trade_name" title="Trade name">trade names</a>, <a href="/wiki/Service_mark" title="Service mark">service marks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geographical_indication" title="Geographical indication">geographical indications</a> as well as the "repression of <a href="/wiki/Unfair_competition" class="mw-redirect" title="Unfair competition">unfair competition</a>". The Paris Convention was the first international agreement to protect the works of creators in other countries.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Moving on, the Convention was adopted in diplomatic conferences held in Paris in 1880 and 1883, it was then signed on 20 March 1883, on behalf of Brazil, France, Guatemala, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Spain and Switzerland, Belgium, Italy and El Salvador. It consisted of the Convention proper, which contains 19 articles, and the <i>Protocole de clôture</i> (Final Protocol), which is almost the same length as the Convention proper.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "International Bureau" established by the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property later became part of BIRPI and later WIPO.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1886_–_Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works"><span id="1886_.E2.80.93_Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works"></span>1886 – Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: 1886 – Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Berne_Convention" title="Berne Convention">Berne Convention</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Berne_Convention" title="Berne Convention">Berne Convention</a> was adopted in 1886, it deals with copyright, the protection of works and rights of authors and rights holders. It provides creators including writers, poets, painters, musicians with ways to control how and by who their works are used and the terms of use. It also contains provisions on minimum protections and special provisions for developing countries.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Convention follows three basic principles; that works originating in one of the Contracting States must be given the same protection in each of the other Contracting States (principle of "national treatment"), that there is automatic protection and no formal process is required and that protection under the convention is independent of protection in the country of origin of the work (principle of "independence" of protection).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The "International Bureau" was created to oversee the Berne Convention and later became part of BIRPI and later WIPO.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1891_–_Madrid_Agreement_Concerning_the_International_Registration_of_Marks"><span id="1891_.E2.80.93_Madrid_Agreement_Concerning_the_International_Registration_of_Marks"></span>1891 – Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: 1891 – Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Madrid_Agreement_Concerning_the_International_Registration_of_Marks" class="mw-redirect" title="Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks">Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks</a></div> <p>In 1891 nine of the 14 States to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property created the first "special arrangements for the protection of industrial property". Along with the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement (1989) it created the Madrid System, the primary international system for facilitating the registration of <a href="/wiki/Trademark" title="Trademark">trademarks</a> in multiple jurisdictions around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BIRPI">BIRPI</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: BIRPI"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/BIRPI" class="mw-redirect" title="BIRPI">BIRPI</a></div> <p>The Bureaus created to administer the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the <a href="/wiki/Paris_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Industrial_Property" title="Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property">Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property</a> were under "the high supervision" (<i>haute surveillance</i>) of the Government of the Swiss Confederation. In 1893 the Swiss government combined them with the same director and same staff as <a href="/wiki/United_International_Bureaux_for_the_Protection_of_Intellectual_Property" title="United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property">United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property</a>, <i>Bureaux internationaux réunis pour la protection de la propriété intellectuelle</i> (BIRPI).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> BIRPI was the predecessor of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) which superseded it 87 years later, in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation_of_WIPO">Formation of WIPO</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Formation of WIPO"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WIPO was formally created by the <a href="/wiki/Convention_Establishing_the_World_Intellectual_Property_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization">Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization</a>, which entered into force on 26 April 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> WIPO allowed members who were part of the Berne Convention, Paris Convention or a member of the United Nations system including the United Nations, any of its specialized agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency or the International Court of Justice.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>That date is commemorated annually as <a href="/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Day" title="World Intellectual Property Day">World Intellectual Property Day</a>, which raises awareness of the importance of IP. Under Article 3 of this convention, WIPO seeks to "promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world". WIPO became a specialized agency of the UN in 1974. The Agreement between the United Nations and the World Intellectual Property Organization<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> notes in Article 1 that WIPO is responsible: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>for 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 Programme 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.</p></blockquote> <p>The Agreement marked a transition for WIPO from the mandate it inherited in 1967 from BIRPI, to promote the protection of intellectual property, to one that involved the more complex task of promoting technology transfer and economic development.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="Quotation needed from source to verify. (February 2012)">need quotation to verify</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WIPO_joining_the_United_Nations">WIPO joining the United Nations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: WIPO joining the United Nations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WIPO_Main_Building_(Arpad_Bogsch_Building).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/WIPO_Main_Building_%28Arpad_Bogsch_Building%29.jpg/220px-WIPO_Main_Building_%28Arpad_Bogsch_Building%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/WIPO_Main_Building_%28Arpad_Bogsch_Building%29.jpg/330px-WIPO_Main_Building_%28Arpad_Bogsch_Building%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/WIPO_Main_Building_%28Arpad_Bogsch_Building%29.jpg/440px-WIPO_Main_Building_%28Arpad_Bogsch_Building%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3225" data-file-height="4838" /></a><figcaption>WIPO headquarters, <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1974 WIPO became a specialized agency of the United Nations through a bilateral agreement between WIPO and the UN approved by the General Assembly of WIPO on 27 September 1974, and by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">UN General Assembly</a> on 17 December 1974. A protocol was signed by then Secretary-General of the United Nations, <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Waldheim" title="Kurt Waldheim">Kurt Waldheim</a> and then Director General of WIPO <a href="/wiki/%C3%81rp%C3%A1d_Bogsch" title="Árpád Bogsch">Árpád Bogsch</a> on 21 January 1975. The Agreement became effective on 17 December 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The relative importance of WIPO in global IP governance decreased after the United States incorporated intellectual property matters into the <a href="/wiki/Uruguay_Round" title="Uruguay Round">Uruguay Round</a> of the <a href="/wiki/General_Agreement_on_Tariffs_and_Trade" title="General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade">GATT</a> Negotiations in the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 182">&#58;&#8202;182&#8202;</span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WIPO_Development_agenda">WIPO Development agenda</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: WIPO Development agenda"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2004, WIPO agreed to adopt a proposal offered by <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, the "Proposal for the Establishment of a Development Agenda for WIPO"—from the <a href="/wiki/Geneva_Declaration_on_the_Future_of_the_World_Intellectual_Property_Organization" title="Geneva Declaration on the Future of the World Intellectual Property Organization">Geneva Declaration on the Future of the World Intellectual Property Organization</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This proposal was well supported by developing countries. The agreed "WIPO Development Agenda"<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (composed of over 45 recommendations) was the culmination of a long process of transformation for the organization from one that had historically been primarily aimed at protecting the interests of rightholders, to one that has increasingly incorporated the interests of other stakeholders in the international intellectual property system as well as integrating into the broader corpus of international law on human rights, environment and economic cooperation. </p><p>A number of civil society bodies have been working on a draft <a href="/wiki/Access_to_knowledge_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Access to knowledge movement">Access to Knowledge</a> (A2K)<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> treaty which they would like to see introduced. </p><p>In 2009, WIPO started drafting <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_Committee_on_Intellectual_Property_and_Genetic_Resources,_Traditional_Knowledge_and_Folklore" title="Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore">future treaties on intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore</a> in relation with <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples" title="Indigenous peoples">indigenous peoples and local communities</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>In December 2011, WIPO published its first World Intellectual Property Report on the Changing Face of Innovation, the first such report of the new Office of the Chief Economist.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> WIPO is also a co-publisher of the Global Innovation Index.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_events">Recent events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Recent events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_(WIPO)_members_world_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_%28WIPO%29_members_world_map.svg/220px-World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_%28WIPO%29_members_world_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_%28WIPO%29_members_world_map.svg/330px-World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_%28WIPO%29_members_world_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_%28WIPO%29_members_world_map.svg/440px-World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_%28WIPO%29_members_world_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1405" data-file-height="601" /></a><figcaption>WIPO members <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ff8040; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;">&#160;</span>&#160;Members</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#cdc3cc; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;">&#160;</span>&#160;Non-members</div></figcaption></figure> <p>In 2016, WIPO initiated the High-Level Conference on Intellectual Property for <a href="/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative" title="Belt and Road Initiative">BRI</a> Countries.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 187">&#58;&#8202;187&#8202;</span></sup> WIPO Director General <a href="/wiki/Francis_Gurry" title="Francis Gurry">Francis Gurry</a> encouraged countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative to use WIPO tools like its global IP services and databases and to join WIPO-administered IP treaties.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 187">&#58;&#8202;187&#8202;</span></sup> </p><p>In September 2020 China blocked the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> from observer status at WIPO citing the existence of a Wikimedia affiliate in <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>. According to the Chinese statement "there is reason to believe that this foundation has been carrying out political activities through its member organizations which could undermine the state's sovereignty and territorial integrity."<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> China again rejected Wikimedia's bid, for the same reason, in 2021, 2023, and 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>WIPO, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the WTO launched on 11 April 2022 their new Trilateral <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> Technical Assistance Platform. This new tool aims to help members and WTO accession candidates address their capacity building needs to respond to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. The Platform provides members and accession candidates with a single contact form which they can use to reach out to the trilateral organizations.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Global_services">Global services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Global services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Patent_Cooperation_Treaty">Patent Cooperation Treaty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Patent Cooperation Treaty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Patent_Cooperation_Treaty" title="Patent Cooperation Treaty">Patent Cooperation Treaty</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Patent_Cooperation_Treaty" title="Patent Cooperation Treaty">Patent Cooperation Treaty</a> (PCT) (1970) established a service which assists individuals, companies, and institutions in seeking patent protection internationally for their inventions.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It also helps patent offices with their patent granting decisions and facilitates public access to technical information relating to those inventions. 153 countries are currently party to the PCT.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under the PCT, an applicant can file one PCT application in one language, at one patent office, within 12 months from the date of the earliest patent application which has been filed for the same invention (the "priority date"). This one PCT application has the same legal effect as filing separate regional or national patent applications in all PCT member countries.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>PCT applications are processed in a standardized manner as provided in the Treaty and Regulations, including an international search for documents relevant to the potential patentability of the invention and international publication.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Granting patents remains under the control of the regional or national patent Offices in the "national phase". </p><p>Using the PCT, patent applicants can postpone paying national and regional patent-related fees while they learn about the likelihood of obtaining a patent, benefitting from the additional time and information to help them decide whether, and in which countries, to pursue patents.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Madrid_System">Madrid System</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Madrid System"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Madrid_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Madrid System">Madrid System</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Madrid_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Madrid System">Madrid System</a> for the International Registration of Marks serves as a means to seek protection for <a href="/wiki/Trademark" title="Trademark">trademarks</a> worldwide, in over 120 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Created in 1891, the Madrid System is now governed by the Madrid Protocol Relating to the <a href="/wiki/Madrid_Agreement_Concerning_the_International_Registration_of_Marks" class="mw-redirect" title="Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks">Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks</a> (1989). In order to become a member of the Madrid System, a state or intergovernmental organization must already be a party to the <a href="/wiki/Paris_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Industrial_Property" title="Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property">Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property</a> (1883).<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Madrid System is a centralized trademark registration system: through a single application, in one language and with one set of fees (in one currency, the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">Swiss franc</a>), protection can be obtained in member states and intergovernmental organizations.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> International registrations can then be modified, renewed or expanded, centrally through WIPO (rather than through each separate IP Office).<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Madrid System can only be used by a <a href="/wiki/Natural_person" title="Natural person">natural person</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Legal_person" title="Legal person">legal entity</a>, which is a national, is domiciled or has a company in the territory of a member of the Madrid System.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lisbon_System">Lisbon System</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Lisbon System"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lisbon_System_for_the_International_Registration_of_Appellations_of_Origin" class="mw-redirect" title="Lisbon System for the International Registration of Appellations of Origin">Lisbon System for the International Registration of Appellations of Origin</a></div> <p>The Lisbon System for the International Registration of Appellations of Origin and Geographical indications provides a means of obtaining international protection for a <a href="/wiki/Geographical_indication" title="Geographical indication">geographical indication</a> or an appellation of origin.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Geographical indications and appellations of origin are <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> rights which identify a product that originates from a specific geographical area and that has characteristics that are attributable to its geographical origin.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_cheese" title="Comté cheese">Comté cheese</a> (France), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chulucanas_pottery&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Chulucanas pottery (page does not exist)">Chulucanas pottery</a> (Peru), <a href="/wiki/Tequila" title="Tequila">Tequila</a> (Mexico), <a href="/wiki/Port_wine" title="Port wine">Porto</a> (Portugal), <a href="/wiki/Herend_Porcelain_Manufactory" title="Herend Porcelain Manufactory">Herend porcelain</a> (Hungary), and <a href="/wiki/Kampot_pepper" title="Kampot pepper">Kampot pepper</a> (Cambodia) are examples of appellations of origin and geographical indications registered under the Lisbon System.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Through a single registration and one set of fees, protection can be obtained in the other countries (and intergovernmental organizations, such as the European Union) covered by the Lisbon System.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Lisbon System includes the <a href="/wiki/Lisbon_Agreement_for_the_Protection_of_Appellations_of_Origin_and_their_International_Registration" title="Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration">Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration</a> of 1958 ('the Lisbon Agreement') and, its latest revision, the <a href="/wiki/Geneva_Act_of_the_Lisbon_Agreement_on_Appellations_of_Origin_and_Geographical_Indications" class="mw-redirect" title="Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications">Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications</a> of 2015 ('the Geneva Act') form the Lisbon System.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Registrations under the Lisbon System are published in the official bulletin and can be searched through the Lisbon Express Database.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WIPO_Arbitration_and_Mediation_Center">WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center was established in 1994 as an international resource for alternatives to court litigation of intellectual property and technology disputes. It offers <a href="/wiki/Alternative_dispute_resolution" title="Alternative dispute resolution">alternative dispute resolution</a> (ADR) options including mediation, arbitration, and expert determination to resolve international commercial disputes between private parties. It is an administrator of cases and a provider of legal and policy expertise. The Center also provides domain name dispute resolution services under the WIPO-designed UDRP.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is based in Geneva, Switzerland and since 2010 the Center has had an office at Maxwell Chambers in Singapore.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hague_System">Hague System</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Hague System"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/WIPO_Hague_System" title="WIPO Hague System">WIPO Hague System</a></div> <p>The WIPO Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs provides an international mechanism for securing protection of up to 100 <a href="/wiki/Industrial_design" title="Industrial design">designs</a><sup id="cite_ref-WIPO-Hague_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIPO-Hague-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> in multiple countries or regions, through a single international application, filed in one language and using one currency (Swiss francs).<sup id="cite_ref-WIPO-Hague_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIPO-Hague-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>International design applications are filed directly through WIPO, according to the requirements and procedures established by the Hague Agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The domestic legal framework of each designated contracting party governs the design protection provided by the resulting international registrations.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the rules laid out by the Hague Agreement, anyone who is a national of, or who has a domicile, habitual residence or real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in any Hague System contracting party<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> – including any country of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Organisation_Africaine_de_la_Propri%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Intellectuelle" title="Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle">African Intellectual Property Organization</a> – can use the Hague System. The Hague System does not require the applicant to file a national or regional design application.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 5 February 2020, China officially deposited its accession documents for entering the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs and the Marrakesh Treaty (which increases the accessibility of publications to people with visual impairment), before the commencement of the Beijing Olympic Winter Games. The accession will take effect on 5 May 2022.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>China became the 68th contracting party to the Geneva Act (1999) of the Hague Agreement and, therefore, the 77th member of the Hague System.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Funding">Funding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Funding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WIPO, unlike other UN agencies, derives most of its income from fees for the Global IP services it provides as opposed to Member States contributions.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2020, WIPO's revenue amounted to <a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">CHF</a> 468.3 million.<sup id="cite_ref-WIPO-financial-2021_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIPO-financial-2021-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2020 WIPO generated over 94.3% of its revenue from fees that are paid by users of its intellectual property services for patents, trademarks and industrial designs due to international demand for intellectual property titles. These services are provided through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (providing 76.6% of revenue), Madrid System (providing 16.3% of revenue) and Hague System (providing 1.4% of revenue).<sup id="cite_ref-WIPO-financial-2021_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIPO-financial-2021-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance_and_normative_work">Governance and normative work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Governance and normative work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WIPO_Assemblies">WIPO Assemblies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: WIPO Assemblies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WIPO Assemblies develop global intellectual property agreements through bringing stakeholders together. The main policy and decision making bodies of WIPO are the Coordination Committee and the General Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Twenty-two Assemblies, the Unions administered by WIPO, and other bodies of the Member States of WIPO meet in ordinary or extraordinary sessions in autumn. The General Assembly appoints the Director General through nomination by the Coordination Committee. Any of the policy and decision making bodies can constitute Permanent Committees or Standing Committees.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Standing_Committees">Standing Committees</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Standing Committees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Standing committees are ad hoc groups of experts established for a given purpose and acting as a place for policy discussions and negotiations on the future development of intellectual property. Any WIPO Standing Committee or other bodies also decide to establish a working group to examine a question in more detail, make suggestions or give advice on any subject within the competence of the Organization.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WIPO_administered_treaties">WIPO administered treaties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: WIPO administered treaties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WIPO administers <a href="/wiki/Category:World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_treaties" title="Category:World Intellectual Property Organization treaties">26 treaties</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-WIPO-treaties_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIPO-treaties-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> including the <a href="/wiki/WIPO_Convention" title="WIPO Convention">WIPO Convention</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Intellectual_property_protection_treaties">Intellectual property protection treaties</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Intellectual property protection treaties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Intellectual property protection treaties define internationally agreed basic standards of intellectual property (IP) protection in each country.<sup id="cite_ref-WIPO-treaties_90-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIPO-treaties-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Description </th> <th>History<sup id="cite_ref-WIPO-prep_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIPO-prep-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Treaty text </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Beijing_Treaty_on_Audiovisual_Performances" title="Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances">Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances</a> </td> <td><div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><div class="excerpt"> The <a href="/wiki/Beijing_Treaty_on_Audiovisual_Performances" title="Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances">Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Multilateral_treaty" title="Multilateral treaty">multilateral treaty</a> which regulates <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> for <a href="/wiki/Audiovisual_performance" title="Audiovisual performance">audiovisual performances</a> and expands the <a href="/wiki/Performers%27_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Performers&#39; rights">performers' rights</a>. It was adopted on 26 June 2012 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances of the World Intellectual Property Organization, in which 156 WIPO member states, six <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Intergovernmental organization">intergovernmental</a>, and six <a href="/wiki/Non-governmental_organizations" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-governmental organizations">non-governmental organizations</a> participated. Forty-eight countries signed the treaty on 26 June, followed by 19 other countries in 2012 and 2013. The treaty entered into force on 28 April 2020 following the receipt of the 30th ratification or accession and as of August 2021 has 42 contracting parties.<sup id="cite_ref-Beijing_Treaty_on_Audiovisual_Performances_WIPO-Administered_Treaties_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beijing_Treaty_on_Audiovisual_Performances_WIPO-Administered_Treaties-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div></div> </td> <td>Adopted on 26 June 2012. Entered into force on 28 April 2020 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/beijing/">Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Berne_Convention" title="Berne Convention">Berne Convention</a> </td> <td><div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><div class="excerpt"> The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, usually known as the <a href="/wiki/Berne_Convention" title="Berne Convention">Berne Convention</a>, was an international assembly held in 1886 in the Swiss city of <a href="/wiki/Bern" title="Bern">Bern</a> by ten European countries with the goal of agreeing on a set of legal principles for the protection of <a href="/wiki/Originality" title="Originality">original work</a>. They drafted and adopted a multi-party <a href="/wiki/Contract" title="Contract">contract</a> containing agreements for a uniform, border-crossing system that became known under the same name. Its rules have been updated many times since then.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">treaty</a> provides authors, musicians, poets, painters, and other creators with the means to control how their works are used, by whom, and on what terms.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In some jurisdictions these type of rights are referred to as <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a>; on the European continent they are generally referred to as <a href="/wiki/Authors%27_rights" title="Authors&#39; rights">authors' rights</a> (French: <i><a href="/wiki/Droit_d%27auteur_en_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Droit d&#39;auteur en France">droits d'auteur</a></i>, German: <i><a href="/wiki/Copyright_law_of_Germany" title="Copyright law of Germany">Urheberrecht</a></i>).</div></div> </td> <td>Adopted in 1886. Last amended on 28 September 1979 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/berne/">Berne Convention</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brussels_Convention_Relating_to_the_Distribution_of_Programme-Carrying_Signals_Transmitted_by_Satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite">Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite</a> </td> <td>The Brussels or Satellites Convention provides for the obligation of each Contracting State to take adequate measures to prevent the unauthorized distribution on or from its territory of any programme-carrying <a href="/wiki/Signal_transmission" title="Signal transmission">signal transmitted</a> by <a href="/wiki/Satellite" title="Satellite">satellite</a>. </td> <td>Adopted in 1974 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/brussels/">Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Madrid_Agreement_for_the_Repression_of_False_or_Deceptive_Indications_of_Source_on_Goods&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods (page does not exist)">Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods</a> </td> <td>According to the <a href="/wiki/Madrid_Protocol" title="Madrid Protocol">Madrid Agreement</a>, all goods bearing a false or deceptive indication of source, by which one of the Contracting States, or a place situated therein, is directly or indirectly indicated as being the country or place of origin, must be seized on importation, or such importation must be prohibited, or other actions and sanctions must be applied in connection with such importation. <p>The Agreement provides for the cases and the manner in which seizure may be requested and effected. It prohibits the use, in connection with the sale, display or offering for sale of any goods, of all indications in the nature of publicity capable of deceiving the public as to the source of the goods. It is reserved to the courts of each Contracting State to decide which appellations (other than regional appellations concerning the source of products of the vine) do not, on account of their generic character, come within the scope of the Agreement. The Agreement does not provide for the establishment of a Union, governing body or budget. </p> </td> <td>Adopted on 14 April 1891, revised at Washington on 2 June 1911, at The Hague on 6 November 1925, at London on 2 June 1934, and at Lisbon on 31 October 1958, supplemented by the Additional Act of Stockholm of 14 July 1967 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/madrid/">Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marrakesh_VIP_Treaty" title="Marrakesh VIP Treaty">Marrakesh VIP Treaty</a> </td> <td><div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><div class="excerpt"> The <a href="/wiki/Marrakesh_VIP_Treaty" title="Marrakesh VIP Treaty">Marrakesh VIP Treaty</a> (formally the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, colloquially Marrakesh Treaty or MVT<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>) is a <a href="/wiki/Multilateral_treaty" title="Multilateral treaty">treaty</a> on <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> adopted in <a href="/wiki/Marrakesh" title="Marrakesh">Marrakesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>, on 27 June 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-Marrakesh_VIP_Treaty_:0_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marrakesh_VIP_Treaty_:0-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It achieved the deposit of 20 instruments of ratification or accession by eligible parties needed for entry into force on June 30, 2016 and entered into force three months later, on September 30, 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-Marrakesh_VIP_Treaty_:0_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marrakesh_VIP_Treaty_:0-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of November 2024, the treaty has 98 contracting parties covering 124 WIPO Member States because the European Union joined as a block.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div></div> </td> <td>Adopted on 27 June 2013 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/marrakesh/">Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Visually Impaired Persons or otherwise Print Disabled</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nairobi_Treaty_on_the_Protection_of_the_Olympic_Symbol" class="mw-redirect" title="Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol">Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol</a> </td> <td>The Nairobi Treaty intend to protect the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_symbols" title="Olympic symbols">Olympic symbol</a> – five interlaced rings – against use for commercial purposes without the authorization of the <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a>. </td> <td>Adopted at Nairobi on 26 September 1981 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/nairobi/">Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paris_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Industrial_Property" title="Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property">Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property</a> </td> <td><div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><div class="excerpt"> The <a href="/wiki/Paris_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Industrial_Property" title="Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property">Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property</a>, signed in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, on 20 March 1883, is one of the first <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">treaties</a>. It established a Union for the protection of <a href="/wiki/Industrial_property" title="Industrial property">industrial property</a>. The convention is still in force as of 2024. The substantive provisions of the Convention fall into three main categories: <a href="/wiki/National_treatment" title="National treatment">national treatment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Priority_right" title="Priority right">priority right</a> and common rules.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div></div> </td> <td>Adopted on 20 March 1883, revised at Brussels on 14 December 1900, at Washington on 2 June 1911, at The Hague on 6 November 1925, at London on 2 June 1934, at Lisbon on 31 October 1958, and at Stockholm on 14 July 1967, and amended on 28 September 1979 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/paris/">Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Patent_Law_Treaty" title="Patent Law Treaty">Patent Law Treaty</a> </td> <td><div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><div class="excerpt"> The <a href="/wiki/Patent_Law_Treaty" title="Patent Law Treaty">Patent Law Treaty</a> (PLT) is a <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">treaty</a> adopted by the World Intellectual Property Organization signed on 1 June 2000 in <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, by 53 States and the <a href="/wiki/European_Patent_Organisation" title="European Patent Organisation">European Patent Organisation</a> (an <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Intergovernmental organization">intergovernmental organization</a>). It entered into force on April 28, 2005. It aims at harmonizing and streamlining formal procedures such as the requirements to obtain a filing date for a <a href="/wiki/Patent_application" title="Patent application">patent application</a>, the form and content of a patent application, and representation. The treaty "does not establish a uniform procedure for all parties to the PLT but leaves parties free to require fewer or more user-friendly requirements than those provided in the PLT."<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of February 2023, the PLT had 43 contracting states.<sup id="cite_ref-Patent_Law_Treaty_WIPO-list_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Patent_Law_Treaty_WIPO-list-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div></div> </td> <td>Adopted at Geneva on 1 June 2000 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/plt/">Patent Law Treaty</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Convention_for_the_protection_of_producers_of_phonograms_against_unauthorized_duplication_of_their_phonograms" class="mw-redirect" title="Convention for the protection of producers of phonograms against unauthorized duplication of their phonograms">Geneva Phonograms Convention</a> </td> <td><div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><div class="excerpt"> The Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms, also known as the <a href="/wiki/Geneva_Phonograms_Convention" title="Geneva Phonograms Convention">Geneva Phonograms Convention</a>, is a 1971 international agreement relating to <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> protection for sound recordings.</div></div> </td> <td>Adopted in Geneva in October 1971 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/phonograms/">Geneva Phonograms Convention</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rome_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Performers,_Producers_of_Phonograms_and_Broadcasting_Organisations" title="Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations">Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations</a> </td> <td><div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><div class="excerpt"> The <a href="/wiki/Rome_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Performers,_Producers_of_Phonograms_and_Broadcasting_Organisations" title="Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations">Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations</a> also known as the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations and the Rome Convention, secures protection in performances for <a href="/wiki/Performing_arts" title="Performing arts">performers</a>, in phonograms for producers of phonograms and in broadcasts for broadcasting organizations.</div></div> </td> <td>Adopted in 1961 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/rome/">Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trademark_Law_Treaty" title="Trademark Law Treaty">Trademark Law Treaty</a> </td> <td>The aim of the Trademark Law Treaty (TLT) is to standardize and streamline national and regional <a href="/wiki/Trademark" title="Trademark">trademark</a> registration procedures. This is achieved through the simplification and harmonization of certain features of those procedures, thus making trademark applications and the administration of trademark registrations in multiple jurisdictions less complex and more predictable. </td> <td>Adopted at Geneva on 27 October 1994 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/tlt">Trademark Law Treaty</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Singapore_Treaty_on_the_Law_of_Trademarks" title="Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks">Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks</a> </td> <td>The objective of the Singapore Treaty is to create an international framework for the harmonization of administrative <a href="/wiki/Trademark" title="Trademark">trademark</a> registration procedures. It builds on the Trademark Law Treaty of 1994 (TLT), but has a wider scope of application and addresses more recent developments in the field of communication technologies. </td> <td>Adopted at Singapore on 27 March 2006 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/singapore/">Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Washington_Treaty_on_Intellectual_Property_in_Respect_of_Integrated_Circuits&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits (page does not exist)">Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits</a> </td> <td>The Washington Treaty was adopted in 1989. It is meant to provide protection for the layout designs (topographies) of <a href="/wiki/Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit">integrated circuits</a>. As of 2023, the Treaty has not yet entered into force, but has been ratified or acceded to by 10 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> See also <a href="/wiki/Integrated_circuit_layout_design_protection" title="Integrated circuit layout design protection">Integrated circuit layout design protection</a>. </td> <td>Adopted at Washington on 26 May 1989 (not yet entered into force). </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/washington/">Washington Treaty</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/WIPO_Copyright_Treaty" title="WIPO Copyright Treaty">WIPO Copyright Treaty</a> </td> <td><div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><div class="excerpt"> The World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty (<a href="/wiki/WIPO_Copyright_Treaty" title="WIPO Copyright Treaty">WIPO Copyright Treaty</a> or WCT) is an international <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">treaty</a> on <a href="/wiki/Copyright_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Copyright law">copyright law</a> adopted by the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 1996. It provides additional protections for <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> to respond to advances in information technology since the formation of previous copyright treaties before it.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of August 2023, the treaty has 115 contracting parties.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The WCT and <a href="/wiki/WIPO_Performances_and_Phonograms_Treaty" title="WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty">WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty</a>, are together termed WIPO "internet treaties".<sup id="cite_ref-WIPO_Copyright_Treaty_ficsor_1997_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIPO_Copyright_Treaty_ficsor_1997_-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div></div> </td> <td>Adopted in 1996 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/wct/">WIPO Copyright Treaty</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/WIPO_Performances_and_Phonograms_Treaty" title="WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty">WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty</a> </td> <td><div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><div class="excerpt"> The <a href="/wiki/WIPO_Performances_and_Phonograms_Treaty" title="WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty">WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty</a> (or WPPT) is an international <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">treaty</a> adopted in <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a> on 20 December 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It came into effect on 20 May 2002. The treaty deals with the rights of two kinds of beneficiaries, particularly in the <a href="/wiki/Digital_environments" title="Digital environments">digital environment</a>: <a href="/wiki/Performing_arts" title="Performing arts">performers</a> (actors, singers, musicians, etc.); and producers of <a href="/wiki/Phonorecord" title="Phonorecord">phonograms</a> (persons or legal entities that take the initiative and have the responsibility for the fixation of sounds).<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div></div> </td> <td>Adopted in 1996 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/wppt/">WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Global_protection_system_treaties">Global protection system treaties</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=23" title="Edit section: Global protection system treaties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Global protection system treaties govern WIPO's services, ensuring that one international registration or filing will have effect in any of the relevant signatory States.<sup id="cite_ref-WIPO-treaties_90-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIPO-treaties-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Description </th> <th>History<sup id="cite_ref-WIPO-prep_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIPO-prep-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Treaty text </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Budapest_Treaty_on_the_International_Recognition_of_the_Deposit_of_Microorganisms" class="mw-redirect" title="Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms">Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure</a> </td> <td><div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><div class="excerpt"> The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, or <a href="/wiki/Budapest_Treaty" title="Budapest Treaty">Budapest Treaty</a>, is an international <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">treaty</a> signed in <a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a>, on April 28, 1977. It entered into force on August 19, 1980,<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and was later amended on September 26, 1980. The treaty is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).</div></div> </td> <td>Done at Budapest on 28 April 1977, and amended on 26 September 1980 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest">Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hague_Agreement_Concerning_the_International_Deposit_of_Industrial_Designs" title="Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs">Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs</a> </td> <td><div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><div class="excerpt"> The <a href="/wiki/Hague_Agreement_Concerning_the_International_Deposit_of_Industrial_Designs" title="Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs">Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs</a>, also known as the <i><a href="/wiki/WIPO_Hague_System" title="WIPO Hague System">Hague system</a></i>, provides a mechanism for registering an <a href="/wiki/Industrial_design" title="Industrial design">industrial design</a> in several countries by means of a single application, filed in one language, with one set of fees. The system is administered by WIPO.</div></div> </td> <td>Of 6 November 1925, revised at London on 2 June 1934, at The Hague on 28 November 1960, supplemented by the Additional Act of Monaco of 18 November 1961, the Complementary Act of Stockholm of 14 July 1967 amended on 28 September 1979, and the Protocol of Geneva on 29 August 1975, and at Geneva on 2 July 1999 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/hague/">Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lisbon_Agreement_for_the_Protection_of_Appellations_of_Origin_and_their_International_Registration" title="Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration">Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration</a> </td> <td><div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><div class="excerpt"> The <a href="/wiki/Lisbon_Agreement_for_the_Protection_of_Appellations_of_Origin_and_their_International_Registration" title="Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration">Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration</a>, signed on 31 October 1958, ensures that in member countries, <a href="/wiki/Appellation_of_origin" class="mw-redirect" title="Appellation of origin">appellations of origin</a> receive protection when are protected in their country of origin. It lays down provisions for what qualifies as an appellation of origin, protection measures and establishes an <a href="/w/index.php?title=International_Register_of_Appellations_of_Origin&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="International Register of Appellations of Origin (page does not exist)">International Register of Appellations of Origin</a>, run by the World Intellectual Property Organization. The agreement came into force in 1966, and was revised at Stockholm (1967) and amended in 1979 and 2015. As of July 2022, 39 states are party to the convention and 1000 appellations of origin has been registered.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div></div> </td> <td>Of 31 October 1958, revised at Stockholm on 14 July 1967, amended on 28 September 1979, and the Geneva Act adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on 20 May 2015 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/lisbon/">Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Madrid_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Madrid system">Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks</a> </td> <td>The Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks is governed by the Madrid Agreement, concluded in 1891, and the Protocol relating to that Agreement, concluded in 1989. The system makes it possible to protect a <a href="/wiki/Trademark" title="Trademark">mark</a> in a large number of countries by obtaining an international registration that has effect in each of the designated Contracting Parties. </td> <td>Of 14 April 1891, revised at Brussels on 14 December 1900, at Washington on 2 June 1911, at The Hague on 6 November 1925, at London on 2 June 1934, at Nice on 15 June 1957, and at Stockholm on 14 July 1967, and amended on 28 September 1979 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/madrid/">Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Protocol_Relating_to_the_Madrid_Agreement_Concerning_the_International_Registration_of_Marks" class="mw-redirect" title="Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks">Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks</a> </td> <td>The Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks is governed by the Madrid Agreement, concluded in 1891, and the Protocol relating to that Agreement, concluded in 1989. The system makes it possible to protect a mark in a large number of countries by obtaining an international registration that has effect in each of the designated Contracting Parties. </td> <td>Adopted at Madrid on 27 June 1989, amended on 3 October 2006 and on 12 November 2007 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/madrid_protocol/">Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Patent_Cooperation_Treaty" title="Patent Cooperation Treaty">Patent Cooperation Treaty</a> </td> <td><div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><div class="excerpt"> The <a href="/wiki/Patent_Cooperation_Treaty" title="Patent Cooperation Treaty">Patent Cooperation Treaty</a> (PCT) is an international <a href="/wiki/Patent_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Patent law">patent law</a> <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">treaty</a>, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing <a href="/wiki/Patent_application" title="Patent application">patent applications</a> to protect <a href="/wiki/Invention" title="Invention">inventions</a> in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed under the PCT is called an international application, or PCT application.</div></div> </td> <td>Done at Washington on 19 June 1970, amended on 28 September 1979, modified on 3 February 1984, and on 3 October 2001 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/pct/">Patent Cooperation Treaty</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Classification_treaties">Classification treaties</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=24" title="Edit section: Classification treaties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Classification treaties that create classification systems that organize information concerning inventions, trademarks and industrial designs.<sup id="cite_ref-WIPO-treaties_90-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIPO-treaties-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Description </th> <th>History<sup id="cite_ref-WIPO-prep_92-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIPO-prep-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Treaty text </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Locarno_Agreement_Establishing_an_International_Classification_for_Industrial_Designs&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (page does not exist)">Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs</a> </td> <td>The Locarno Agreement establishes a classification for <a href="/wiki/Industrial_design" title="Industrial design">industrial designs</a> (the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Locarno_Classification&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Locarno Classification (page does not exist)">Locarno Classification</a>) </td> <td>Signed at Locarno on 8 October 1968, and amended on 28 September 1979 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/classification/locarno/">Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nice_Agreement_Concerning_the_International_Classification_of_Goods_and_Services_for_the_Purposes_of_the_Registration_of_Marks" class="mw-redirect" title="Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks">Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks</a> </td> <td><div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><div class="excerpt"> <a href="/wiki/International_(Nice)_Classification_of_Goods_and_Services" title="International (Nice) Classification of Goods and Services">International Classification of Goods and Services</a> also known as the <a href="/wiki/Nice" title="Nice">Nice</a> <a href="/wiki/Classification" title="Classification">Classification</a> was established by the Nice Agreement (1957),<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> is a system of classifying <a href="/wiki/Good_(economics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Good (economics)">goods</a> and <a href="/wiki/Service_(economics)" title="Service (economics)">services</a> for the purpose of registering <a href="/wiki/Trademark" title="Trademark">trademarks</a>. It is updated every five years and its latest 11th<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> version of the system groups products into 45 classes (classes 1-34 include goods and classes 35-45 embrace services), and allows users seeking to trademark a good or service to choose from these classes as appropriate. Since the system is recognized in numerous countries, this makes applying for trademarks internationally a more streamlined process. The classification system is specified by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).</div></div> </td> <td>Of 15 June 1957, revised at Stockholm on 14 July 1967, and at Geneva on 13 May 1977, and amended on 28 September 1979 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/classification/nice/">Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Strasbourg_Agreement_Concerning_the_International_Patent_Classification" title="Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification">Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification</a> </td> <td><div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><div class="excerpt"> The <a href="/wiki/Strasbourg_Agreement_Concerning_the_International_Patent_Classification" title="Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification">Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification</a> (or IPC), also known as the IPC Agreement, is an international <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">treaty</a> that established a common classification for <a href="/wiki/Patent" title="Patent">patents</a> for <a href="/wiki/Invention" title="Invention">invention</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inventors%27_certificate" class="mw-redirect" title="Inventors&#39; certificate">inventors' certificates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utility_model" title="Utility model">utility models</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Utility_certificate&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Utility certificate (page does not exist)">utility certificates</a>, known as the "<a href="/wiki/International_Patent_Classification" title="International Patent Classification">International Patent Classification</a>" (IPC).<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The treaty was signed in <a href="/wiki/Strasbourg" title="Strasbourg">Strasbourg</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, on 24 March 1971; it entered into force on 7 October 1975<sup id="cite_ref-Strasbourg_Agreement_Concerning_the_International_Patent_Classification_entry-into-force_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strasbourg_Agreement_Concerning_the_International_Patent_Classification_entry-into-force-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and was amended on 28 September 1979. The Agreement and the certified statement were registered by the World Intellectual Property Organization on 28 February 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div></div> </td> <td>Of 24 March 1971, and amended on 28 September 1979 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/classification/strasbourg/">Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vienna_Agreement_Establishing_an_International_Classification_of_the_Figurative_Elements_of_Marks&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (page does not exist)">Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks</a> </td> <td>The Vienna Agreement establishes a classification (the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vienna_Classification&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Vienna Classification (page does not exist)">Vienna Classification</a>) for marks that consist of, or contain, figurative elements. </td> <td>Done at Vienna on 12 June 1973, and amended on 1 October 1985 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/classification/vienna/">Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Policy_work">Policy work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=25" title="Edit section: Policy work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Genetic_resources,_traditional_knowledge_and_traditional_cultural_expressions"><span id="Genetic_resources.2C_traditional_knowledge_and_traditional_cultural_expressions"></span>Genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=26" title="Edit section: Genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For years, many local communities, <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples" title="Indigenous peoples">Indigenous peoples</a> and governments have sought effective <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> (IP) protection for traditional cultural expressions (folklore) and <a href="/wiki/Traditional_knowledge" title="Traditional knowledge">traditional knowledge</a> as tradition-based forms of ingenuity and creativity.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As a living body of knowledge developed, sustained and passed on from generation to generation within a community, it is not easily protected under the current IP system, which typically grants protection for a limited period to new inventions and original works as private rights.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some <a href="/wiki/Germplasm" title="Germplasm">genetic resources</a>, too, are linked to traditional knowledge and related practices through their use and conservation by Indigenous peoples and local communities. Although genetic resources, as encountered in nature, are not eligible for IP protection, <a href="/wiki/Invention" title="Invention">inventions</a> based on or developed with the use of genetic resources may be <a href="/wiki/Patentability" title="Patentability">patentable</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Since 2010, the <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_Committee_on_Intellectual_Property_and_Genetic_Resources,_Traditional_Knowledge_and_Folklore" title="Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore">Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore</a> (IGC) has been negotiating the text of one or several legal instruments on the matter. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Global_health">Global health</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=27" title="Edit section: Global health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WIPO Re:Search is a public-private partnership between WIPO and the non-profit BIO Ventures for Global Health focused on early-stage medical research and development against <a href="/wiki/Neglected_tropical_diseases" title="Neglected tropical diseases">neglected tropical diseases</a> (NTDs), malaria and <a href="/wiki/Tuberculosis" title="Tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It has 150 members, including eight of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> WIPO Re:Search supports collaborations between scientific institutions and pharmaceutical companies all over the world with the goal to advance research for medicines, treatment methods and diagnostic techniques against the neglected tropical diseases that affect over 1 billion people worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Through these collaborations as well as its fellowship program, WIPO Re:Search provides shared compound libraries, repurposing methods, capacity building and works on the growth of international scientific networks.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Green_technologies">Green technologies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=28" title="Edit section: Green technologies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/WIPO_GREEN" title="WIPO GREEN">WIPO GREEN</a></div> <p>WIPO GREEN is a free to access online marketplace for <a href="/wiki/Sustainable_design" title="Sustainable design">sustainable technology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It consists of three main elements: WIPO GREEN online database of <a href="/wiki/Environmental_technology" title="Environmental technology">green technologies</a> and needs, WIPO GREEN Acceleration Projects, and WIPO GREEN partners network.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It has a network of 146 partners and aims to bring together organizations in green technology help the implementation and diffusion of green technologies around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The WIPO GREEN database is an online platform where green technology inventors can promote their products and businesses, organizations, governments who are looking for green technologies can explain their needs and seek collaboration with providers.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> WIPO GREEN 'acceleration projects' are organized annually in different countries or regions of the world, in collaboration with local organizations.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These projects usually address a particular field and connect providers and seekers of green technologies.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WIPO_Judicial_Institute">WIPO Judicial Institute</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=29" title="Edit section: WIPO Judicial Institute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/WIPO_Judicial_Institute" title="WIPO Judicial Institute">WIPO Judicial Institute</a></div> <p>The WIPO Judicial Institute was established in 2019 to coordinate and lead WIPO's work with national and regional <a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">judiciaries</a>. This work includes convening international meetings between judges, implementing judicial capacity building activities, producing resources and publications for use by judges, and administering the <a href="/wiki/WIPO_Lex" title="WIPO Lex">WIPO Lex</a> database that provides free public access to intellectual property (IP) laws, treaties and judicial decisions from around the world. WIPO has also established an advisory board of Judges, currently comprising 12 members who serve in their personal capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WIPO_Academy">WIPO Academy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=30" title="Edit section: WIPO Academy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/WIPO_Academy" title="WIPO Academy">WIPO Academy</a></div> <p>The WIPO Academy is the training arm of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), it was established in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It offers intellectual property (IP) education, training and IP skills-building to <a href="/wiki/Official" title="Official">government officials</a>, <a href="/wiki/Invention" title="Invention">inventors</a>, creators, business professionals, <a href="/wiki/Small_and_medium-sized_enterprises" class="mw-redirect" title="Small and medium-sized enterprises">small and medium enterprises</a> (SMEs), academics, students and individuals interested in IP.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Academy hosts IP courses through its four programs: the Professional Development Program, University Partnerships, Distance Learning and WIPO Summer Schools.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Standing_Committee_on_Copyright_and_Related_Rights">The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=31" title="Edit section: The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) was created in the 1998 to examine issues in the field of <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> and related rights on <a href="/wiki/Substantive_law" title="Substantive law">substantive law</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harmonisation_of_law" title="Harmonisation of law">harmonization</a>. The Committee includes all member states of WIPO, some member states of the United Nations who are not members of WIPO, and a number of non-governmental and intergovernmental observers. The Committee meets twice per year and formulates recommendations for consideration by the WIPO General Assembly. The main topics currently under discussion are the protection of broadcasting organizations and limitations and exceptions. Copyright in the digital environment, the <a href="/wiki/Droit_de_suite" title="Droit de suite">resale royalty right</a>, public lending right and the rights of theater directors are also being discussed within the Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_Intellectual_Property_Day">World Intellectual Property Day</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=32" title="Edit section: World Intellectual Property Day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Day" title="World Intellectual Property Day">World Intellectual Property Day</a></div> <p>World Intellectual Property Day is an annual global public awareness campaign to "highlight the role and contribution of intellectual property in the economic, cultural and social development of all countries as well as to raise public awareness and understanding in this field of human endeavor." In 2000, WIPO's Member States formally designated 26 April – the day on which the WIPO Convention came into force in 1970 – as World Intellectual Property Day. The first World Intellectual Property Day was held in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sectors_and_divisions">Sectors and divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=33" title="Edit section: Sectors and divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economics_and_Statistics_Division">Economics and Statistics Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=34" title="Edit section: Economics and Statistics Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WIPO's Economics and Statistics Division gathers data on intellectual property activity worldwide and publishes statistics to the public. The Division also conducts economic analysis on how government IP and innovation policies affect economic performance.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Infrastructure_and_Platforms_Sector">Infrastructure and Platforms Sector</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=35" title="Edit section: Infrastructure and Platforms Sector"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Infrastructure and Platforms sector develops, implements and maintains the various databases,<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="Neither this source nor any of the following nine in the same sub-section mentions the term &quot;Infrastructure and Platforms sector&quot; or &quot;Infrastructure and Platforms Sector&quot; (not sure what the correct capitalization is). (September 2021)">failed verification</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> tools<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and platforms<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> of the Organization that are targeted at and used by intellectual property offices, legal professionals, researchers, and other specialized users. The sector also covers the use of 'frontier technologies' such as artificial intelligence and coordinates WIPO's overall customer goals, strategies and tools.<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diplomatic_Engagement_and_Assemblies_Affairs_Division">Diplomatic Engagement and Assemblies Affairs Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=36" title="Edit section: Diplomatic Engagement and Assemblies Affairs Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Diplomatic Engagement and Assemblies Affairs Division is directly under the supervision of the Director General, it focuses on engagement with the diplomatic community in Geneva through events, meetings and overseeing the administrative, logistical and other aspects of key meetings including the Assemblies of WIPO. The Division is also responsible for supervising the full range of protocol services across the Organization. Specifically, the Division is responsible for meeting all the Director General's representation and hospitality protocol-related needs and protocol-related needs for meetings and events.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Traditional_Knowledge_Division">Traditional Knowledge Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=37" title="Edit section: Traditional Knowledge Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Traditional Knowledge Division carries out WIPO's work on genetic resources, <a href="/wiki/Traditional_cultural_expressions" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional cultural expressions">traditional cultural expressions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Traditional_knowledge" title="Traditional knowledge">traditional knowledge</a> through its seven service areas.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These include supporting indigenous and local community entrepreneurship in making strategic and effective use of intellectual property tools in their businesses; providing intellectual property advice on the documentation of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions; organizing hands-on training, mentoring and distance learning programs; and acting as a global reference of information resources on the intersection of IP and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, as well as maintaining a repository of regional, national and community experiences. The Traditional Knowledge Division is also responsible for facilitating multilateral negotiations in the WIPO <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_Committee_on_Intellectual_Property_and_Genetic_Resources,_Traditional_Knowledge_and_Folklore" title="Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore">Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications_and_databases">Publications and databases</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=38" title="Edit section: Publications and databases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WIPO publishes around 40 new titles a year, which are translated and published in the <a href="/wiki/Official_languages_of_the_United_Nations" title="Official languages of the United Nations">official languages of the United Nations</a>: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.<sup id="cite_ref-WIPO-publications_164-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIPO-publications-164"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The WIPO Knowledge Repository holds the archive of WIPO publications and documentations since 1885, as well as a library of academic research literature on intellectual property.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> WIPO adopted an <a href="/wiki/Open-access_mandate" title="Open-access mandate">Open Access</a> Policy in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Its publications are free to reuse and modify, under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.<sup id="cite_ref-WIPO-publications_164-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIPO-publications-164"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Flagship publications </th> <th>Databases </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Global_Innovation_Index" title="Global Innovation Index">Global Innovation Index</a><sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WIPO_Lex" title="WIPO Lex">WIPOLex</a><sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Report" title="World Intellectual Property Report">World Intellectual Property Report</a><sup id="cite_ref-WIPO-innovation_170-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIPO-innovation-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PATENTSCOPE" class="mw-redirect" title="PATENTSCOPE">PATENTSCOPE</a><sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Indicators" title="World Intellectual Property Indicators">World Intellectual Property Indicators</a><sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Global_Brand_Database" title="Global Brand Database">Global Brand Database</a><sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>WIPO Magazine<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WIPO_GREEN" title="WIPO GREEN">WIPO GREEN</a><sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Green Technology Book<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Global_Design_Database" title="Global Design Database">Global Design Database</a><sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>PCT Yearly Review<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Madrid Monitor<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Madrid Yearly Review<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>IP Statistics Data Center<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hague Yearly Review<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Article_6ter" title="Article 6ter">Article 6ter</a><sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>WIPO Technology Trends<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Hague Express<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>WIPO IP Facts and Figures<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Lisbon Express<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>WIPO Pearl<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Access to Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI)<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Access to Specialized Patent Information (ASPI)<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Pat-Informed<sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Global_Innovation_Index">Global Innovation Index</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=39" title="Edit section: Global Innovation Index"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Global_Innovation_Index" title="Global Innovation Index">Global Innovation Index</a></div> <p>The Global Innovation Index is an annual ranking of countries by their capacity for, and success in, <a href="/wiki/Innovation" title="Innovation">innovation</a>, published by the World Intellectual Property Organization. It was started in 2007 by <a href="/wiki/INSEAD" title="INSEAD">INSEAD</a> and <i>World Business</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Aubert-2010_192-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aubert-2010-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> a British magazine. Until 2021 it was published by WIPO, in partnership with <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a>, <a href="/wiki/INSEAD" title="INSEAD">INSEAD</a>, and other organisations and institutions,.<sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is based on both subjective and objective data derived from several sources, including the <a href="/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union" title="International Telecommunication Union">International Telecommunication Union</a>, the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a> and the <a href="/wiki/World_Economic_Forum" title="World Economic Forum">World Economic Forum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Aubert-2010_192-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aubert-2010-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Intellectual_Property_Report">World Intellectual Property Report</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=40" title="Edit section: World Intellectual Property Report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Report" title="World Intellectual Property Report">World Intellectual Property Report</a></div> <p>The World Intellectual Property Report is a biennial analytical publication by WIPO, first published in 2011. Each report examines a different theme, focusing on trends in a particular area of <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> and <a href="/wiki/Innovation" title="Innovation">innovation</a>. The report uses macroeconomic analysis and includes case studies to examine the role of intellectual property and other intangibles in the global economy.<sup id="cite_ref-WIPO-innovation_170-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIPO-innovation-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Intellectual_Property_Indicators">World Intellectual Property Indicators</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=41" title="Edit section: World Intellectual Property Indicators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Indicators" title="World Intellectual Property Indicators">World Intellectual Property Indicators</a></div> <p>Since 2009, WIPO has published the annual World Intellectual Property Indicators, providing a wide range of indicators covering the areas of <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It draws on data from national and regional <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_Property_Office_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Intellectual Property Office (disambiguation)">IP offices</a>, WIPO, the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a>, and <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WIPO_Lex">WIPO Lex</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=42" title="Edit section: WIPO Lex"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/WIPO_Lex" title="WIPO Lex">WIPO Lex</a></div> <p>WIPO Lex is an online global database launched in 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which provides free public access to <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> laws, treaties and judicial decisions from around the world. In 2022, the WIPO Lex database contained 48,000 national, regional and international legal documents relating to intellectual property, with access in the six <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">UN</a> languages.<sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WIPO_Magazine">WIPO Magazine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=43" title="Edit section: WIPO Magazine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WIPO Magazine,<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the organization's flagship outreach publication, is available in eight languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish). Established in 1999, and online since 2005,<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> WIPO Magazine explores the worlds of innovation and creativity, and the role of IP in advancing human progress. The WIPO Magazine features a range of articles on how people around the world are using IP rights to advance their goals and support national economic development. It also includes expert commentary on the latest "hot topics" relating to IP policy and practice. The WIPO Magazine is free of charge. In January 2023, it moved to a digital-only format. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PATENTSCOPE">PATENTSCOPE</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=44" title="Edit section: PATENTSCOPE"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/PATENTSCOPE" class="mw-redirect" title="PATENTSCOPE">PATENTSCOPE</a></div> <p>PATENTSCOPE is a public patent database provided by WIPO that serves as an official publication source for patent applications filed under the <a href="/wiki/Patent_Cooperation_Treaty" title="Patent Cooperation Treaty">Patent Cooperation Treaty</a> and covers numerous national and regional patent collections. In 2021 it held over 100 million patent documents including 4.2 million published international patent applications. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Green_Technology_Book">The Green Technology Book</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=45" title="Edit section: The Green Technology Book"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2022 at <a href="/wiki/2022_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference" title="2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference">UNFCCC COP27</a>, WIPO introduced its new Flagship publication the Green Technology Book.<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This digital-first publication aims to put <a href="/wiki/Innovation" title="Innovation">innovation</a>, technology and <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> at the forefront in the fight against <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>. The inaugural edition of this annual publication focused on available solutions for climate-change adaptation to reduce vulnerability as well as to increase resilience to the <a href="/wiki/Effects_of_climate_change" title="Effects of climate change">impacts of climate change</a>. The book was created in cooperation with the Climate Technology Center and Network (CTCN) and the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASTR). It features 200 adaptation technologies, which are also available in the <a href="/wiki/WIPO_GREEN" title="WIPO GREEN">WIPO GREEN</a> database of innovative technologies and needs.<sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WIPO_Pearl">WIPO Pearl</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=46" title="Edit section: WIPO Pearl"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The WIPO Pearl database was created in 2014. It gives access to scientific and technical terms derived from <a href="/wiki/Patent" title="Patent">patent</a> documents. It aims to promote accurate and consistent use of terms across different languages, and to make it easier to search and share scientific and technical knowledge. It operates in ten languages.<sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Directors_General">Directors General</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=47" title="Edit section: Directors General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Daren_Tang,_Director_General_of_the_World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_(WIPO).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Daren_Tang%2C_Director_General_of_the_World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_%28WIPO%29.jpg/220px-Daren_Tang%2C_Director_General_of_the_World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_%28WIPO%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Daren_Tang%2C_Director_General_of_the_World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_%28WIPO%29.jpg/330px-Daren_Tang%2C_Director_General_of_the_World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_%28WIPO%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Daren_Tang%2C_Director_General_of_the_World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_%28WIPO%29.jpg/440px-Daren_Tang%2C_Director_General_of_the_World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_%28WIPO%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2282" data-file-height="3423" /></a><figcaption>Current WIPO Director General <a href="/wiki/Daren_Tang" title="Daren Tang">Daren Tang</a> (2020)</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>WIPO Directors General<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>No.</th> <th>Term</th> <th>Name</th> <th>From </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>1970–1973</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georg_Bodenhausen" title="Georg Bodenhausen">Georg Bodenhausen</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Netherlands"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, 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organization">Intellectual property organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_parties_to_international_copyright_agreements" title="List of parties to international copyright agreements">List of parties to international copyright agreements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_Domain-Name_Dispute-Resolution_Policy" title="Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy">Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_treaties" title="Category:World Intellectual Property Organization treaties">World Intellectual Property Organization treaties</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Intellectual_Property_Organization&amp;action=edit&amp;section=49" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Enlargement_of_the_United_Nations#1940s" title="Enlargement of the United Nations">Founding members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations#Current_members" title="Member states of the United Nations">Full members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_members_of_the_United_Nations_Security_Council" title="Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council">Security Council Permanent members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_representative_to_the_United_Nations" title="Permanent representative to the United Nations">Permanent representatives to the UN</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_permanent_representatives_to_the_United_Nations" title="List of current permanent representatives to the United Nations">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">General Assembly Observers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_and_the_United_Nations" title="European Union and the United Nations">European Union</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_Nations" title="History of the United Nations">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Preceding years</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union" title="International Telecommunication Union">International Telegraph Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union" title="Universal Postal Union">Universal Postal Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hague_Conventions_of_1899_and_1907" title="Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907">Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Court_of_Arbitration" title="Permanent Court of Arbitration">Permanent Court of Arbitration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Office_of_Public_Hygiene" title="International Office of Public Hygiene">International Office of Public Hygiene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations_archives" title="League of Nations archives">archives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covenant_of_the_League_of_Nations" title="Covenant of the League of Nations">covenant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_the_League_of_Nations" title="Organisation of the League of Nations">organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_League_of_Nations" title="Member states of the League of Nations">member states</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Preparatory years</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_St_James%27s_Palace" title="Declaration of St James&#39;s Palace">Declaration of St James's Palace</a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Charter" title="Atlantic Charter">Atlantic Charter</a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Declaration_by_United_Nations" title="Declaration by United Nations">Declaration by United Nations</a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moscow_Conference_(1943)" title="Moscow Conference (1943)">Moscow Conference</a> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tehran_Conference" title="Tehran Conference">Tehran Conference</a> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bretton_Woods_Conference" title="Bretton Woods Conference">Bretton Woods Conference</a> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumbarton_Oaks_Conference" title="Dumbarton Oaks Conference">Dumbarton Oaks Conference</a> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yalta_Conference" title="Yalta Conference">Yalta Conference</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Conference_on_International_Organization" title="United Nations Conference on International Organization">Conference on International Organization</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genocide_Convention" title="Genocide Convention">Genocide Convention</a> (1948)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Activities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Enlargement_of_the_United_Nations" title="Enlargement of the United Nations">Enlargement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_United_Nations_peacekeeping" title="History of United Nations peacekeeping">Peacekeeping</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_peacekeeping_missions" title="List of United Nations peacekeeping missions">missions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_United_Nations_peacekeeping_missions" title="Timeline of United Nations peacekeeping missions">timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_territories_governed_by_the_United_Nations" title="List of territories governed by the United Nations">governed territories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Police" title="United Nations Police">UNPOL</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights" title="Universal Declaration of Human Rights">Universal Declaration of Human Rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Drafting_of_the_Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights" title="Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights">drafting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Day" title="Human Rights Day">Human Rights Day</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Convention" title="World Heritage Convention">World Heritage Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child" title="Convention on the Rights of the Child">Convention on the Rights of the Child</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Committee_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child" title="Committee on the Rights of the Child">committee</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Declaration_on_the_Rights_of_Indigenous_Peoples" title="Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples">Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Permanent_Forum_on_Indigenous_Issues" title="United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues">Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Caucus" title="Indigenous Caucus">Indigenous Caucus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goals" title="Sustainable Development Goals">Sustainable Development Goals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Declaration_on_the_Rights_of_Peasants" title="United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants">Declaration on the Rights of Peasants</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_resolution" title="United Nations resolution">Resolutions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_vetoed_United_Nations_Security_Council_resolutions" title="List of vetoed United Nations Security Council resolutions">Security Council vetoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_resolution" title="United Nations General Assembly resolution">General Assembly</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_resolutions_at_the_sixty-sixth_session_of_the_United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="List of resolutions at the sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly">66th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_resolutions_at_the_sixty-seventh_session_of_the_United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="List of resolutions at the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly">67th</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_resolution" title="United Nations Security Council resolution">Security Council</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_Security_Council_resolutions_concerning_Cyprus" title="List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_Security_Council_resolutions_concerning_Iran" title="List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_Security_Council_resolutions_concerning_Iraq" title="List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_resolutions_concerning_Israel" title="List of United Nations resolutions concerning Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_resolutions_relating_to_Lebanon" title="List of United Nations resolutions relating to Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_Security_Council_resolutions_on_the_Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="List of United Nations Security Council resolutions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">Nagorno-Karabakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_Security_Council_resolutions_concerning_North_Korea" title="List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning North Korea">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_resolutions_concerning_Palestine" title="List of United Nations resolutions concerning Palestine">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_resolutions_concerning_Syria" title="List of United Nations resolutions concerning Syria">Syria</a></li> <li><a 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<li>International Court of Justice <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2023_International_Court_of_Justice_judges_election" title="2023 International Court of Justice judges election">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_International_Court_of_Justice_judges_election" title="2022 International Court of Justice judges election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_International_Court_of_Justice_judges_election" title="2021 International Court of Justice judges election">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_International_Court_of_Justice_judges_election" title="2020 International Court of Justice judges election">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_International_Court_of_Justice_judges_election" title="2017 International Court of Justice judges election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_International_Court_of_Justice_judges_election" title="2014 International Court of Justice judges election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_International_Court_of_Justice_judges_election" title="2011 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(CSTD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Commission_for_Social_Development" title="United Nations Commission for Social Development">United Nations Commission for Social Development</a> (CSocD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistical_Commission" title="United Nations Statistical Commission">United Nations Statistical Commission</a> (StatCom)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Commission_on_the_Status_of_Women" title="United Nations Commission on the Status of Women">United Nations Commission on the Status of Women</a> (CSW)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Forum_on_Forests" title="United Nations Forum on Forests">United Nations Forum on Forests</a> (UNFF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em;">Regional commissions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Economic_Commission_for_Europe" title="United Nations Economic Commission for Europe">Europe</a> (ECE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Economic_Commission_for_Africa" title="United Nations Economic Commission for Africa">Africa</a> (ECA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Economic_Commission_for_Latin_America_and_the_Caribbean" title="United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean">Latin America and the Caribbean</a> (ECLAC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Economic_and_Social_Commission_for_Asia_and_the_Pacific" title="United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific">Asia and the Pacific</a> (ESCAP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Economic_and_Social_Commission_for_Western_Asia" title="United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia">Western Asia</a> (ESCWA)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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Monetary Fund">International Monetary Fund</a> (IMF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Maritime_Organization" title="International Maritime Organization">International Maritime Organization</a> (IMO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union" title="International Telecommunication Union">International Telecommunication Union</a> (ITU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization</a> (UNESCO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Industrial_Development_Organization" title="United Nations Industrial Development Organization">United Nations Industrial Development Organization</a> (UNIDO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UN_Tourism" title="UN Tourism">UN Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union" title="Universal Postal Union">Universal Postal Union</a> (UPU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a> (WHO)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">World Intellectual Property Organization</a> (WIPO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Meteorological_Organization" title="World Meteorological Organization">World Meteorological Organization</a> (WMO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Bank_Group" title="World Bank Group">World Bank Group</a> (WBG)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Funds and<br />Programmes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Development_Programme" title="United Nations Development Programme">United Nations Development Programme</a> (UNDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Environment_Programme" title="United Nations Environment Programme">United Nations Environment Programme</a> (UNEP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Population_Fund" title="United Nations Population Fund">United Nations Population Fund</a> (UNFPA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Human_Settlements_Programme" title="United Nations Human Settlements Programme">United Nations Human Settlements Programme</a> (UN-Habitat)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNICEF" title="UNICEF">United Nations Children's Fund</a> (UNICEF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Food_Programme" title="World Food Programme">World Food Programme</a> (WFP)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/World_Bank_Group" title="World Bank Group">World Bank Group</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Bank_for_Reconstruction_and_Development" title="International Bank for Reconstruction and Development">International Bank for Reconstruction and Development</a> (IBRD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Centre_for_Settlement_of_Investment_Disputes" title="International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes">International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes</a> (ICSID)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Development_Association" title="International Development Association">International Development Association</a> (IDA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Finance_Corporation" title="International Finance Corporation">International Finance Corporation</a> (IFC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multilateral_Investment_Guarantee_Agency" title="Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency">Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency</a> (MIGA)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Expert bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Development_Policy" title="Committee for Development Policy">Committee for Development Policy</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Committee_of_Experts_on_Public_Administration" title="United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration">Committee of Experts on Public Administration</a> (CEPA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_on_Economic,_Social_and_Cultural_Rights" title="Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights">Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights</a> (CESCR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Committee_of_Experts_on_Global_Geospatial_Information_Management" title="United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management">Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management</a> (GGIM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_Working_Group_of_Experts_on_International_Standards_of_Accounting_and_Reporting" title="Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting">Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International <br /> Standards of Accounting and Reporting</a> (ISAR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Group_of_Experts_on_Geographical_Names" title="United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names">Group of Experts on Geographical Names</a> (UNGEGN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Permanent_Forum_on_Indigenous_Issues" title="United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues">United Nations Permanent Forum on <br /> Indigenous Issues</a> (UNPFII)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Nations_Committee_of_Experts_on_International_Cooperation_in_Tax_Matters&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (page does not exist)">Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Nations_Committee_of_Experts_on_the_Transport_of_Dangerous_Goods_and_on_the_Globally_Harmonized_System_of_Classification_and_Labelling_of_Chemicals&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (page does not exist)">Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous <br /> Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Committee_on_Non-Governmental_Organizations" title="United Nations Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations">Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Research and<br />training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Interregional_Crime_and_Justice_Research_Institute" title="United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute">United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute</a> (UNICRI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Institute_for_Disarmament_Research" title="United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research">United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research</a> (UNIDIR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Institute_for_Training_and_Research" title="United Nations Institute for Training and Research">United Nations Institute for Training and Research</a> (UNITAR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Research_Institute_for_Social_Development" title="United Nations Research Institute for Social Development">United Nations Research Institute for Social Development</a> (UNRISD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_System_Staff_College" title="United Nations System Staff College">United Nations System Staff College</a> (UNSSC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_University" title="United Nations University">United Nations University</a> (UNU)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other entities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/High-level_Political_Forum_on_Sustainable_Development" title="High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development">High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development</a> (HLPF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Trade_Centre" title="International Trade Centre">International Trade Centre</a> (ITC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_United_Nations_Programme_on_HIV/AIDS" title="Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS">Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS</a> (UNAIDS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Conference_on_Trade_and_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Conference on Trade and Development">United Nations Conference on Trade and Development</a> (UNCTAD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Sustainable_Development_Group" title="United Nations Sustainable Development Group">United Nations Sustainable Development Group</a> (UNSDG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees" title="United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees">United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees</a> (UNHCR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNICEF" title="UNICEF">United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund</a> (UNICEF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Office_for_Project_Services" title="United Nations Office for Project Services">United Nations Office for Project Services</a> (UNOPS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNRWA" title="UNRWA">United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East</a> (UNRWA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UN_Women" title="UN Women">United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women</a> (UN-Women)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Disbanded entities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Sustainable_Development" title="Commission on Sustainable Development">Functional Commission on Sustainable Development </a> (CSD - Replaced in 2013 by <a href="/wiki/High-level_Political_Forum_on_Sustainable_Development" title="High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development">UNHLPF</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Commission_on_Human_Rights" title="United Nations Commission on Human Rights"> Functional Commission on Human Rights</a> (UNCHR - Replaced in 2006 by <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Human_Rights_Council" title="United Nations Human Rights Council">UNHRC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Refugee_Organization" title="International Refugee Organization">International Refugee Organization</a> (IRO - Replaced in 1952 by <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees" title="United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees">UNHCR</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td 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style="width:1%">Concepts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trademark_distinctiveness" title="Trademark distinctiveness">Distinctiveness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trademark_dilution" title="Trademark dilution">Dilution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Generic_trademark" title="Generic trademark">Generic trademark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passing_off" title="Passing off">Passing off</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concurrent_use_registration" title="Concurrent use registration">Concurrent use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priority_right" title="Priority right">Priority right</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_mark_coexistence_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Trade mark coexistence agreement">Coexistence agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confusing_similarity" title="Confusing similarity">Confusing similarity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Functionality_doctrine" title="Functionality doctrine">Functionality doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Initial_interest_confusion" title="Initial interest confusion">Initial interest confusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_Rose_%E2%80%93_Rectanus_doctrine" title="Tea Rose – Rectanus doctrine">Good faith doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fair_use_(U.S._trademark_law)" title="Fair use (U.S. trademark law)">Fair use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secondary_liability" title="Secondary liability">Secondary liability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nominative_use" title="Nominative use">Nominative use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disparagement" title="Disparagement">Disparagement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reputation_parasitism" title="Reputation parasitism">Reputation parasitism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cybersquatting" title="Cybersquatting">Cybersquatting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parallel_import" title="Parallel import">Parallel import</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trademark#Well-known_status" title="Trademark">Well-known trademark</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="The word &quot;R&quot; within a circle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/RegisteredTM.svg/50px-RegisteredTM.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/RegisteredTM.svg/75px-RegisteredTM.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/RegisteredTM.svg/100px-RegisteredTM.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Treaties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paris_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Industrial_Property" title="Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property">Paris Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madrid_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Madrid Agreement">Madrid Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madrid_Protocol" title="Madrid Protocol">Madrid Protocol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agreement_on_Trade-Related_Aspects_of_Intellectual_Property_Rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights">TRIPS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singapore_Treaty_on_the_Law_of_Trademarks" title="Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks">Singapore Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_Trade_Mark" class="mw-redirect" title="Community Trade Mark">Community Trade Mark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_Domain-Name_Dispute-Resolution_Policy" title="Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy">Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_trade_mark_law" title="Australian trade mark law">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_trademark_law" title="Canadian trademark law">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trademark_law_of_China" title="Trademark law of China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_mark_law_of_the_European_Union" title="Trade mark law of the European Union">European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_trademark_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Hong Kong trademark law">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_trademark_law" title="Indian trademark law">India</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irish_trademark_law&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Irish trademark law (page does not exist)">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_trademark_law" title="Japanese trademark law">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trademark_Law_of_Oman" class="mw-redirect" title="Trademark Law of Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_trademark_law" title="Philippine trademark law">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_trade_mark_law" title="United Kingdom trade mark law">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_trademark_law" title="United States trademark law">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Trademark_classification" title="Trademark classification">Types</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/International_(Nice)_Classification_of_Goods_and_Services" title="International (Nice) Classification of Goods and Services">Standard</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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