Golf, swimming and racket sports are the most patent-intensive areas of the sports industry, where use of intellectual property (IP) is rising at above-average rates, according to a new World Intellectual Property Organization report released to mark World IP Day.
The Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) today appointed Daren Tang to a second six-year term of office as Director General of the Organization.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) today launched the “WIPO City of Innovation” award program, a new initiative that recognizes cities worldwide demonstrating exceptional commitment to fostering innovation and creativity among their residents.
WIPO today launched the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Interchange (AIII), a new initiative for expert dialogue on IP and AI issues that will focus on technical and operational issues and complement ongoing discussions at other WIPO forums.
Albania today became the first member state to join WIPO’s Riyadh Design Law Treaty (RDLT), depositing its instrument of ratification with Director General Daren Tang and marking a major milestone in bringing into force the new international framework for design protection.
International patent applications filed through WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) rose 0.7% in 2025 to reach 275,900 filings worldwide, marking a second consecutive year of growth. The increase was partly due to robust activity in ICT related fields, with digital communication remaining as the top category (11.1%) of published PCT applications, while semiconductors recorded one of the fastest growth rates among all leading areas of international patents.
New technologies are spreading across borders at unprecedented pace and gaps are narrowing in how intensively countries are using the innovations, the latest World Intellectual Property Report (WIPR) 2026, Technology on the Move finds.
The Coordination Committee of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has nominated Mr. Daren Tang from Singapore for a second six year term to the post of Director General.
Global awareness and trust in intellectual property (IP) systems has reached new heights globally, according to WIPO Pulse 2025, the world's most comprehensive survey of IP perception and awareness.
Innovators and designers filed record-setting levels of applications for the intellectual property rights that protect their work in 2024, while demand for the trademarks that promote brands stabilized, according to WIPO’s World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) report.