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Recent Events
- Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) (December 9 to December 13, 2024)
- The future of IP financing for economic growth (December 6, 2024)
- CWS Task Forces Quarterly Review Meeting (December 4, 2024)
- Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (December 2 to December 6, 2024)
- Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (November 29, 2024)
- CWS Digital Transformation Task Force Meeting (November 21, 2024)
- CWS XML41P Task Force Meeting (November 12, 2024)
- Risks associated with IP financing: Can they be curbed? (November 8, 2024)
- CWS API Task Force Meeting (October 30, 2024)
- CWS Digital Transformation Task Force Meeting (October 24, 2024)
- Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs (October 21 to October 23, 2024)
- IPC Union - IPC Revision Working Group (October 14 to October 18, 2024)
- Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (October 14 to October 18, 2024)
- How does IP-backed lending differ from traditional asset-backed lending? (October 11, 2024)
- 2024 WIPO Intellectual Property Judges Forum (October 9 to October 10, 2024)
- CWS XML41P Task Force Meeting (October 8, 2024)
- Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks (October 7 to October 11, 2024)
- Launch of the Global Innovation Index 2024 (September 26, 2024)
- Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) (September 16 to September 20, 2024)
- A look at IP-based financing markets (September 13, 2024)
- IP financing policies: What are they about? (August 9, 2024)
- CWS ICT Strategy Task Force Meeting (August 6, 2024)
- CWS API Task Force Meeting (July 31, 2024)
- CWS Digital Transformation Task Force Meeting (July 25, 2024)
- CWS Sequence Listings Task Force Meeting (July 18, 2024)
- The importance of patent data for the investor (July 12, 2024)
- Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- Beijing Treaty – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- Berne Union – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- Berne Union – Executive Committee (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- Budapest Union – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- Hague Union – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- IPC Union – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- Lisbon Union – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- Locarno Union – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- Madrid Union – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- Marrakesh Treaty – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- Nice Union – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- Paris Union – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- Paris Union – Executive Committee (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- Patent Law Treaty (PLT) – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- PCT Union – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (STLT) – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- Vienna Union – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- WCT – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- WIPO Conference (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- WIPO Coordination Committee (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- WIPO General Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- WPPT – Assembly (July 9 to July 17, 2024)
- CWS XML4IP Task Force Meeting (July 2, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Common Mistakes Made by Madrid System Users (in Korean) (June 28, 2024)
- CWS ICT Strategy Task Force Meeting (June 27, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Managing International Trademark Registrations – Change Ownership (in Chinese) (June 27, 2024)
- CWS Name Standardization Task Force Meeting (June 26, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: A Current Account at WIPO (in Spanish) (June 26, 2024)
- International Patent Drafting Training Program (2024) –Third Edition (June 24 to June 28, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: The Madrid System for Newcomers – A Beginner's Guide to WIPO's International Trademark System (in Japanese) (June 20, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: How to File an International Trademark Application (in Spanish) (June 19, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Madrid System Web Resources (in Russian) (June 18, 2024)
- What attracts investors and financial institutions to invest in IP assets? (June 14, 2024)
- CWS Digital Transormation Task Force Meeting (June 13, 2024)
- Demystifying the Hague System: We Are Answering Your Questions! (June 13, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: How to File an International Trademark Application (in English) (June 12, 2024)
- CWS XML4IP and Legal Status Task Forces Joint Meeting (June 11, 2024)
- Program and Budget Committee (June 10 to June 14, 2024)
- CWS Task Forces Quarterly Review Meeting (June 5, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Prepare your International Trademark Application – An Overview of the Resources under eMadrid (in French) (June 5, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Managing international trademark registrations – Change ownership (in Korean) (May 31, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Common Mistakes made by Madrid System Users (in Chinese) (May 30, 2024)
- CWS PAPI Task Force Meeting (May 29, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Understanding the Classification of Goods and Services (in English) (May 29, 2024)
- WIPO and the Medicines Patent Pool jointly host the launch of the study: “Voluntary Licensing: Right for Health, Smart for Business” (May 29, 2024)
- WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee (May 28 to May 31, 2024)
- CWS Digital Transformation Task Force Meeting (May 23, 2024)
- Mastering Submission Procedures and Avoiding Potential Rejections: Tips for Multiple Reproductions and Drawings (May 23, 2024)
- Regional Webinar for CACEEC “PCT system: Priority Corrections and other Corrections in PCT International Applications (May 23, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Prepare your International Trademark Application – An Overview of the Resources under eMadrid (in Spanish) (May 22, 2024)
- Online training on Trademarks for staff of the Fiji Intellectual Property Office (FIPO) and other stakeholders (May 22, 2024)
- CWS Blockchain Task Force Meeting (May 21, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Searching for Trademarks – Advanced Search Functions of Madrid Monitor (in Russian) (May 21, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Searching for Trademarks: Make the Most of the Global Brand Database (in Japanese) (May 16, 2024)
- Mastering Submission Procedures and Avoiding Potential Refusals: Tips for Reproductions and Multiple Designs (May 15, 2024)
- Online training on Trademarks for staff of the Fiji Intellectual Property Office (FIPO) and other stakeholders (May 15, 2024)
- CWS XML4IP Task Force Meeting (May 14, 2024)
- Diplomatic Conference to conclude an International Legal Instrument Relating to Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources (May 13 to May 24, 2024)
- Mastering Submission Procedures and Avoiding Potential Refusals: Tips for Reproductions and Multiple Designs (May 10, 2024)
- CWS API Task Force Meeting (May 8, 2024)
- IPTIs Connect: IPTIs and SDGs, building our common future through intellectual property education (May 8, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Prepare Your International Trademark Application – An Overview of the Resources under eMadrid (in English) (May 8, 2024)
- Copyright Orphan Works and WIPO Standards Workshop (May 7, 2024)
- Blue Economy Webinar: Unlocking IP Below Water for Sustainable Development (May 3, 2024)
- Launch of the World Intellectual Property Report 2024 (May 2, 2024)
- WIPO Webinar for Judges: Preliminary measures governing the search and seizure of evidence: Considering Anton Piller orders, the saisie-contrefaçon, and related mechanisms (May 2, 2024)
- Online training on Trademarks for staff of the Fiji Intellectual Property Office (FIPO) and other stakeholders (May 1, 2024)
- Overview of ePCT for ISAs (April 30, 2024)
- Unlocking the Potential of AI: IP Strategies for a Thriving Innovation Ecosystem (April 30, 2024)
- Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) (April 29 to May 3, 2024)
- Celebration of World IP Day – WIPO and Partners Webinar for the African Member States (April 26, 2024)
- World IP Day 2024 Events Calendar (April 26, 2024)
- Filing on a Global Scale: Mastering Your International Design Application Journey (April 25, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Manage Your Trademarks – Limitation, Renunciation and Cancellation of International Trademark Registrations (in Korean) (April 25, 2024)
- Online Forum on World Intellectual Property (IP) Day for Maldives (April 25, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Searching for Trademarks: Make the Most of WIPO's Global Brand Database (in Spanish) (April 24, 2024)
- Online Forum on World Intellectual Property (IP) for Fiji (April 24, 2024)
- Closing the Gender Gap in Intellectual Property (IP) – Women and the Sustainable Development Goals (April 23, 2024)
- Nice Union - Committee of Experts (April 22 to April 26, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Manage Your Trademarks – Limitation, Renunciation and Cancellation of International Trademark Registrations (in Japanese) (April 18, 2024)
- PATENTSCOPE for Experts (April 18, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Searching for Trademarks: Make the Most of WIPO's Global Brand Database (in English) (April 17, 2024)
- CWS Digital Transformation Task Force Meeting (April 16, 2024)
- Filing on a Global Scale: Mastering Your International Design Application Journey (April 16, 2024)
- PATENTSCOPE for Experts (April 16, 2024)
- What's new for applicants in ePCT 4.13 (April 16, 2024)
- WIPO Guide to Generative AI and Intellectual Property (April 16, 2024)
- WIPO Virtual National Patent Drafting Workshop (April 15 to April 18, 2024)
- IPC Union - IPC Revision Working Group (April 15 to April 19, 2024)
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (April 15 to April 19, 2024)
- Impact-oriented Technical Assistance and Capacity Building: Factors for Success and Lessons Learned (April 11, 2024)
- CWS 3D Task Force Meeting (April 10, 2024)
- Filing on a Global Scale: Mastering Your International Design Application Journey (April 10, 2024)
- CWS XML4IP and Legal Status Task Forces Joint Meeting (April 9, 2024)
- Overview of WIPO’s Activities with a Focus on World IP Day 2024 (April 9, 2024)
- CWS Name Standardization Task Force Meeting (April 4, 2024)
- Information Meeting on IP Data Exchange Framework and Platform (April 2, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: The Madrid System for Newcomers – A Beginner's Guide to WIPO's International Trademark System (in Chinese) (March 28, 2024)
- CWS Task Forces Quarterly Review Meeting (March 27, 2024)
- Leverage New eHague Features to Build and Share your Registration Portfolio (March 27, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: The Madrid System for Newcomers – A Beginner's Guide to WIPO's International Trademark System (in Korean) (March 27, 2024)
- Overview of the Global Brand Database (March 27, 2024)
- Introduction to the Hague System (March 26, 2024)
- Inventor Assistance Program (IAP) Best Practice Summit (March 26 to March 27, 2024)
- CWS Digital Transformation Task Force Meeting (March 21, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Introducing a New WIPO eMadrid Experience – Improved Access to the Madrid System's Online Services (in Japanese) (March 21, 2024)
- PATENTSCOPE for beginners (March 21, 2024)
- Leverage New eHague Features to Build and Share your Registration Portfolio (March 20, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: The Madrid System for Newcomers – A Beginner's Guide to WIPO's International Trademark System (in English) (March 20, 2024)
- CWS ICT Strategy Task Force Meeting (March 19, 2024)
- Information Session on Geographical Indications (March 19, 2024)
- Overview of ePCT for Offices (March 19, 2024)
- Overview of ePCT for Receiving Offices (March 19, 2024)
- PATENTSCOPE for beginners (March 19, 2024)
- Information Session on Nation Brands (March 18, 2024)
- Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (March 18 to March 20, 2024)
- WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee (March 18 to March 22, 2024)
- Virtual Panel on Cross Border uses in the Educational and Research Sectors (March 15, 2024)
- Overview of WIPO and its activities – with a Focus on the WIPO Awards Program (March 14, 2024)
- Regional Webinar for CACEEC “PCT System: Filing an International Application via ePCT. Live Demonstration” (March 14, 2024)
- IP for Migrant Entrepreneurs (March 13, 2024)
- Leverage New eHague Features to Build and Share your Registration Portfolio (March 13, 2024)
- New system “Non-disclosure system for patent applications (in specific technical fields)” and PCT applications (March 13, 2024)
- New system “Non-disclosure system for patent applications (in specific technical fields)” and PCT applications (March 13, 2024)
- WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property (IP) and Frontier Technologies - Ninth Session (March 13 to March 14, 2024)
- CWS XML4IP Force Meeting (March 12, 2024)
- IPC Union - Committee of Experts (March 11 to March 13, 2024)
- High-Level Webinar for IP Practitioners in India (March 6, 2024)
- High-Level Webinar for IP Practitioners in India (March 6, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Introducing a New WIPO eMadrid Experience – Improved Access to the Madrid System's Online Services (in French) (March 6, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Introducing a New WIPO eMadrid Experience – Improved Access to the Madrid System's Online Services (in Russian) (March 5, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Introducing a New WIPO eMadrid Experience – Improved Access to the Madrid System's Online Services (in Chinese) (February 29, 2024)
- Why buy fakes? Understanding and transforming consumer perceptions of counterfeit goods (February 29, 2024)
- Useful Tools and Resources to Know Before Submitting your International Application (February 28, 2024)
- CWS Sequence Listings Task Force Meeting (February 27, 2024)
- Regional Webinar for CACEEC “Introduction into the PCT System and the Latest Updates” (February 27, 2024)
- National Workshop on Strengthening Business Competitiveness of Origin-based Quality Products Through Protection of GIs at the National and International Levels (February 26 to February 27, 2024)
- CWS Digital Transformation Task Force Meeting (February 22, 2024)
- Overview of PATENTSCOPE (February 22, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Introducing a New WIPO eMadrid Experience – Improved Access to the Madrid System's Online Services (in Korean) (February 21, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Introducing a New WIPO eMadrid Experience – Improved Access to the Madrid System's Online Services (in Spanish) (February 21, 2024)
- Useful Tools and Resources to Know Before Submitting your International Application (February 21, 2024)
- PATENTSCOPE Overview (February 20, 2024)
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group (February 19 to February 21, 2024)
- Useful Tools and Resources to Know Before Submitting your International Application (February 14, 2024)
- CWS XML4IP Task Force Meeting (February 13, 2024)
- CWS API Task Force Meeting (February 7, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Introducing a New WIPO eMadrid Experience – Improved Access to the Madrid System's Online Services (in English) (February 7, 2024)
- Discussion Paper on IP and Access to Publicly Funded Research Results in Health Emergencies (February 6, 2024)
- What is the Hague System? (January 31, 2024)
- Advisory Committee on Enforcement (January 31 to February 2, 2024)
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Text Processing Task Force (January 29 to January 31, 2024)
- Roundtable on Fashion, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions (January 25, 2024)
- What is the Hague System? (January 24, 2024)
- What is the Hague System? (January 17, 2024)
- Booster Practical Workshop on Intellectual Property for Women Entrepreneurs from Local Communities in the Central European and Baltic States Region (January 17 to January 18, 2024)
- Non-Patent Literature (NPL) in PATENTSCOPE (December 14, 2023)
- Advanced PCT Seminar for Chinese Users (December 13, 2023)
- Copyright infrastructure: lessons learned, challenges and opportunities (December 13, 2023)
- Madrid System Webinar: Everything You Wanted to Know about the Madrid System (December 13, 2023)
- Expert-level briefing session for LDCs Group in Geneva (December 12, 2023)
- Non-Patent Literature (NPL) in PATENTSCOPE (December 12, 2023)
- Webinar on the Quest to Help Game Developers LevelUP their Intellectual Property (December 12, 2023)
- UPOV/LAWSWORKSHOP/GVA/2023 (December 12 to December 14, 2023)
- WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee (December 11 to December 15, 2023)
- “Post-deal” issues: Managing alliances and collaborations (December 8, 2023)
- Bullying to Building: Hand Solo’s Innovation Journey towards Inclusion and Empowerment (December 7, 2023)
- WIPO Regional Webinar on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for IP Offices of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (December 7, 2023)
- WIPO Regional Webinar: Protecting your Brand Abroad – A Guide for Businesses on the Madrid System (December 7, 2023)
- Training Workshop for National Intellectual Property Offices on the Examination Procedures under the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks (December 4 to December 6, 2023)
- Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs (December 4 to December 6, 2023)
- Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) (December 4 to December 8, 2023)
- Advanced Online Course for Patent Examiners in Latin America on the Examination of Biotechnological Inventions. Second Edition (November 30, 2023)
- AI and music: everything you wanted to know about voice cloning and copyright infringement, but were too afraid to ask (November 30, 2023)
- IP Information Roundtable (November 30, 2023)
- Madrid System Webinar: Everything you Wanted to Know about the Madrid System (November 30, 2023)
- Inventor Assistance Program in South Africa – Ways to Protect your Invention (November 29, 2023)
- Madrid System Webinar: Current Account at WIPO – Everything you Need to Know (in French) (November 29, 2023)
- Establishment of the Patent Analytics Community of Practice (CoP) and Introductory Meeting (November 28, 2023)
- Overview of ePCT for Receiving Offices (November 28, 2023)
- Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) (November 27 to December 1, 2023)
- Breaking Language Barriers in PATENTSCOPE (November 23, 2023)
- Madrid System Webinar: Everything you Wanted to Know about the Madrid System (in Chinese) (November 23, 2023)
- Madrid System Webinar: Transformation & Replacement of an International Trademark Registration (in Spanish) (November 22, 2023)
- The National Phase (November 22, 2023)
- Breaking Language Barriers in PATENTSCOPE (November 21, 2023)
- IP Finance Dialogue: Expanding Horizons on IP Finance and Valuation (November 21, 2023)
- Regional Webinar for CACCEC Region on WIPO’s IP Services and Initiatives (November 21, 2023)
- Additional PCT procedures (November 20, 2023)
- IPC Union - IPC Revision Working Group (November 20 to November 24, 2023)
- Deal structuring: negotiating IP terms in development agreements (November 17, 2023)
- Launch of CLIP! (November 17, 2023)
- Online Regional Webinar for Central Asian, Caucasus and Eastern European Countries (CACEEC) “PCT System: Entry into the National Phase” (November 16, 2023)
- Hague webinar: Key Updates in 2023 (November 15, 2023)
- Madrid System Webinar: Searching for Trademarks – Advanced Functions of Madrid Monitor (November 15, 2023)
- WIPO Webinar - IP & Women: Training on Patents & the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for Women Innovators & Entrepreneurs (November 15, 2023)
- 2023 WIPO Intellectual Property Judges Forum (November 15 to November 16, 2023)
- Regional Webinar on the Marrakesh Treaty (November 14, 2023)
- Meeting of Member States and International Depositary Authorities under the Budapest Treaty (November 13 to November 14, 2023)
- Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks (November 13 to November 17, 2023)
- 19th WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property (November 13 to November 24, 2023)