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WIPO has launched a new global awards program to recognize exceptional enterprises and individuals using intellectual property to make a positive impact both at home and beyond their own borders. The first WIPO Global Awards will be granted in July 2022 to five small and medium-sized enterprises, which are the largest business sector in many countries and are critical to future economic growth.
15 décembre 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
Worldwide intellectual property filing activity filing activity rebounded in 2020 illustrating the resilience of human innovation amid the global pandemic, WIPO’s World Intellectual Property Indicators Report (WIPI) showed.
5 novembre 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
WIPO for Creators has welcomed its first Member State and corporate sponsors, with the Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (UKIPO) and Universal Music Group joining the partnership that aims to increase knowledge of creators’ rights and related management practices to ensure recognition and fair reward for all creators.
29 octobre 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
WIPO’s new “Young Experts Program” (YEP) initiative is aimed at forging the next generation of intellectual property leaders. Successful applicants will join a two-year program hosted at WIPO designed to expose young people with high potential, particularly from developing and least developed countries as well as countries in transition, to the technical and policy aspects of IP.
28 octobre 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
The Sixty-Second Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO took place at the WIPO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. In compliance with health and safety measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Assemblies were held in a hybrid format.
8 octobre 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
In a report for the WIPO Assemblies, WIPO Director General Daren Tang reviews the Organization’s activities in 2020 and looks to the future with a new strategic direction for WIPO.
4 octobre 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
Enjoy a virtual tour celebrating 10 years of WIPO Re:Search, a public-private partnership that accelerates research and development into medical advancements for neglected tropical diseases, malaria and tuberculosis.
Governments and enterprises in many parts of the world scaled up investments in innovation amid the massive human and economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Global Innovation Index 2021 revealed. Switzerland, Sweden, U.S., and U.K. continue to lead the innovation ranking, with the Republic of Korea joining the top five.
20 septembre 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
WIPO’s Arbitration and Mediation Center has received its 100th cybersquatting case under the dispute resolution policy for the .CN and .中国 (China) country code Top-Level Domain, two years after becoming the only non-Chinese entity to be accredited to provide this service.
9 septembre 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
Take a virtual tour around the world to discover examples of geographical indications, or GIs, from WIPO’s Member States. GIs are signs that link products to a specific place of origin and are an important branding tool in an interlinked, global economy where consumers seek authentic products.
6 septembre 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
This package outlines WIPO’s suite of support measures to assist Member States in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as lay the foundations for post COVID economic recovery efforts. It comprises five main areas: policy and legislative advice; technical assistance and capacity building; innovation support and technology transfer; IP dispute resolution; and knowledge resources.
12 juillet 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
How do startups that often rely on a single idea successfully take their innovation to market? A new introductory guide provides a road map for the role of the intellectual property system in this journey. Through step-by-step counsel, useful case studies and simple checklists, the guide illustrates how small businesses can use IP to remain competitive and manage risks.
29 juin 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
The Directors General of WHO, WIPO and the WTO agreed to enhance their support to members battling the pandemic by collaborating on a series of workshops to augment the flow of information on the pandemic and by implementing a joint platform for tripartite technical assistance to member governments relating to their needs for medical technologies. As a result of their meeting on 15 June, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Daren Tang and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala issued a joint statement.
24 juin 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
WIPO for Creators has welcomed its first partners to the new effort to support creators around the world by ensuring they are recognized and fairly rewarded for their work by increasing knowledge and awareness of their intellectual property rights.
9 juin 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
WIPO’s Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) has launched a new application that makes digital books in accessible formats available for direct download by individuals who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled.
13 avril 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
Innovations that help people overcome mobility, sight and other disabilities have seen double-digit growth in recent years and these “assistive technologies" are increasingly integrated with consumer goods, WIPO’s Technology Trends report found.
23 mars 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
WIPO’s Global Innovation Index analyzed recent trade patterns in innovation-intensive high-tech goods, finding a surge in the second half of 2020 for communications, computing, processing and data storage equipment geared toward remote and mobile work.
12 mars 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
Time to gear up for the World Intellectual Property Day 2021 on April 26. This year we're highlighting how smaller businesses can benefit from intellectual property with the theme “IP and SMEs: Taking your ideas to market.”
4 mars 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
2 mars 2021 | L'OMPI À la une
18 janvier 2021 | L'OMPI À la une