Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) attending the annual WIPO Assemblies approved today a proposal to reduce the costs for applicants from Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to file applications for international trademark protection, making the fee ten percent of that normally charged.
An international conference organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trademarks and Designs) (OHIM) and the European Commission to review the interface between the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Trademarks and the Community Trademark System (CTM) will be held at WIPO's Geneva headquarters on October 7. 2004.
The use of intellectual property as a strategic tool for business development was the focus of a four-day workshop organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (WASME), in Geneva from May 3 to 6, 2004.