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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)
- IPGAP Global Research Experts Meeting on Improving Gender and Diversity in IP and Innovation (November 25 to November 26, 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)
- Advanced seminar on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (October 2 to October 3, 2024)
- Launch of the Global Innovation Index 2024 (September 26, 2024)
- Non-Patent Literature in PATENTSCOPE (September 26, 2024)
- Efficiently Handling Your International Design Registrations: Simplifying Transactions (September 25, 2024)
- Non-Patent Literature in PATENTSCOPE (September 24, 2024)
- Efficiently Handling Your International Design Registrations: Simplifying Transactions (September 18, 2024)
- First Patent Analytics Community of Practice (CoP) Annual Symposium (September 17 to September 18, 2024)
- Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) (September 16 to September 19, 2024)
- A look at IP-based financing markets (September 13, 2024)
- Webinar on Virtual Technical Assistance and Capacity Building: A Critical Look at the Advantages and Limitations (September 12, 2024)
- EIPPN – WIPO International Workshop on IP Crime Prosecution: Global Experiences in IP Crime Prosecution (September 12 to September 13, 2024)
- Efficiently Handling Your International Design Registrations: Simplifying Transactions (September 11, 2024)
- Seminar on Current Issues in Intellectual Property Rights for Judges (September 3 to September 4, 2024)
- Flawless Filing: Navigating Irregularities on Your Application Journey (August 28, 2024)
- Practical exercises in PATENTSCOPE session 2 (August 22, 2024)
- Flawless Filing: Navigating Irregularities on Your Application Journey (August 21, 2024)
- WKC presents – Access to science and innovation in the developing world (August 21, 2024)
- Practical exercises in PATENTSCOPE session 2 (August 20, 2024)
- Flawless Filing: Navigating Irregularities on Your Application Journey (August 14, 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)
- Online Course on Gender Perspectives in the Management and Functions of IP Offices in Latin America (July 23, 2024)
- CWS Sequence Listings Task Force Meeting (July 18, 2024)
- Exploring the Locarno Classification: Insights and Applications (July 18, 2024)
- Mastering ePCT webinar series: Declarations under PCT Rule 4.17 (July 18, 2024)
- Mastering ePCT webinar series: Declarations under PCT Rule 4.17 (July 16, 2024)
- The importance of patent data for the investor (July 12, 2024)
- Practical exercises in PATENTSCOPE session 1 (July 11, 2024)
- WIPO's COVID-19 Response Package (July 10, 2024)
- Online Training and Mentoring under the Project Empowering Selected Asian Brands to Enter Chinese Market Through IP Protection, Effective Strategies on Branding, Market Development and Commercialization (July 9, 2024)
- Practical exercises in PATENTSCOPE session 1 (July 9, 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)
- ePCT Webinar Series for receiving Offices - Defects and changes (July 4, 2024)
- Exploring the Locarno Classification: Insights and Applications (July 4, 2024)
- Launch of the WIPO Patent Landscape Report on Generative AI (July 3, 2024) (July 3, 2024)
- CWS XML4IP Task Force Meeting (July 2, 2024)
- Online Training and Mentoring under the Project Empowering Selected Asian Brands to Enter Chinese Market Through IP Protection, Effective Strategies on Branding, Market Development and Commercialization (July 2, 2024)
- Regional Webinar for CACEEC “PCT System: International Search and International Preliminary Examination” (July 2, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Common Mistakes Made by Madrid System Users (in Korean) (June 28, 2024)
- Chemical searches in PATENTSCOPE (June 27, 2024)
- CWS ICT Strategy Task Force Meeting (June 27, 2024)
- ePCT Webinar Series for receiving Offices - Corrections and replacement sheets (June 27, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Managing International Trademark Registrations – Change Ownership (in Chinese) (June 27, 2024)
- TTO Network Mentoring Program for the Spin-offs in the Baltic States: Module 3 “Investors and Partners” (June 27, 2024)
- Webinar for Women Innovators and Entrepreneurs: Patents, the Patent Cooperation Treaty and Sustainable Development Goals (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)
- Chemical searches in PATENTSCOPE (June 25, 2024)
- IPO Green Webinar with INPI Brazil (June 25, 2024)
- Online Training and Mentoring under the Project Empowering Selected Asian Brands to Enter Chinese Market Through IP Protection, Effective Strategies on Branding, Market Development and Commercialization (June 25, 2024)
- International Patent Drafting Training Program (2024) –Third Edition (June 24 to June 28, 2024)
- ePCT Webinar Series for receiving Offices - Priority claims/Priority document (June 20, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: The Madrid System for Newcomers – A Beginner's Guide to WIPO's International Trademark System (in Japanese) (June 20, 2024)
- Regional Webinar for CACEEC “PCT system - Safeguard mechanisms in the PCT: Restoration of Priority Rights and Reinstatement of Rights when Entering National Phase” (June 20, 2024)
- 5th Trilateral Cooperation technical webinar: "The Interplay between Intellectual Property and Competition in Support of Innovation and Access to Health Technologies” (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)
- Online Training and Mentoring under the Project Empowering Selected Asian Brands to Enter Chinese Market Through IP Protection, Effective Strategies on Branding, Market Development and Commercialization (June 18, 2024)
- WIPO - UNIGE Summer School on Intellectual Property (June 17 to June 28, 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)
- ePCT Webinar Series for receiving Offices - Fees (June 13, 2024)
- Online WIPO Mediation and Arbitration Workshop (EN) (June 13, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: How to File an International Trademark Application (in English) (June 12, 2024)
- Online WIPO Mediation and Arbitration Workshop (EN) (June 12, 2024)
- CWS XML4IP and Legal Status Task Forces Joint Meeting (June 11, 2024)
- Online WIPO Mediation and Arbitration Workshop (June 11, 2024)
- Program and Budget Committee (June 10 to June 14, 2024)
- ePCT Webinar Series for receiving Offices - Process a new application (June 6, 2024)
- Regional Webinar for CACEEC “PCT system: Amendments of the Claims on the international phase” (June 6, 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)
- Overview of WIPO and its Activities to Support Women Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Creators (May 24, 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)
- PATENTSCOPE Overview (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)
- PATENTSCOPE Overview (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)