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- Case studies (IP Advantage): national IP success stories.
- Policies: IP policies, manuals and model agreements from national universities and research institutions.
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Recent Events
- Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) (November 17 to November 21, 2025)
- Committee of Experts of the Locarno Union (October 20 to October 22, 2025)
- Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs (October 6 to October 10, 2025)
- Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks (September 22 to September 26, 2025)
- Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- International Patent Drafting Training Program (2025) - Forth Edition (June 23 to June 27, 2025)
- Program and Budget Committee (June 16 to June 20, 2025)
- Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (May 30 to June 5, 2025)
- Program and Budget Committee (May 19 to May 23, 2025)
- Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) (May 5 to May 9, 2025)
- Nice Union - Committee of Experts (April 28 to May 2, 2025)
- Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (March 24 to March 27, 2025)
- Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (March 3 to March 7, 2025)
- Advisory Committee on Enforcement (February 4 to February 6, 2025)
- Committee of Experts of the Vienna Union (January 20 to January 21, 2025)
- 2024 Insights Unwrapped: Dive into the Latest Updates (December 18, 2024)
- Launch of the WIPO Toolkit on New Product Development and Inventions in the Public Domain (December 12, 2024)
- Advancing Sustainability: IPI Switzerland’s Journey Toward the Green Transition and Global SDG Impact (December 11, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Everything you Wanted to Know about the Madrid System (in English) (December 11, 2024)
- 2024 Insights Unwrapped: Dive into the Latest Updates (December 11, 2024)
- Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) (December 9 to December 13, 2024)
- WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee (IAOC) (December 9 to December 13, 2024)
- The future of IP financing for economic growth (December 6, 2024)
- Classification searches in PATENTSCOPE (December 5, 2024)
- CWS Task Forces Quarterly Review Meeting (December 4, 2024)
- 2024 Insights Unwrapped: Dive into the Latest Updates (December 4, 2024)
- Classification searches in PATENTSCOPE (December 3, 2024)
- GBD Autumn Session 5 - Practical exercises (December 3, 2024)
- IP Information Roundtable 2024 (December 3, 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)
- Briefing Session for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Group in Geneva (November 28, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Everything you Wanted to Know about the Madrid System (in Chinese) (November 28, 2024)
- Overview of PATENTSCOPE (November 28, 2024)
- Subsequent Procedures of the PCT (November 28, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Learning from Common Mistakes made by Madrid System Users (in Korean) (November 27, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Record a Change in Ownership of an International Trademark Registration (in English) (November 27, 2024)
- Making Payment Smooth and Simple (November 27, 2024)
- GBD Autumn Session 4 - Explore tab + Goods and Services Explorer (November 26, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Frequently Asked Questions about the Madrid System’s Online Services (in Japanese) (November 26, 2024)
- Overview of PATENTSCOPE (November 26, 2024)
- WIPO to Host First 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)
- International Application and International Search (November 21, 2024)
- Online Branding Bootcamp for Young Content Creators (November 21, 2024)
- Seminar on the Practical Aspects of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks for Advanced Users (November 21 to November 22, 2024)
- Making Payment Smooth and Simple (November 20, 2024)
- GBD Autumn Session 3 - Advanced searches + Creating reports (November 19, 2024)
- Making Payment Smooth and Simple (November 13, 2024)
- Overview and benefits of PCT (November 13, 2024)
- WIPO publication "Contracts in Publishing: A toolkit for authors and publishers" (November 13, 2024)
- CWS XML41P Task Force Meeting (November 12, 2024)
- GBD Autumn Session 2 - Brand logo search + Vienna Assistant (November 12, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: Madrid System Promotion and Marketing and all About Fees (Session 1) (English with French sub-titles) (November 12, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: Madrid System Promotion and Marketing and all About Fees (Session 2) (English with Spanish sub-titles) (November 12, 2024)
- Regional Prime Webinar on the “Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and Transfer of Technology for Universities and Small Entities from CACEEC” (November 12, 2024)
- Overview of Intellectual Property in the United States (November 8, 2024)
- Risks associated with IP financing: Can they be curbed? (November 8, 2024)
- Coordination Meeting with Private Sectors Associations on IP Enforcement (November 5, 2024)
- GBD Autumn Session 1 - Brand name search + Understanding data coverage (November 5, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: Role of the Office of a Designated Madrid System Member – Part 3 (Session 1) (English with French sub-titles) (November 5, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: Role of the Office of a Designated Madrid System Member – Part 3 (Session 2) (English with Spanish sub-titles) (November 5, 2024)
- Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) Training Seminar on Patent Search (November 5 to November 6, 2024)
- WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property (IP) and Frontier Technologies: Tenth Session (November 5 to November 6, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Make a Correction in the International Register (in Chinese) (October 31, 2024)
- CWS API Task Force Meeting (October 30, 2024)
- Discover DAS: Your Guide to the WIPO Digital Access Service (October 30, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Make the Most of Madrid System Online Services (in English) (October 30, 2024)
- IPTIs Connect Session: Sparking Youth Potential Through IPTIs (October 29, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: Role of the Office of a Designated Madrid System Member – Part 2 (Session 1) (English with French sub-titles) (October 29, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: Role of the Office of a Designated Madrid System Member – Part 2 (Session 2) (English with Spanish sub-titles) (October 29, 2024)
- CWS Digital Transformation Task Force Meeting (October 24, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Expand Protection of Your International Trademark Registration (in Korean) (October 24, 2024)
- Exploring Global Design Protection: The Hague System Explained (October 23, 2024)
- WIPO Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) Regional Meeting for Arab Countries-Webinar (October 23, 2024)
- Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs (October 21 to October 23, 2024)
- Launch of the Toolkit developed under the project: Supporting SMEs in the Pacific Alliance´s countries (October 18, 2024)
- Breaking down language barriers in PATENTSCOPE (October 17, 2024)
- Exploring Global Design Protection: The Hague System Explained (October 17, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Everything You Wanted to Know about the Madrid System (in Japanese) (October 17, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: How to File an International Trademark Application (in Russian) (October 17, 2024)
- Breaking down language barriers in PATENTSCOPE (October 15, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: The Role of the Office of a Designated Madrid System Member – Part 1 (Session 1) (English with French sub-titles) (October 15, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: The Role of the Office of a Designated Madrid System Member – Part 1 (Session 2) (English with Spanish sub-titles) (October 15, 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)
- WIPO-Saudi Arabia Summer School on IP (October 13 to October 24, 2024)
- How does IP-backed lending differ from traditional asset-backed lending? (October 11, 2024)
- Exploring Global Design Protection: The Hague System Explained (October 9, 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)
- Global Challenges Seminar: Driving Med Tech Innovation Ecosystems in LDCs (October 1, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: The Transition to Madrid E-filing and Madrid Application Assistant; XML Data Exchange (Session 1) (English with French sub-titles) (October 1, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: The Transition to Madrid E-filing and Madrid Application Assistant; XML Data Exchange (Session 2) (English with Spanish sub-titles) (October 1, 2024)
- Launch of the Global Innovation Index 2024 (September 26, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Transformation and Replacement of an International Trademark Registration (in Korean) (September 26, 2024)
- Non-Patent Literature in PATENTSCOPE (September 26, 2024)
- Efficiently Handling Your International Design Registrations: Simplifying Transactions (September 25, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: How to File an International Trademark Application (in French) (September 25, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Managing international trademark registrations – Renewal (in Chinese) (September 25, 2024)
- Non-Patent Literature in PATENTSCOPE (September 24, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: The Madrid Office Portal and Overview of Online Services (Session 1) (English with French sub-titles) (September 24, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: The Madrid Office Portal and Overview of Online Services (Session 2) (English with Spanish sub-titles) (September 24, 2024)
- Online Webinar on IP Awareness Raising for SMES’s from The Caribbean Community (September 24, 2024)
- Regional Webinar for CACEEC “PCT System: Filing Documents/Requests after Filing the PCT Application” (September 24, 2024)
- WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee (September 24 to September 27, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Preparing Your International Trademark Application: Tips for Avoiding Irregularities (in Japanese) (September 19, 2024)
- Efficiently Handling Your International Design Registrations: Simplifying Transactions (September 18, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Protecting Your Trademark in India – Understanding Examination and Refusal Procedures (in English) (September 18, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: The International Trademark Application Process; Roles of the Office of Origin and WIPO (Session 1) (English with French sub-titles) (September 17, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: The International Trademark Application Process; Roles of the Office of Origin and WIPO (Session 2) (English with Spanish sub-titles) (September 17, 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 and EMPACT Initiatives on IP Crime (September 12 to September 13, 2024)
- Efficiently Handling Your International Design Registrations: Simplifying Transactions (September 11, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Protecting Trademarks Internationally with WIPO's Madrid System – A Guide for SMEs (in English) (September 11, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Protecting Trademarks Internationally with WIPO's Madrid System – A Guide for SMEs (in Russian) (September 10, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: General Overview of the Madrid System; How to Become a Member of the Madrid System (Session 1) (English with French sub-titles) (September 10, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: General Overview of the Madrid System; How to Become a Member of the Madrid System (Session 2) (English with Spanish sub-titles) (September 10, 2024)
- Webinar for patent landscape report on Agrifood (September 10, 2024)
- On-line course of advanced level training for trademark examiners of the Latin American IP offices focused on the examination of specific types of trademarks (September 9 to September 20, 2024)
- GBD Summer Session 5 – Practical exercises (September 4, 2024)
- Regional Prime Webinar on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and WIPO Services: PATENTSCOPE for CACEEC (September 3, 2024)
- WIPO-EEC Sub-Regional Webinar on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Members of Judiciary and Law Enforcement Officials (September 3 to September 4, 2024)
- WIPO-EEC Sub-Regional Webinar on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Members of Judiciary and Law Enforcement Officials (September 3 to September 4, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Managing International Trademark Registrations – Subsequent Designation (in Chinese) (August 29, 2024)
- Flawless Filing: Navigating Irregularities on Your Application Journey (August 28, 2024)
- GBD Summer Session 4 - Explore tab + Goods and Services Explorer (August 28, 2024)
- Inventor Assistance Program in South Africa – Creating Value from Intangible Assets through an IP Lens (August 28, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Protecting Trademarks Internationally with WIPO's Madrid System – A Guide for SMEs (in Korean) (August 28, 2024)
- Branding for Mashhad's Saffron (August 26, 2024)
- Online follow-up activity of the Pilot Project on Intellectual Property (IP) for Women Entrepreneurs in Latin American Countries (August 25 to August 30, 2024)
- Practical exercises in PATENTSCOPE session 2 (August 22, 2024)
- Flawless Filing: Navigating Irregularities on Your Application Journey (August 21, 2024)
- GBD Summer Session 3 - Advanced searches + Creating reports (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)
- Branding for Mashhad's Saffron (August 19, 2024)
- GBD Summer Session 2 - Brand logo search + Vienna assistant (August 15, 2024)
- Flawless Filing: Navigating Irregularities on Your Application Journey (August 14, 2024)
- IP financing policies: What are they about? (August 9, 2024)
- GBD Summer Session 1 - Brand name search + Understanding data coverage (August 7, 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)