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Согласно российскому законодательству (ст.1235 ГК РФ), лицензионный договор на использование товарного знака должен быть заключен в письменном виде и зарегистрирован в ФГБУ «ФИПС». Передача исключительных прав третьим лицам без договора возможна только в случае наследования или реорганизации юридического лица. Процедуру регистрации можно также провести на международном уровне, подав ходатайство в ВОИС (Всемирную организацию интеллектуальной собственности).

Регистрация лицензионного договора в ВОИС

Практически во всех странах, как и в России, лицензионный договор на товарный знак должен быть зарегистрирован для его правомерного использования. Исключение составляет законодательство следующих государств (на их территории регистрация не требуется):

• Австралия;
• Германия;
• Новая Зеландия.

Внесение договора в реестр ВОИС (WIPO) помогает упростить и ускорить эту процедуру, которая проводится только один раз для всех стран, указанных в ходатайстве от заявителя, и требует уплаты только одной «универсальной» пошлины. Членами-участниками данной организации в настоящий момент являются более 150 государств. Международная регистрация договора в WIPO целесообразна в первую очередь в том случае, когда планируется выход производителя на широкий международный рынок.

Особенности национального законодательства

Следует учитывать, что в ряде государств внесение записи в реестр ВОИС не имеет силы и требует обращения непосредственно в национальное патентное ведомство. К таким странам относятся:

• Россия;
• Китай;
• Таиланд;
• Япония;
• Греция;
• Корея;
• Индия;
• Индонезия;
• Грузия;
• Кыргызстан;
• Молдова;
• Камбоджа;
• Колумбия;
• Гамбия;
• Лаосская Народно-Демократическая Республика;
• Мексика;
• Сингапур;
• члены Африканской организации интеллектуальной собственности (Бенин, Буркина-Фасо, Камерун, Центральноафриканская республика, Чад, Конго, Гвинея и еще 10 африканских государств).

Способы регистрации договора

Внесение договора в реестры может производиться 3 способами:

• Путем подачи ходатайства непосредственно в ВОИС. Офис организации находится в Швейцарии, в Женеве. Отправить документы можно через онлайн-сервис на официальном сайте ВОИС (на английском, французском или испанском языке).
• Через национальное патентное ведомство (в России – ФГБУ «ФИПС», или «Роспатент») в стране, на территории которой проживает правообладатель. Данная процедура аналогична регистрации товарного знака по Мадридской системе. При этом необходимо учитывать, что предварительно лицензионный договор должен быть зарегистрирован в «Роспатенте».
• С помощью подачи документов в патентное ведомство того государства, на территории которого планируется использование товарного знака (место регистрации договаривающейся стороны).

Взаимодействие с национальными патентными ведомствами большинства государств производится через патентных поверенных. Данное требование законодательства действует также в отношении иностранных граждан, обращающихся в «Роспатент».

Необходимые документы

Подача ходатайства о регистрации договора в ВОИС должна производиться на специальном бланке ММ13. Основные сведения, которые указывают в этом документе, включают следующие данные:

• номер международной регистрации товарного знака;
• имя правообладателя и лицензиата;
• классы товаров и услуг, в отношении которых осуществляется передача исключительных прав;
• способ получения корреспонденции и уведомлений (в бумажном или электронном виде);
• договаривающиеся стороны (государства) и территориальное ограничение.

В качестве необязательной может также предоставляться следующая информация:

• гражданство физического лица, являющегося лицензиатом;
• для юридических лиц:
  • организационно-правовая форма;
  • государство и территориальная единица, на которой было зарегистрировано данное юридическое лицо;
• указание о том, является ли лицензия исключительной (при его отсутствии она признается неисключительной);
• срок действия лицензии (он не превышает нормативную длительность правовой охраны товарного знака, которая в большинстве стран составляет 10 лет).

Ходатайство может оформляться в отношении нескольких договаривающихся сторон (для одного и того же правообладателя). Данный документ должен быть подписан владельцем товарного знака или заверен национальным патентным ведомством, через которое он подается (ФГБУ «ФИПС»). Предоставлять копии лицензионного соглашения в ВОИС не требуется.

Процедура регистрации

Процедура регистрации договора на использование товарного знака включает в себя следующие этапы:

1. Подача ходатайства, его проверка сотрудниками международной патентной организации на соответствие требованиям ВОИС.
2. При выявлении нарушений отправляется уведомление заявителю или в национальное патентное ведомство (ФГБУ «ФИПС»), если заявка была предоставлена через него.
3. При отсутствии ответных действий со стороны правообладателя в течение 3 месяцев делопроизводство в ВОИС прекращается, о чем также предоставляется уведомление. Владелец может ходатайствовать о продлении срока для отправки исправленных документов.
4. Если нарушения требований международной регистрации отсутствуют, то специалисты ВОИС вносят запись в Международный реестр на дату получения документов. Правообладателю (или патентному ведомству) направляется уведомление об этом.

Общая длительность данной процедуры составляет 2-3 месяца.

Пошлины

Для международной регистрации лицензионного договора по товарному знаку необходима уплата пошлины в размере 177 швейцарских франков. Эта сумма одинакова как для полной, так и для частичной регистрации (в отношении нескольких классов МКТУ из тех, на которые распространяется действие торговой марки), а также при внесении изменений в сведения о лицензии.

Получить консультации по международной регистрации лицензионных договоров можно в патентном бюро «EzyBrand». Патентные поверенные также помогут зарегистрировать торговую марку «под ключ», выполнив все необходимые процедуры от подачи заявки до получения свидетельства.

Рассказываем про интеллектуальные права, кратко освещаем важные новости для бизнеса и делимся результатами своей работы.
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Специализированное агентство Организации Объединенных Наций

Всемирная организация интеллектуальной собственности

Аббревиатура	WIPO
Formation	14 июля 1967 г.; 53 года назад (1967-07-14)
Тип	Специализированное учреждение ООН
Правовой статус	Действует
Штаб-квартира	Женева, Швейцария
Глава	Генеральный директор. Дарен Тан
Головная организация	Экономический и Социальный Совет ООН
Веб-сайт	www.wipo.int
Портал политики

The Всемирная организация интеллектуальной собственности (WIPO ; французский : Organization mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) является одним из 15 специализированных агентств Организация Объединенных Наций (ООН). В соответствии с Конвенцией 1967 об учреждении Всемирной организации интеллектуальной собственности, ВОИС была создана для поощрения и защиты интеллектуальной собственности (ИС) во всем мире путем сотрудничества со странами, а также с международными организациями. Он начал свою деятельность 26 апреля 1970 года, когда конвенция вступила в силу.

Деятельность ВОИС включает организацию форумов для обсуждения и формирования международных правил и политики в области ИС, предоставление глобальных услуг по регистрации и защите ИС в разных странах, разрешение трансграничных споров в области ИС, помощь в соединении систем ИС с помощью единых стандартов и инфраструктуры и обслуживание в качестве общей справочной базы данных по всем вопросам ИС; это включает предоставление отчетов и статистических данных о состоянии защиты интеллектуальной собственности или инноваций как в мире, так и в отдельных странах. ВОИС также работает с правительствами, неправительственными организациями (НПО) и частными лицами в целях использования ИС для социально-экономического развития.

ВОИС администрирует 26 международных договоров, которые касаются широкого круга вопросов интеллектуальной собственности, начиная от защиты радиовещания и заканчивая установлением международной патентной классификации. Он управляется Генеральной Ассамблеей и Координационным комитетом, которые вместе определяют политику и служат в качестве основных органов, принимающих решения. Генеральная Ассамблея также избирает главного администратора ВОИС, Генерального директора, в настоящее время Фрэнсиса Гарри из Австралии, который вступил в должность 1 октября 2008 г. и был повторно назначен в мае 2014 г. на второй шестилетний срок. ВОИС находится в ведении секретариата, который помогает выполнять ее повседневную деятельность.

со штаб-квартирой в Женеве, Швейцария, ВОИС имеет «внешние офисы» по всему миру, в том числе в Алжире, Алжир; Рио-де-Жанейро, Бразилия; Пекин, Китай, Токио, Япония; Москва, Россия; и Сингапур. В отличие от большинства организаций системы ООН, ВОИС не сильно полагается на начисленные или добровольные взносы государств-членов; 95 процентов ее бюджета поступает за счет сборов, связанных с ее глобальными услугами.

В настоящее время ВОИС насчитывает 193 государства-члена, включая 190 государств-членов ООН и Острова Кука, Святой Престол и Ниуэ ; Палестина имеет статус постоянного наблюдателя. Единственными нечленами являются Федеративные Штаты Микронезии, Палау и Южный Судан.

Содержание

• 1 История
  • 1.1 Программа развития
• 2 Информационная сеть
• 3 Отдел экономики и статистики
• 4 Показатели мировой интеллектуальной собственности
• 5 Генеральные директора
• 6 См. Также
• 7 Примечания
• 8 Ссылки
• 9 Внешние ссылки

История

Предшественником ВОИС было Объединенное международное бюро по охране интеллектуальной собственности (Bureaux Internationaux Réunis pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle, с французским акроним «BIRPI»), который был учрежден в 1893 году для исполнения Бернской конвенции по охране литературных и художественных произведений и Парижской конвенции по охране промышленной собственности.

ВОИС была официально создана Конвенцией об учреждении Всемирной организации интеллектуальной собственности, которая вступила в силу 26 апреля 1970 г. Эта дата отмечается ежегодно проводится как Всемирный день интеллектуальной собственности, что повышает осведомленность о важности интеллектуальной собственности. В соответствии со статьей 3 этой Конвенции ВОИС стремится «содействовать защите интеллектуальной собственности во всем мире». ВОИС стала специализированным учреждением ООН в 1974 г. В Статье 1 Соглашения между Организацией Объединенных Наций и Всемирной организацией интеллектуальной собственности отмечается, что ВОИС отвечает

штаб-квартирой ВОИС, Женева

за содействие творческой интеллектуальной деятельности и для облегчения передачи технологий, связанных с промышленной собственностью, в развивающиеся страны в целях ускорения экономического, социального и культурного развития, в соответствии с компетенцией и обязанностями Организации Объединенных Наций и ее органов, в частности Конференции Организации Объединенных Наций по торговле и развитию, Программа развития Организации Объединенных Наций и Организация Объединенных Наций по промышленному развитию, а также Организация Объединенных Наций по вопросам образования, науки и культуры и другие учреждения системы Организации Объединенных Наций.

Члены ВОИС Члены нечлены

Соглашение ознаменовало переход ВОИС от мандата, унаследованного в 1967 г. от BIRPI, по продвижению защиты интеллектуальной собственности, в то, что связано с более сложной задачей содействия передаче технологий и экономическому развитию.

В отличие от других подразделений Организации Объединенных Наций, ВОИС обладает значительными финансовыми ресурсами, независимыми от взносов ее государств-членов. В 2018 г. доход ВОИС составил 430,6 млн швейцарских франков. 74,6% доходов ВОИС в 2018 г. было получено за счет пошлин по Договору о патентной кооперации (РСТ).

В сентябре 2020 г. Китай заблокировал Фонду Викимедиа статус наблюдателя в ВОИС, сославшись на существование Викимедиа. филиал в Тайване. Согласно заявлению Китая, «есть основания полагать, что этот фонд через свои членские организации осуществляет политическую деятельность, которая может подорвать суверенитет и территориальную целостность государства».

Повестка дня развития

В В октябре 2004 г. ВОИС согласилась принять предложение Аргентины и Бразилии «Предложение по разработке Повестки дня ВОИС в области развития» — из Женевской декларации о будущем Всемирной организации интеллектуальной собственности. Это предложение было хорошо поддержано развивающимися странами. Согласованная «Повестка дня ВОИС в области развития» (состоящая из более 45 рекомендаций) явилась кульминацией длительного процесса трансформации организации от той, которая исторически была в первую очередь направлена ​​на защиту интересов правообладателей, к программе, которая все в большей степени учитывала интересы другие заинтересованные стороны в международной системе интеллектуальной собственности, а также интеграция в более широкий свод международного права в области прав человека, окружающей среды и экономического сотрудничества.

Ряд организаций гражданского общества работают над проектом договора Доступ к знаниям (A2K), который они хотели бы видеть представленным.

В декабре 2011 г. ВОИС опубликовала свой первый Отчет о мировой интеллектуальной собственности об изменении облика инноваций — первый такой отчет нового Управления главного экономиста. ВОИС также является соиздателем Global Innovation Index.

Информационная сеть

ВОИС создала WIPOnet, глобальную информационную сеть. Проект направлен на объединение более 300 ведомств интеллектуальной собственности (ведомств ИС) во всех государствах-членах ВОИС. Помимо обеспечения средств безопасной связи между всеми подключенными сторонами, WIPOnet является основой для услуг ВОИС в области интеллектуальной собственности.

Отдел экономики и статистики

Отдел экономики и статистики ВОИС собирает данные об интеллектуальной собственности деятельность по всему миру и публикует статистику для общественности. Отдел также проводит экономический анализ того, как государственная политика в области ИС и инноваций влияет на экономические показатели.

Показатели мировой интеллектуальной собственности

С 2009 г. ВОИС публикует ежегодные Показатели мировой интеллектуальной собственности, обеспечивающий широкий спектр показателей, охватывающих области интеллектуальной собственности. Он основан на данных национальных и региональных ведомств ИС, ВОИС, Всемирного банка и ЮНЕСКО.

Генеральных директоров

Генеральных директоров ВОИС

№	Срок	Имя	С
1	1970–1973	Георг Боденхаузен	Нидерланды
2	1973–1997	Арпад Богш	США
3	1997–2008	Камил Эльтайеб Идрис	Судан
4	2008–2020	Фрэнсис Гарри	Австралия
5	2020 – фактический	Дарен Танг	Сингапур

1 Октябрь 2020 г. Дарен Тан из Сингапура сменил Гарри на посту генерального директора. Его кандидатура была поддержана Соединенными Штатами, а не более предпочтительным кандидатом Китая, Ван Биньин.

См. Также

• Торговое соглашение по борьбе с контрафакцией
• Организация интеллектуальной собственности
• Список сторон международных соглашений об авторском праве
• Государства-члены Всемирной организации интеллектуальной собственности
• Патент
• Договор о материальном патентном праве (SPLT)
• Единая политика разрешения споров о доменных именах
• США и Организация Объединенных Наций
• ВОИС Lex
• договоры Всемирной организации интеллектуальной собственности

Примечания

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World Intellectual Property Organization

Abbreviation	WIPO
Formation	14 July 1967; 55 years ago
Type	United Nations specialised agency
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	Geneva, Switzerland
Membership	193 member states
Head	Daren Tang Director General
Parent organization	United Nations Economic and Social Council
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; French: Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN).^{[1][2][notes 1]} Pursuant to the 1967 Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO was created to promote and protect intellectual property (IP) across the world by cooperating with countries as well as international organizations.^[5] It began operations on 26 April 1970 when the convention entered into force. The current Director General is Singaporean Daren Tang, former head of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, who began his term on 1 October 2020.^[6]

WIPO’s activities include hosting forums to discuss and shape international IP rules and policies, providing global services that register and protect IP in different countries, resolving transboundary IP disputes, helping connect IP systems through uniform standards and infrastructure, and serving as a general reference database on all IP matters; this includes providing reports and statistics on the state of IP protection or innovation both globally and in specific countries.^[7] WIPO also works with governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and individuals to utilize IP for socioeconomic development.

WIPO administers 26 international treaties that concern a wide variety of intellectual property issues, ranging from the protection of audiovisual works to establishing international patent classification.^[8] It is governed by the General Assembly and the Coordination Committee, which together set policy and serve as the main decision making bodies. The General Assembly also elects WIPO’s chief administrator, the Director General, currently Daren Tang of Singapore, who took office on 1 October 2020.^[9] WIPO is administered by a Secretariat that helps carry out its day-to-day activities.

Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, WIPO has «external offices» around the world, including in Algiers (Algeria); Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan); Abuja (Nigeria); Moscow (Russia); and Singapore (Singapore).^[10] Unlike most UN organizations, WIPO does not rely heavily on assessed or voluntary contributions from member states; 95 percent of its budget comes from fees related to its global services.^[11]

WIPO currently has 193 member states,^[12] including 190 UN member states and the Cook Islands, Holy See and Niue; Palestine has permanent observer status.^[13] The only non-members, among the countries recognised by the UN are the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau and South Sudan.^{[citation needed]}

History[edit]

Pre BIRPI[edit]

1883 – Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property[edit]

The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property was adopted in 1883 and was one of the first intellectual property treaties. It established a Union for the protection of industrial property. It applies to a wide range of industrial property including patents, trademarks, utility models, industrial designs, trade names, service marks, geographical indications as well as the «repression of unfair competition». The Paris Convention was the first international agreement to protect the works of creators in other countries.^[14]

The Convention was adopted in diplomatic conferences held in Paris in 1880 and 1883, it was then signed on 20 March 1883, on behalf of Brazil, France, Guatemala, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Spain and Switzerland, Belgium, Italy and El Salvador. It consisted of the Convention proper, which contains 19 articles, and the Protocole de clôture (Final Protocol), which is almost the same length as the Convention proper.^[15]

The «International Bureau» established by the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property later became part of BIRPI and later WIPO.^[16]

1886 – Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works[edit]

The Berne Convention was adopted in 1886, it deals with copyright, the protection of works and rights of authors and rights holders. It provides creators including writers, poets, painters, musicians with ways to control how and by who their works are used and the terms of use. It also contains provisions on minimum protections and special provisions for developing countries.^[17] The Convention follows three basic principles; that works originating in one of the Contracting States must be given the same protection in each of the other Contracting States (principle of «national treatment»), that there is automatic protection and no formal process is required and that protection under the convention is independent of protection in the country of origin of the work (principle of «independence» of protection).^[18] The «International Bureau» was created to oversee the Berne Convention and later became part of BIRPI and later WIPO.

1891 – Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks[edit]

In 1891 nine of the 14 States to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property created the first «special arrangements for the protection of industrial property». Along with the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement (1989) it created the Madrid System, the primary international system for facilitating the registration of trademarks in multiple jurisdictions around the world.^[19]

BIRPI[edit]

The Bureaus created to administer the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property were under «the high supervision» (haute surveillance) of the Government of the Swiss Confederation. In 1893 the Swiss government combined them with the same director and same staff as United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Bureaux internationaux réunis pour la protection de la propriété intellectuelle (BIRPI).^[20] BIRPI was the predecessor of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) which superseded it 87 years later, in 1970.^[21]

Formation of WIPO[edit]

WIPO was formally created by the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, which entered into force on 26 April 1970.^[22] WIPO allowed members who were part of the Berne Convention, Paris Convention or a member of the United Nations system including the United Nations, any of its specialized agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency or the International Court of Justice.^[23]

That date is commemorated annually as World Intellectual Property Day, which raises awareness of the importance of IP. Under Article 3 of this convention, WIPO seeks to «promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world». WIPO became a specialized agency of the UN in 1974. The Agreement between the United Nations and the World Intellectual Property Organization^[24] notes in Article 1 that WIPO is responsible:

for promoting creative intellectual activity and for facilitating the transfer of technology related to industrial property to the developing countries in order to accelerate economic, social and cultural development, subject to the competence and responsibilities of the United Nations and its organs, particularly the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, as well as of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and of other agencies within the United Nations system.

The Agreement marked a transition for WIPO from the mandate it inherited in 1967 from BIRPI, to promote the protection of intellectual property, to one that involved the more complex task of promoting technology transfer and economic development.^{[25][need quotation to verify]}

WIPO joining the United Nations[edit]

In 1974 WIPO became a specialized agency of the United Nations through a bilateral agreement between WIPO and the United Nations.This was approved by the General Assembly of WIPO on 27 September 1974, and by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 17 December 1974. A protocol was signed by Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kurt Waldheim and Director General of WIPO Árpád Bogsch, on 21 January 1975, with the Agreement starting on 17 December 1974.^[26]

WIPO Development agenda[edit]

In October 2004, WIPO agreed to adopt a proposal offered by Argentina and Brazil, the «Proposal for the Establishment of a Development Agenda for WIPO»—from the Geneva Declaration on the Future of the World Intellectual Property Organization.^[27] This proposal was well supported by developing countries. The agreed «WIPO Development Agenda»^[28] (composed of over 45 recommendations) was the culmination of a long process of transformation for the organization from one that had historically been primarily aimed at protecting the interests of rightholders, to one that has increasingly incorporated the interests of other stakeholders in the international intellectual property system as well as integrating into the broader corpus of international law on human rights, environment and economic cooperation.

A number of civil society bodies have been working on a draft Access to Knowledge (A2K)^[29] treaty which they would like to see introduced.

In 2009, WIPO started drafting future treaties on intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore in relation with indigenous peoples and local communities.

In December 2011, WIPO published its first World Intellectual Property Report on the Changing Face of Innovation, the first such report of the new Office of the Chief Economist.^[30] WIPO is also a co-publisher of the Global Innovation Index.^[31]

Recent events[edit]

In September 2020 China blocked the Wikimedia Foundation from observer status at WIPO citing the existence of a Wikimedia affiliate in Taiwan. According to the Chinese statement «there is reason to believe that this foundation has been carrying out political activities through its member organizations which could undermine the state’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.»^[32][33] China again rejected Wikimedia’s bid, for the same reason, in October 2021.^[34]

WIPO, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the WTO launched on 11 April 2022 their new Trilateral COVID-19 Technical Assistance Platform. This new tool aims to help members and WTO accession candidates address their capacity building needs to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Platform provides members and accession candidates with a single contact form which they can use to reach out to the trilateral organizations.^[35]

Global services[edit]

Patent Cooperation Treaty[edit]

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (1970) established a service which assists individuals, companies, and institutions in seeking patent protection internationally for their inventions.^[36][37] It also helps patent offices with their patent granting decisions and facilitates public access to technical information relating to those inventions. 153 countries are currently party to the PCT.^[38]

Under the PCT, an applicant can file one PCT application in one language, at one patent office, within 12 months from the date of the earliest patent application which has been filed for the same invention (the «priority date»). This one PCT application has the same legal effect as filing separate regional or national patent applications in all PCT member countries.

PCT applications are processed in a standardized manner as provided in the Treaty and Regulations, including an international search for documents relevant to the potential patentability of the invention and international publication.^[39] Granting patents remains under the control of the regional or national patent Offices in the «national phase».

Using the PCT, patent applicants can postpone paying national and regional patent-related fees while they learn about the likelihood of obtaining a patent, benefitting from the additional time and information to help them decide whether, and in which countries, to pursue patents.^[40][41]

Madrid System[edit]

The Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks serves as a means to seek protection for trademarks worldwide, in over 120 countries.^[42][43] Created in 1891, the Madrid System is now governed by the Madrid Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1989). In order to become a member of the Madrid System, a state or intergovernmental organization must already be a party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883).^[44][45]

The Madrid System is a centralized trademark registration system: through a single application, in one language and with one set of fees (in one currency, the Swiss franc), protection can be obtained in member states and intergovernmental organizations.^[46][47] International registrations can then be modified, renewed or expanded, centrally through WIPO (rather than through each separate IP Office).^[48]

The Madrid System can only be used by a natural person or a legal entity, which is a national, is domiciled or has a company in the territory of a member of the Madrid System.

Lisbon System[edit]

The Lisbon System for the International Registration of Appellations of Origin and Geographical indications provides a means of obtaining international protection for a geographical indication or an appellation of origin.^{[49][50][51][52]} Geographical indications and appellations of origin are intellectual property rights which identify a product that originates from a specific geographical area and that has characteristics that are attributable to its geographical origin.^[53] Comté cheese (France), Chulucanas pottery (Peru), Tequila (Mexico), Porto (Portugal), Herend porcelain (Hungary), and Kampot pepper (Cambodia) are examples of appellations of origin and geographical indications registered under the Lisbon System.^{[54][55][56][57][58][59][60]} Through a single registration and one set of fees, protection can be obtained in the other countries (and intergovernmental organizations, such as the European Union) covered by the Lisbon System.^[61][62]

The Lisbon System includes the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration of 1958 (‘the Lisbon Agreement’) and, its latest revision, the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications of 2015 (‘the Geneva Act’) form the Lisbon System.^{[63][64][65][66]} Registrations under the Lisbon System are published in the official bulletin and can be searched through the Lisbon Express Database.^{[67][68][69][70]}

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center[edit]

The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center was established in 1994 as an international resource for alternatives to court litigation of intellectual property and technology disputes. It offers alternative dispute resolution (ADR) options including mediation, arbitration, and expert determination to resolve international commercial disputes between private parties. It is an administrator of cases and a provider of legal and policy expertise. The Center also provides domain name dispute resolution services under the WIPO-designed UDRP.^[71] It is based in Geneva, Switzerland and since 2010 the Center has had an office at Maxwell Chambers in Singapore.^[72][73][74]

Hague System[edit]

The WIPO Hague System^[75] for the International Registration of Industrial Designs provides an international mechanism for securing protection of up to 100 designs^[75][76] in multiple countries or regions, through a single international application, filed in one language and using one currency (Swiss francs).^[75]

International design applications are filed directly through WIPO, according to the requirements and procedures established by the Hague Agreement.^[77] The domestic legal framework of each designated contracting party governs the design protection provided by the resulting international registrations.^[78]

According to the rules laid out by the Hague Agreement, anyone who is a national of, or who has a domicile, habitual residence or real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in any Hague System contracting party^[79] – including any country of the European Union or the African Intellectual Property Organization – can use the Hague System. The Hague System does not require the applicant to file a national or regional design application.^[80]

On February 5, 2020, China officially deposited its accession documents for entering the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs and the Marrakesh Treaty (which increases the accessibility of publications to people with visual impairment), before the commencement of the Beijing Olympic Winter Games. The accession will take effect on May 5, 2022.

China became the 68th contracting party to the Geneva Act (1999) of the Hague Agreement and, therefore, the 77th member of the Hague System.^[81]

Funding[edit]

WIPO, unlike other UN agencies, derives most of its income from fees for the Global IP services it provides as opposed to Member States contributions.^[82] In 2020, WIPO’s revenue amounted to CHF 468.3 million.^[83] In 2020 WIPO generated over 94.3% of its revenue from fees that are paid by users of its intellectual property services for patents, trademarks and industrial designs due to international demand for intellectual property titles. These services are provided through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (providing 76.6% of revenue), Madrid System (providing 16.3% of revenue) and Hague System (providing 1.4% of revenue).^[83]

Governance and normative work[edit]

WIPO Assemblies[edit]

WIPO Assemblies develop global intellectual property agreements through bringing stakeholders together. The main policy and decision making bodies of WIPO are the Coordination Committee and the General Assembly.^[84] Twenty-two Assemblies, the Unions administered by WIPO, and other bodies of the Member States of WIPO meet in ordinary or extraordinary sessions in autumn. The General Assembly appoints the Director General through nomination by the Coordination Committee. Any of the policy and decision making bodies can constitute Permanent Committees or Standing Committees.^[85]

Standing Committees[edit]

Standing committees are ad hoc groups of experts established for a given purpose and acting as a place for policy discussions and negotiations on the future development of intellectual property. Any WIPO Standing Committee or other bodies also decide to establish a working group to examine a question in more detail, make suggestions or give advice on any subject within the competence of the Organization.^[86][87]

WIPO administered treaties[edit]

WIPO administers 26 treaties, including the WIPO Convention.^[88]

Intellectual property protection treaties[edit]

Intellectual property protection treaties define internationally agreed basic standards of intellectual property (IP) protection in each country.^[88]

Name	Description	Treaty text
Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances	The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances is a multilateral treaty which regulates copyright for audiovisual performances and expands the performers’ rights. It was adopted on 26 June 2012 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances of the World Intellectual Property Organization, in which 156 WIPO member states, six intergovernmental, and six non-governmental organizations participated. Forty-eight countries signed the treaty on 26 June, followed by 19 other countries in 2012 and 2013. The treaty entered into force on 28 April 2020 following the receipt of the 30th ratification or accession and as of August 2021 has 42 contracting parties.[89][90]	Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
Berne Convention	The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, usually known as the Berne Convention, was an international assembly held in 1886 in the Swiss city of Bern by ten European countries with the goal to agree on a set of legal principles for the protection of original work. They drafted and adopted a multi-party contract containing agreements for a uniform, crossing border system that became known under the same name. Its rules have been updated many times since then.[91][92] The treaty provides authors, musicians, poets, painters, and other creators with the means to control how their works are used, by whom, and on what terms.[93] In some jurisdictions these type of rights are being referred to as copyright.	Berne Convention
Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite		Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks		Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Marrakesh VIP Treaty	The Marrakesh VIP Treaty (formally the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, colloquially Marrakesh Treaty or MVT[94]) is a treaty on copyright adopted in Marrakesh, Morocco, on 27 June 2013.[95][96][97] It achieved the deposit of 20 instruments of ratification or accession by eligible parties needed for entry into force on June 30, 2016 and entered into force three months later, on September 30, 2016.[95] As of February 2023, the treaty has 92 contracting parties covering 118 WIPO Member States because the European Union joined as a block.[98]	Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Visually Impaired Persons or otherwise Print Disabled
Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol		Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property	The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed in Paris, France, on 20 March 1883, was one of the first intellectual property treaties. It established a Union for the protection of industrial property. The convention is currently still in force. The substantive provisions of the Convention fall into three main categories: national treatment, priority right and common rules.[99]	Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
Patent Law Treaty	The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is a treaty signed on 1 June 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland, by 53 States and the European Patent Organisation (an intergovernmental organization). It entered into force on April 28, 2005. It aims at harmonizing and streamlining formal procedures such as the requirements to obtain a filing date for a patent application, the form and content of a patent application, and representation. The treaty «does not establish a uniform procedure for all parties to the PLT but leaves parties free to require fewer or more user-friendly requirements than those provided in the PLT.»[100] As of February 2023, the PLT had 43 contracting states.[101]	Patent Law Treaty
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms	The Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms, also known as the Geneva Phonograms Convention, is a 1971 international agreement relating to copyright protection for sound recordings.	Geneva Phonograms Convention
Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations	The Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations also known as the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations and the Rome Convention, 496 U.N.T.S 43, was accepted by members of the United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI), the predecessor to the modern World Intellectual Property Organization, on 26 October 1961.[102] The Diplomatic Conference was jointly convened by BIRPI, the International Labour Organisation, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The agreement extended copyright related rights protection for the first time to entities or individuals who are not the author but have a close relationship to a copyrighted work, including performers, sound recording producers and broadcasting organizations. As of August 2021, the treaty has 96 contracting parties, with a party defined as a State which has consented to be bound by the treaty and for which the treaty is in force.[103][104]	Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks	The Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks was adopted in Singapore on 28 March 2006.[105] It entered into force on 16 March 2009,[106] following the ratification or accession of ten countries, namely Singapore, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Romania, Denmark, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, United States, Moldova, and Australia.[107] The treaty establishes common standards for procedural aspects of trademark registration and licensing.	Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
Trademark Law Treaty		Trademark Law Treaty
Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits		Washington Treaty
WIPO Copyright Treaty	The World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty (WIPO Copyright Treaty or WCT) is an international treaty on copyright law adopted by the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 1996. It provides additional protections for copyright to respond to advances in information technology since the formation of previous copyright treaties before it.[108] As of August 2021, the treaty has 110 contracting parties.[109] The WCT and WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, are together termed WIPO «internet treaties».[110]	WIPO Copyright Treaty
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty	The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (or WPPT) is an international treaty signed by the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization and was adopted in Geneva on 20 December 1996.[111] It came into effect on 20 May 2002. As of August 2021, the treaty has been 109 contracting parties.[112]	WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty

Global protection system treaties[edit]

Global protection system treaties govern WIPO’s services, ensuring that one international registration or filing will have effect in any of the relevant signatory States.^[88]

Name	Description	Treaty text
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure	The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, or Budapest Treaty, is an international treaty signed in Budapest, Hungary, on April 28, 1977. It entered into force on August 19, 1980,[113] and was later amended on September 26, 1980. The treaty is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).	Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs	The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs, also known as the Hague system provides a mechanism for registering an industrial design in several countries by means of a single application, filed in one language, with one set of fees. The system is administered by WIPO.	Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs
Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration	The Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, signed on 31 October 1958, ensures that in member countries, appellations of origin receive protection when are protected in their country of origin. It lays down provisions for what qualifies as an appellation of origin, protection measures and establishes an International Register of Appellations of Origin, run by the World Intellectual Property Organization. The agreement came into force in 1966, and was revised at Stockholm (1967) and amended in 1979 and 2015. As of July 2022, 39 states are party to the convention and 1000 appellations of origin has been registered.[114]	Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks		Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks		Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Patent Cooperation Treaty	The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed under the PCT is called an international application, or PCT application.	Patent Cooperation Treaty

Classification treaties[edit]

Classification treaties that create classification systems that organize information concerning inventions, trademarks and industrial designs.^[88]

Name	Description	Treaty text
Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs		Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks	International Classification of Goods and Services also known as the Nice Classification was established by the Nice Agreement (1957),[115] is a system of classifying goods and services for the purpose of registering trademarks. It is updated every five years and its latest 11th[116] version of the system groups products into 45 classes (classes 1-34 include goods and classes 35-45 embrace services), and allows users seeking to trademark a good or service to choose from these classes as appropriate. Since the system is recognized in numerous countries, this makes applying for trademarks internationally a more streamlined process. The classification system is specified by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).	Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification	The Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (or IPC), also known as the IPC Agreement, is an international treaty that established a common classification for patents for invention, inventors’ certificates, utility models and utility certificates, known as the «International Patent Classification» (IPC).[117] The treaty was signed in Strasbourg, France, on March 24, 1971, it entered into force on October 7, 1975,[118] and was amended on September 28, 1979.	Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification
Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks		Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks

Policy work[edit]

Genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions[edit]

For years, many local communities, Indigenous peoples and governments have sought effective intellectual property (IP) protection for traditional cultural expressions (folklore) and traditional knowledge as tradition-based forms of ingenuity and creativity.^[119] As a living body of knowledge developed, sustained and passed on from generation to generation within a community, it is not easily protected under the current IP system, which typically grants protection for a limited period to new inventions and original works as private rights.^[120] Some genetic resources, too, are linked to traditional knowledge and related practices through their use and conservation by Indigenous peoples and local communities. Although genetic resources, as encountered in nature, are not eligible for IP protection, inventions based on or developed with the use of genetic resources may be patentable.^[121] Since 2010, the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) has been negotiating the text of one or several legal instruments on the matter.

Global health[edit]

WIPO Re:Search is a public-private partnership between WIPO and the non-profit BIO Ventures for Global Health focused on early-stage medical research and development against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), malaria and tuberculosis.^[122][123] It has 150 members, including eight of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies.^[124] WIPO Re:Search supports collaborations between scientific institutions and pharmaceutical companies all over the world with the goal to advance research for medicines, treatment methods and diagnostic techniques against the neglected tropical diseases that affect over 1 billion people worldwide.^[125][126] Through these collaborations as well as its fellowship program, WIPO Re:Search provides shared compound libraries, repurposing methods, capacity building and works on the growth of international scientific networks.

Green technologies[edit]

WIPO GREEN is a free to access online marketplace for sustainable technology.^{[127][128][129][130]} It consists of three main elements: WIPO GREEN online database of green technologies and needs, WIPO GREEN Acceleration Projects, and WIPO GREEN partners network.^[131] It has a network of 146 partners and aims to bring together organizations in green technology help the implementation and diffusion of green technologies around the world.^[132][133] The WIPO GREEN database is an online platform where green technology inventors can promote their products and businesses, organizations, governments who are looking for green technologies can explain their needs and seek collaboration with providers.^[134][135] WIPO GREEN ‘acceleration projects’ are organized annually in different countries or regions of the world, in collaboration with local organizations.^[136][137] These projects usually address a particular field and connect providers and seekers of green technologies.^[138]

WIPO Judicial Institute[edit]

The WIPO Judicial Institute was established in 2019 to coordinate and lead WIPO’s work with national and regional judiciaries. This work includes convening international meetings between judges, implementing judicial capacity building activities, producing resources and publications for use by judges, and administering the WIPO Lex database that provides free public access to intellectual property (IP) laws, treaties and judicial decisions from around the world. WIPO has also established an advisory board of Judges, currently comprising 12 members who serve in their personal capacity.^[139]

WIPO Academy[edit]

The WIPO Academy is the training arm of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), it was established in 1998.^[140] It offers intellectual property (IP) education, training and IP skills-building to government officials, inventors, creators, business professionals, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), academics, students and individuals interested in IP.^[141] The Academy hosts IP courses through its four programs: the Professional Development Program, University Partnerships, Distance Learning and WIPO Summer Schools.^{[142][143][144]}

The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights[edit]

The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) was created in the 1998 to examine issues in the field of copyright and related rights on substantive law and harmonization. The Committee includes all member states of WIPO, some member states of the United Nations who are not members of WIPO, and a number of non-governmental and intergovernmental observers. The Committee meets twice per year and formulates recommendations for consideration by the WIPO General Assembly. The main topics currently under discussion are the protection of broadcasting organizations and limitations and exceptions. Copyright in the digital environment, the resale royalty right and the rights of theater directors are also being discussed within the Committee.^[145]

World Intellectual Property Day[edit]

World Intellectual Property Day is an annual global public awareness campaign to «highlight the role and contribution of intellectual property in the economic, cultural and social development of all countries as well as to raise public awareness and understanding in this field of human endeavor.» In 2000, WIPO’s Member States formally designated 26 April – the day on which the WIPO Convention came into force in 1970 – as World Intellectual Property Day. The first World Intellectual Property Day was held in 2001.^[146]

Sectors and divisions[edit]

Economics and Statistics Division[edit]

WIPO’s Economics and Statistics Division gathers data on intellectual property activity worldwide and publishes statistics to the public. The Division also conducts economic analysis on how government IP and innovation policies affect economic performance.^[147]

Infrastructure and Platforms Sector[edit]

The Infrastructure and Platforms sector develops, implements and maintains the various databases,^{[148][failed verification]} tools^{[149][150][151]} and platforms^{[152][153][154][155][156]} of the Organization that are targeted at and used by intellectual property offices, legal professionals, researchers, and other specialized users. The sector also covers the use of ‘frontier technologies’ such as artificial intelligence and coordinates WIPO’s overall customer goals, strategies and tools.^[157]

Diplomatic Engagement and Assemblies Affairs Division[edit]

The Diplomatic Engagement and Assemblies Affairs Division is directly under the supervision of the Director General, it focuses on engagement with the diplomatic community in Geneva through events, meetings and overseeing the administrative, logistical and other aspects of key meetings including the Assemblies of WIPO. The Division is also responsible for supervising the full range of protocol services across the Organization. Specifically, the Division is responsible for meeting all the Director General’s representation and hospitality protocol-related needs and protocol-related needs for meetings and events.^{[158][159][160]}

Traditional Knowledge Division[edit]

The Traditional Knowledge Division carries out WIPO’s work on genetic resources, traditional cultural expressions and traditional knowledge through its seven service areas.^[161] These include supporting indigenous and local community entrepreneurship in making strategic and effective use of intellectual property tools in their businesses; providing intellectual property advice on the documentation of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions; organizing hands-on training, mentoring and distance learning programs; and acting as a global reference of information resources on the intersection of IP and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, as well as maintaining a repository of regional, national and community experiences. The Traditional Knowledge Division is also responsible for facilitating multilateral negotiations in the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore.^[162]

Publications and databases[edit]

WIPO publishes around 40 new titles a year, which are translated and published in the official languages of the United Nations: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.^[163] The WIPO Knowledge Repository holds the archive of WIPO publications and documentations since 1885, as well as a library of academic research literature on intellectual property.^[164] WIPO adopted an Open Access Policy in 2016.^[165] Its publications are free to reuse and modify, under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.^[163][166]

Flagship publications	Databases
Global Innovation Index[167]	WIPOLex[168]
World Intellectual Property Report[169]	PATENTSCOPE[170]
World Intellectual Property Indicators[171]	Global Brand Database[172]
PCT Yearly Review[173]	Global Design Database[174]
Madrid Yearly Review[175]	IP Statistics Data Center[176]
Hague Yearly Review[177]	WIPO GREEN Database of Innovative Technologies and Needs[178]
WIPO Magazine[179]	Madrid Monitor[180]
WIPO Technology Trends[181]	Hague Express[182]
WIPO IP Facts and Figures[183]	Lisbon Express[184]
	Article 6ter[185]
	WIPO Pearl[186]
	Access to Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI)[187]
	Access to Specialized Patent Information (ASPI)[188]
	Pat-Informed[189]

World Intellectual Property Indicators[edit]

Since 2009, WIPO has published the annual World Intellectual Property Indicators, providing a wide range of indicators covering the areas of intellectual property.^[190] It draws on data from national and regional IP offices, the WIPO, the World Bank, and UNESCO.^[191]

Global Innovation Index[edit]

The Global Innovation Index is an annual ranking of countries by their capacity for, and success in, innovation, published by the World Intellectual Property Organization. It was started in 2007 by INSEAD and World Business,^[192] a British magazine. Until 2021 it was published by WIPO, in partnership with Cornell University, INSEAD, and other organisations and institutions,.^[193][194] It is based on both subjective and objective data derived from several sources, including the International Telecommunication Union, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum.^[192]

WIPO Lex[edit]

WIPO Lex is an online global database launched in 2010,^[195] which provides free public access to intellectual property laws, treaties and judicial decisions from around the world. In 2022, the WIPO Lex database contained 48,000 national, regional and international legal documents relating to intellectual property, with access in the six UN languages.^[196]

WIPO Magazine[edit]

WIPO Magazine,^[197] the organization’s flagship outreach publication, is available in eight languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish). Established in 1999, and online since 2005,^[198] WIPO Magazine explores the worlds of innovation and creativity, and the role of IP in advancing human progress. The WIPO Magazine features a range of articles on how people around the world are using IP rights to advance their goals and support national economic development. It also includes expert commentary on the latest “hot topics” relating to IP policy and practice. The WIPO Magazine is free of charge. In January 2023, it moved to a digital-only format.

PATENTSCOPE[edit]

PATENTSCOPE is a public patent database provided by WIPO that serves as an official publication source for patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty and covers numerous national and regional patent collections. In 2021 it held over 100 million patent documents including 4.2 million published international patent applications.

Directors General[edit]

WIPO Directors General^[199]

No.	Term	Name	From
1	1970–1973	Georg Bodenhausen	Netherlands
2	1973–1997	Árpád Bogsch	United States
3	1997–2008	Kamil Eltayeb Idris	Sudan
4	2008–2020	Francis Gurry	Australia
5	2020–present	Daren Tang	Singapore

On 1 October 2020, Daren Tang of Singapore succeeded Gurry as Director General.^[200] His candidacy was backed by the United States and 54 other countries over China’s preferred candidate, Wang Binying,^[201] who received 28 votes out of the 83 voting members.^[202]

See also[edit]

• Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
• Intellectual property organization
• List of parties to international copyright agreements
• Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy
• World Intellectual Property Organization treaties

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Research Handbook on the World Intellectual Property Organization: The First 50 Years and Beyond

External links[edit]

• Official website
  • List of member states

WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)

Всемирная организация интеллектуальной со́бственности, ВОИС (англ. World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO) — международная организация, занимающаяся администрированием ряда ключевых международных конвенций в области интеллектуальной собственности. С 1974 года также выполняет функции специализированного учреждения Организации Объединенных Наций по вопросам творчества и интеллектуальной собственности.

Задачи ВОИС

1.      Содействие охране интеллектуальной собственности во всем мире путем сотрудничества государств и в соответствующих случаях во взаимодействии с любой другой международной организацией;

2.      Обеспечение административного сотрудничества Союзов.

Первоначальная и важнейшая функция ВОИС — администрирование многосторонних международных конвенций, включающее в себя хранение текстов договоров, официальных их переводов, дополнительных договоров, заявлений государств о вступлении, разрешение конфликтов, обеспечение процедуры пересмотра договоров, выполнение регистрационных функций для договоров, предусматривающих международную регистрацию объектов интеллектуальной собственности.

В ВОИС существуют специальные комитеты экспертов. Они учреждаются решением Генеральной Ассамблеи. На данный момент функционируют следующие комитеты:

• Постоянный комитет по патентному праву (англ. Standing Committee on the Law of Patents — SCP).
• Постоянный комитет по законодательству в области товарных знаков, промышленных образцов и географических указаний (англ. Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications — SCT).
• Постоянный комитет по авторскому праву и смежным правам (англ. Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights — SCCR).
• Постоянный комитет по информационным технологиям (англ. Standing Committee on Information Technologies — SCIT).

Сайт организации: http://www.wipo.int/

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