Intellectual

WIPO Director General Francis Gurry presents the World Intellectual Property Indicators 2014 at a press conference in Geneva.
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Global intellectual property filings see boost in 2013 – UN report

16 December 2014
Despite an uneven global economic recovery, international patent requests continued to surge in 2013, extending the run of strong annual increases in intellectual property (IP) filings to a fourth consecutive year, a new United Nations study reported today.

UN intellectual property agency welcomes African move on industrial design pact

17 June 2008
The United Nations agency tasked with protecting ownership of intellectual property has welcomed the accession of an African group representing 16 countries to a key global treaty on industrial designs.

Experienced Australian official to head UN intellectual property agency

13 May 2008
The United Nations agency tasked with protecting ownership of intellectual property announced today that an Australian national with extensive experience in the field has been nominated to become its next Director General.

UN intellectual property watchdog set to discuss indigenous ownership next month

26 May 2005
Two draft provisions – one on protecting traditional cultural expression and folklore, the other for protecting traditional knowledge – are ready for consideration at a meeting of a United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) committee early next month, according to a senior WIPO official.

UN intellectual rights protector places more developing country issues on agenda

14 April 2005
Saying it has made "a major shift in priorities and direction" since its last meeting two years ago, a committee on development in the United Nations agency on intellectual property rights says developing countries must devise policies and strategies that turn their traditional knowledge, healing arts and culture into national assets.
World Bank officials at launch of new publication

Poorer countries must find new ways of protecting intellectual property, World Bank says

3 February 2005
Poor countries and peoples can reap the benefits of turning their own knowledge into commercial success if they find new ways of protecting and commercializing that information when the patent laws and the costly compliance of the rich countries fail to serve them, World Bank officials say.

International law must protect indigenous rights - UN University report

19 February 2004
Existing international rules about protecting intellectual property rights are an affront to the customs of many indigenous peoples and need to be revamped, according to a new report by the Tokyo-based United Nations University (UNU).

First "World Intellectual Property Day" marked to honour inventors

26 April 2001
The first World Intellectual Property Day is being observed today to honour inventors and highlight the significance of creativity and innovation in people's daily lives.