Property

WIPO Director General Francis Gurry presents the World Intellectual Property Indicators 2014 at a press conference in Geneva.
WIPO

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.
Nono-Y the robot was one of the highlights of the 2012 Geneva Inventions Fair.
WIPO/Emmanuel Berrod

Intellectual property applications broke records in 2013, UN agency reports

13 March 2014
The United States and China drove international patent filings to a record level last year with applications for the first time surpassing the 200,000 mark, the United Nations intellectual property agency today reported, with record highs also reached for trademark and design applications.