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World Intellectual Property Organization |
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World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters at Geneva. WIPO became an agency in 1974, but its roots go back to 1883 when the need for international protection of intellectual property prompted the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and to 1886 with the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. Both conventions created international bureaus, which merged (1893) to become the United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI). In 1960, BIRPI moved from Berne to Geneva and a decade later it became WIPO. Today's organization administers intellectual property matters recognized by United Nations member states, managing international treaties that deal with some aspect of intellectual property protection. WIPO also assists governments, organizations, and the private sector in monitoring developments in the field. It not only helps to protect such traditional works of the mind as patented inventions, books, music, works of art, films, industrial designs, and trademarks, but is increasingly involved in the protection of information technology and World Wide Web World Wide Web (WWW or W3), collection of globally distributed text and multimedia documents and files and other network services linked in such a way as to create an immense electronic library from which information can be retrieved quickly by intuitive searches. ..... Click the link for more information. –related matters. WIPO has 175 member nations. |
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The World Intellectual Property Organization has appointed Gary J. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) launched a new initiative on 14 June to assist least developed countries (LDCs) in maximizing the benefits of intellectual property protection. David Reed has lectured throughout the world for groups including World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), AIPLA and IPO. |
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