the surprise of governments and civil society was an idea originally brought to WIPO by a group of companies in February of this year. Now they appear to be encouraging others to join in. Launch of
techniques, agricultural techniques that maximise productivity on marginal lands, as well as foods, beverages, and medicinal remedies derived from local flora and fauna. In May 2024, the WIPO Treaty on
on the rise and the proportion relating to new generic top-level domain names is growing, it found. Fashion and banking are the prominent areas for disputes. WIPO manages the Uniform Domain Name
China’s ZTE Corporation overtook its crosstown rival Huawei Technologies as the biggest filer of international patent applications via WIPO in 2016 and U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc. claimed third position
Albania becomes the first member state to join WIPO’s Riyadh Design Law Treaty (RDLT), depositing its instrument of ratification with WIPO's Director General, Mr. Daren Tang! This marks a major
Francis Gurry, director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in Beijing. The pair met during a “high level meeting” on IP rights relating to the Belt and Road Initiative, which is
On April 26, 2026, the 26th World Intellectual Property Day, the WIPO Collection of Leading Judgments on Intellectual Property Rights People’s Republic of China (2019–2023) was officially released.