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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 with the stated purpose of encouraging creative activity and promoting the protection of intellectual property throughout the world. Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, signed at Stockholm on July 14 1967, Preamble, second paragraph.
WIPO currently has 183 member states, List of members states of WIPO administers 23 international treaties Treates administered by WIPO, and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The current Director-General of WIPO is Kamil Idris.
History
The predecessor to WIPO was the BIRPI (Bureaux Internationaux Réunis pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle, French acronym for United International Bureau for the Protection of Intellectual Property), which had been set up in 1893 to administer the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. More on [ World Intellectual Property Organization ]
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World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - Develops international agreements on standardized protections of creative works.
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Arbitration and Mediation Center - Offers private parties an out-of-court process for the resolution of commercial disputes involving intellectual property.
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Electronic Commerce and Intellectual Property - Information from WIPO on the role of intellectual property in Internet development.
Intellectual Property Data Collections - Provides access to online intellectual property databases hosted by WIPO and member states.
Treaties - WIPO administers over twenty treaties on the registration, classification, and protection of intellectual property.
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