Transcript The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Presentation • History of International IP System • WIPO Today • WIPO’s Main Activities.

The World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO)
Presentation
• History of International IP System
• WIPO Today
• WIPO’s Main Activities
Milestones : 1883 to 2004
2002
1989
1970
1967
1960
1925
1891
1886
1883
1893
BIRPI
Madrid Agreement
Berne Convention
Paris Convention
WIPO established
WIPO Convention
BIRPI moves to Geneva
Hague Agreement
Madrid Protocol
PCT
1970
Internet
Treaties
Basic Facts about WIPO
WIPO’s Mission
• To promote the protection of IP rights (IPRs)
worldwide and extend the benefits of the
international IP system to all member States
• Status: A specialized UN Agency
• Member States: 183
• Treaties administered: 24
IP: A Tool for Development
“In the age of the knowledge economy, the efficient and
creative use of knowledge is a key determinant of
international competitiveness, wealth creation and improved
social welfare”
“An effective IP system embedded within a national strategy
which anchors IP considerations firmly within the policymaking process will help a nation to promote and protect its
IP assets, thereby driving economic growth and wealth
creation”.
Dr. Kamil Idris
WIPO Director General
Strategic Goals
• Promotion of an IP culture
– to increase understanding of IP
– to encourage use of IP system
– to enhance respect for IP rights
• Enhanced access to IP System
– delivery of practical solutions that empower all
stakeholders to develop, protect, enforce, manage
and commercially exploit IPRs for development
Outreach
Three main directions:
• Public Sector & Policy Makers
• Intellectual Property Offices worldwide
• General Public & Civil Society
WIPO’s Activities
• Norm Setting
• Economic Development
• IP Services
Norm Setting
• The main objective is the progressive
development of international IP law for an IP
system that is:
– balanced/responsive to emerging needs
– effective in encouraging innovation/creativity
– sufficiently flexible to accommodate national
policy objectives
Norm Setting
Patents
• Blueprint for future development of
international patent system to address:
– logistical problems
– policy challenges
– consider implications for developing countries
• Criteria: balanced, reliable, swift, userfriendly, accessible, cost effective
Norm Setting
Copyright and Related Rights:
• Strengthen system
• Ensure it is in line with digital environment
• Build consensus on topical issues
• Facilitate CR-based business & culture
development
Norm Setting
Trademarks, Industrial Design, GI
• Important tool to promote domestic commerce
and international trade
• Develop harmonized principles/rules of law
• Promote adequate protection
• Development of international registration &
classification systems
Norm Setting
Traditional Knowledge (TK) & Folklore
• Generate practical benefits from using IP
system/assets to support socio-economic
development, cultural integrity of communities
• WIPO is concerned by genetic resources & benefit
sharing and TK & innovation
• Debating broad policy and legal questions
• Sharing practical experience and
• Developing practical tools and mechanisms
Economic Development
• To maximize strategic use of IP for
development by:
– updating IP legislation
– upgrading IP infrastructure
– demystifying IP
– promoting understanding of policy options
offered by IP
– training
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Networks - synergistic relations
WIPOnet
Collective copyright management
Innovation promotion
Training
WIPO Worlwide Academy (WWA)
• Distance learning program
• Professional training
• Policy development, teaching and research
• Training trainers
• Partnerships with academic institutions, IGOs,
NGOs, joint publications, materials etc.
Innovators & SMEs
• Dynamic economic sector
• Improve IP awareness to enable formulation &
implementation of policies, programs and
strategies
• To enhance strategic use of IP assets by
innovators/SMEs, e.g. licensing agreements,
IP assets and financial etc.
Services
• Enhancement of global protection systems to
further simplify and reduce costs of obtaining
protection in multiple countries for:
– Patents (PCT)
– E-filing
– Trademarks (Madrid Agreement)
– Industrial design (Hague Agreement)
– Geographical Indications (Lisbon Agreement)
– Micro-Organisms (Budapest Agreement)
Services
• Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) offered
by WIPO Arbitration & Mediation Center
• WIPO Trademark Database Portal
http://ecommerce.wipo.int/databases/trademark/
Many thanks for your attention
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