Brief History of WIPO

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Brief History of WIPO

• Paris Union 1883

• Berne Union 1886

• International Bureau combined 1893

• WIPO Convention 1967

• UN Specialized Agency 1974

• 184 Member States (as of January, 2008)

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Dr. Kamil Idris, Director General
24 international treaties
915 stafffrom 94 countries
184 member States
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WIPO

• The Director Generals vision to demystify IPR
  and make it more accessible and relevant to a
  broader group of people
• IP not merely a legal instrument but has a role
  to play in society and is a tool for economic
  growth
• A means to an end, and not an end in itself.

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WIPOs Mission Statement

• To promote through international cooperation the
  creation, dissemination, use and protection of
  works of the human spirit for the economic,
  cultural and social progress of all mankind.

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Main Activities

• 1. Norm setting - Preparing for new treaties and
  developing and administering treaties that are in
  force
• 2. Registration services and arbitration and
  mediation services
• 3. Intellectual property for development

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1. Norm Setting

• Setting international legal norms in the field of
  IP
• IP Protection- internationally agreed basic
  standards of protection (Paris, Berne)
• Registration- one application to have effect in
  many (PCT, Madrid, Hague)
• Classification-organize information concerning
  inventions, trademarks and industrial designs
  into indexed, manageable structures for easy
  retrieval(Locarno, Nice)

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2. Registration Activities

• PCT 139, Madrid System 82 and Hague 48 member
  states)
• Facilitates the obtention of rights in several
  countries with the filing of a single application
• Steady growth of PCT since its inception (recd
  1mth application) and recently with the accession
  of USA and EU to Madrid heavy increase in filings
  there as well

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The Patent Cooperation Treaty
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3. IP for Development

• Legal Framework
• IP administration
• Enforcement and IP education
• National IP strategies - IP cross cutting
• Users - creators, inventors and innovators,
  businesses, public research institutions
  identify, protect, exploit and manage their IP
  assets more effectively.

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WIPOs Income
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Website
E-newsletter
SMEs, creators and users of IP
SME Support Institutions
Guides
IP Panorama
Events
Economic development
Website
E-newsletter
Guides
IP Panorama
Events
Studies
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Project on IP for SMEs

• Identify barriers, issues, challenges and
  opportunities of SMEs.
• Develop materials based on IP for Business
  series and IP PANORAMA,
• Undertake business-oriented IP education and
  training in teaching and training institutions
  that support SMEs
• Prioritize delivery of training -
  knowledge-intensive, high tech, export-oriented
  sectors, especially those which are already part
  of global supply or value chains/networks, or
  with SMEs that are in geographic clusters, or
  those linked to research institutes,
  universities, or housed in incubators and science
  parks
• As far as possible in implementing activities
  explore and develop synergies and partnerships
  with similar projects, draw lessons from the
  experience of other countries and use case
  studies.