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World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- WIPO is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN).
- WIPO was created to promote and protect intellectual property (IP) across the world by cooperating with countries as well as international organizations.
- It began operations in 1970.
- Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
- WIPO currently has 193 member states.
- WIPO’s activities include
- hosting forums to discuss and shape international IP rules and policies,
- providing global services that register and protect IP in different countries,
- resolving transboundary IP disputes,
- helping connect IP systems through uniform standards and infrastructure, and
- serving as a general reference database on all IP matters.
