What is WIPO?
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the United Nations agency that serves the world’s innovators and creators, ensuring that their ideas travel safely to the market and improve lives everywhere.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the United Nations agency that serves the world’s innovators and creators, ensuring that their ideas travel safely to the market and improve lives everywhere.
We do so by providing services that enable creators, innovators and entrepreneurs to protect and promote their intellectual property (IP) across borders and acting as a forum for addressing cutting-edge IP issues. Our IP data and information guide decisionmakers the world over. And our impact-driven projects and technical assistance ensure IP benefits everyone, everywhere.
Quick facts
History: established in 1967 | Membership: 194 member states | Director General: Daren Tang | Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Inventing the future: How WIPO is supporting innovators and creators around the world
Who we are
Our 194 member states approve WIPO's strategic direction and activities in the annual meetings of the Assemblies.
- Director General Daren Tang
- Sector Leads
- WIPO Workforce 2025 [PDF]
Some 250 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) have official observer status at WIPO meetings.
What we do
- a global forum where Member States craft balanced IP rules for a fast-changing world
- seamless services that protect IP and help resolve disputes across borders
- innovation ecosystems connected with smart digital tools that make knowledge more accessible
- targeted support that helps all countries unlock IP’s value for growth and development
- trusted multilingual data and insights that power decisions, policy and progress
Accountability
Connecting with WIPO
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