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Recent Events
- Do Return Requirements Increase International Knowledge diffusions? Evidence from the Fulbright Program (November 19, 2013)
- Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs (October 28 to October 30, 2013)
- Innovation and Appropriability Mechanisms in Latin America: A Review of the Available Evidence (October 22, 2013)
- Advanced Seminar on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (October 10 to October 11, 2013)
- Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- Berne Union - Assembly (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- Berne Union - Executive Committee (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- Budapest Union - Assembly (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- Hague Union - Assembly (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- IPC Union - Assembly (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- Lisbon Union - Assembly (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- Locarno Union - Assembly (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- Madrid Union - Assembly (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- Nice Union - Assembly (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- Paris Union - Assembly (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- Paris Union - Executive Committee (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- Patent Law Treaty (PLT) - Assembly (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- PCT Union - Assembly (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- PCT Union - PCT Committee for Technical Cooperation (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (STLT) - Assembly (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- Vienna Union - Assembly (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- WCT - Assembly (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- WIPO Conference (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- WIPO Coordination Committee (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- WIPO General Assembly (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- WPPT - Assembly (September 23 to October 2, 2013)
- Access to Intellectual Property for Innovation: Evidence on Problems and Coping Strategies from German Firms (September 19, 2013)
- Program and Budget Committee (September 9 to September 13, 2013)
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (July 29 to August 2, 2013)
- Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (July 15 to July 24, 2013)
- Program and Budget Committee (July 8 to July 12, 2013)
- Intellectual Property Rights, Price, and Access to Innovation: Evidence from the TRIPS Agreement (June 18, 2013)
- WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property (June 17 to June 28, 2013)
- Seminar on the Madrid System of International Registration of Marks (June 3 to June 4, 2013)
- Seminar on the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs (May 31, 2013)
- Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) - Forum on Innovation by Design (May 27, 2013)
- Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (May 27 to May 31, 2013)
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group (May 21 to May 24, 2013)
- Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) (May 13 to May 17, 2013)
- IPC Union - IPC Revision Working Group (May 13 to May 17, 2013)
- Working Group on the Development of the Lisbon System (Appellations of Origin) (April 29 to May 3, 2013)
- Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (April 22 to April 26, 2013)
- Nice Union - Committee of Experts (April 22 to April 26, 2013)
- Preparatory Committee of the Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities (April 20, 2013)
- Informal Session and Special Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (April 18 to April 20, 2013)
- Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) (April 15 to April 19, 2013)
- Roundtable Discussion with Mr. Yigal Erlich, Founder and Managing Partner, The YOZMA Group, Israel (April 10, 2013)
- Inter-sessional Meeting on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations (April 10 to April 12, 2013)
- Patents and Standard Setting (March 26, 2013)
- WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee - Twenty-Eighth Meeting (March 25 to March 28, 2013)
- WIPO-WTO Advanced Course on Intellectual Property for Government Officials (March 11 to March 22, 2013)
- IPC Union - Committee of Experts (February 27 to March 1, 2013)
- International Patent Classification (IPC) Workshop (February 25 to February 26, 2013)
- Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (February 25 to February 28, 2013)
- Preparatory Committee of the Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities (February 22, 2013)
- Special Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (February 18 to February 22, 2013)
- Director General's Meeting with NGOs (February 7, 2013)
- Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (February 4 to February 8, 2013)
- Trademark Cluttering (January 29, 2013)
- Advisory Committee on Enforcement (December 19 to December 20, 2012)
- The Effects of Copyright Extensions on the Quantity of Literary Output: The Copyright Act of 1814 and The Price of Literature in The Romantic Period (December 17, 2012)
- Preparatory Committee of the Diplomatic Conference to conclude a Treaty to facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities (December 17 to December 18, 2012)
- WIPO General Assembly (December 17 to December 18, 2012)
- WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee - Twenty-Seventh Meeting (December 11 to December 14, 2012)
- Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (December 10 to December 14, 2012)
- Working Group on the Development of the Lisbon System (Appellations of Origin) (December 3 to December 7, 2012)
- HR Briefings (November 30, 2012)
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