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Global Innovation Index 2025

Switzerland, Sweden, the US, the Republic of Korea and Singapore are the world’s most-innovative economies, according to WIPO’s Global Innovation Index 2025, which shows that slowing growth in innovation investments is clouding the innovation forecast.

World Intellectual Property Report 2024

The World Intellectual Property Report maps 20 years of innovation capabilities around the world, pinpointing how different countries have boosted their economic diversification in the areas of technology, science and exports.

Patent Landscape Report on Generative AI

China-based inventors are filing the highest number of generative artificial intelligence patents, far outpacing inventors in the US, Republic of Korea, Japan and India that comprise the rest of the top five locations, according to the Patent Landscape Report.

Assemblies Spotlight 2025

Hundreds of delegates joined the WIPO Assemblies to negotiate the future of the IP ecosystem and WIPO’s activities in promoting the economic, social and cultural development of all countries.

WIPO Global Awards 2025

Ten SMEs and startups with products ranging from sign-to-speech gloves, next-generation memory chips and sustainable protein fermentation are this year’s winners of the WIPO Global Awards.

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World Intellectual Property Indicators – 2024

Global patenting activity reached new heights in 2023 despite a challenging macroeconomic environment, WIPO’s annual World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) report found.

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