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Jan 30, 2013
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WIPO Director General Welcomes Increase in Japan's Voluntary Contributions to WIPO
(PR/2013/728)
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry today welcomed a pledge by the Japanese Government to significantly increase its voluntary funding of technical assistance and capacity building resources for countries in the Asia and Pacific region. |
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Dec 18, 2012
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WIPO Advances Toward Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Persons with Print Disabilities, Morocco Offers to Host Diplomatic Conference
(PR/2012/727)
Meeting in extraordinary session, the WIPO General Assembly took a landmark decision today to convene a diplomatic conference in 2013 to complete negotiations on a pact to improve access to copyrighted works for the many visually impaired and people with print disabilities around the world. The General Assembly also expressed gratitude to Morocco for its offer to host the diplomatic conference. |
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Dec 11, 2012
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Global IP Filings Continue to Grow, China Tops Global Patent Filings
(PR/2012/726)
A new WIPO report shows that while the global economy continued to underperform, intellectual property (IP) filings worldwide kept growing strongly in 2011. It also finds that China’s patent office became the largest in the world, as measured by the number of patent applications received. Before 2011, China already accounted for most filings of utility models (UMs), trademarks and industrial designs. |
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Nov 19, 2012
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Mexico Joins the International Trademark System
(PR/2012/725)
Mexico’s Secretary of Economy Bruno Ferrari deposited his country’s instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Marks with WIPO Director General Francis Gurry on November 19, 2012, bringing the total number of members of the international trademark system to 89. The treaty will enter into force with respect to Mexico on February 19, 2013. The Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks (Madrid system) offers trademark owners a cost effective, user friendly and streamlined means of protecting and managing their trademark portfolio internationally. |
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Oct 30, 2012
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WIPO Re:Search Marks One Year Anniversary with Significant Growth and Promise
(PR/2012/724)
One year after its launch, WIPO Re:Search has doubled its membership and resulted in ten research collaborations or agreements. WIPO Re:Search is a consortium where public and private sector organizations share valuable intellectual property (IP) and expertise with the global health research community to promote development of new drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics to treat neglected tropical diseases, malaria, and tuberculosis. |
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Oct 9, 2012
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WIPO Assemblies Agree Roadmaps for New International Instruments
(PR/2012/723)
The 50th session of Assemblies of WIPO member states reached a breakthrough decision on how to complete negotiations on a pact to improve access to copyrighted works for the many visually impaired or print disabled people around the world. |
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Oct 1, 2012
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WIPO Director General Says IP Rules Should Provide Even Playing Field to Support Innovation
(PR/2012/722)
The determining position of intellectual property (IP) as a driver of innovation and competitive advantage – as evidenced by the growing number of “patent wars” in courts around the world – underlines the need for a rules-based international system aligned with today’s economic and technological realities, WIPO Director General Francis Gurry said today. |
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Sep 25, 2012
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Decision of UN Sanctions Committee on WIPO’s Technical Assistance to Islamic Republic of Iran
(PR/2012/721)
The United Nations (UN) committee charged with overseeing implementation of Security Council resolutions relating to the Islamic Republic of Iran has confirmed that WIPO technical assistance to the Islamic Republic of Iran does not violate United Nations resolutions. |
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Sep 24, 2012
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Decision of UN Sanctions Committee on WIPO’s Technical Assistance to DPRK
(PR/2012/720)
The United Nations (UN) committee charged with overseeing implementation of Security Council resolutions relating to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has confirmed that WIPO technical assistance to DPRK does not violate United Nations resolutions. |
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Aug 23, 2012
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First Agreements Concluded under WIPO Re:Search for Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases
(PR/2012/719)
Research to develop treatments for neglected tropical diseases received a boost this month as AstraZeneca concluded agreements through WIPO Re:Search with iThemba Pharmaceuticals (South Africa), the University of California, San Francisco (U.S), and the University of Dundee (UK). |
