WIPO Press Room

The WIPO Press Room web site provides access to up-to-date information on current events at WIPO and background information to help you report on intellectual property issues.

Communiqués are divided into three categories. Press Releases report on events as they happen.  Updates give a progress report on the various committees that meet throughout the year and other running stories.  Media Alerts provide details of forthcoming events of media interest.

If you require further information about media accreditation to cover WIPO meetings, please contact the Media Relations & Public Affairs Section on +41 22 338 8161 or 338 9547.

 

Latest News

[Press Archive]

Mar 5, 2010

Director General Wraps up Official Visit to Japan (PR/2010/633) WIPO Director General Francis Gurry wrapped up an official visit to Japan from March 1 to March 5, 2010, during which he met a number of high level Government representatives, including Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Masayuki Naoshima, and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Koichi Takemasa, as well as Japan Patent Office (JPO) Commissioner Tetsuhiro Hosono.

Feb 8, 2010

International Patent Filings Dip in 2009 amid Global Economic Downturn (PR/2010/632) International patent filings under WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fell by 4.5% in 2009 with sharper than average declines experienced by some industrialized countries and growth in a number of East Asian countries. Provisional data indicates that 155,900 (annex 1) international patent applications were filed in 2009 as compared to the nearly 164,000 applications filed in 2008.

Feb 5, 2010

Workshop Focuses on Improving Web Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities (PR/2010/631) A workshop hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) from February 2 to 5, 2010, brought together over 180 persons from some 32 organizations to promote awareness about accessibility for people with disabilities and to encourage webmasters within the United Nations system and other organizations to implement principles of accessibility in their daily work.

Jan 21, 2010

WIPO Pledges Support for Viet Nam (PR/2010/630) The importance of intellectual property (IP) in promoting innovation and boosting national economic development in Viet Nam topped discussions between Viet Nam’s President Nguyen Minh Triet and WIPO Director General Francis Gurry in Hanoi this week. Mr. Gurry pledged the Organization’s continuing support in further enhancing Viet Nam’s national IP capacity to innovate and achieve sustained economic growth.