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.

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Latest News

[Press Archive]

Nov 17, 2009

WIPO Launches Enhanced Patent Information Service (PR/2009/618) WIPO has launched an enhanced online patent information service that will improve public access to information on patents filed and granted around the world. WIPO’s PATENTSCOPE®, which currently hosts data on more than 1.6 million international patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), has been extended to include several collections of national and regional patent information.

Nov 13, 2009

WIPO Director General Wraps up Official Visit to India Topped by Meeting with Prime Minister (PR/2009/617) WIPO Director General Francis Gurry wrapped up a five day official visit to New Delhi on November 13, 2009 in which he held a series of high level meetings, including with the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh - that addressed a range of issues of specific interest to India and areas of joint cooperation with WIPO.

Nov 13, 2009

International Conference Calls for Concrete Outcomes on TK, GRs & TCEs (PR/2009/616) WIPO Director General Francis Gurry, joined by India’s Secretary, Department of Industry and Commerce, Mr. Ajay Shankar, opened on November 13, 2009 an international conference by highlighting the importance of developing a balanced international legal framework for the effective protection of traditional knowledge (TK), genetic resources (GRs) and traditional cultural expressions (TCEs).

Nov 11, 2009

WIPO Director General Pledges Support for India’s Visually Impaired Community (PR/2009/615) WIPO Director General Francis Gurry met representatives of India’s visually impaired (VIP) community at a conference on the “Right to Read of persons with print disabilities and copyright challenges” organized by the VIP community in cooperation with the Government of India in New Delhi on November 11, 2009, and reaffirmed WIPO’s commitment to supporting international attempts to improve access to copyright protected works by visually impaired persons (VIPs). “Let me assure you that this is a priority area for the World Intellectual Property Organization,” Mr. Gurry said.