http://www.wipo.int/news/en/newsfeed.jsp The WIPO RSS newsfeed provides access to timely information on current events at WIPO and background information to help you report on intellectual property issues. en WIPO 5 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2009/article_0035.html http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2009/article_0035.html A two-day international symposium concluded on September 18, 2009 with broad agreement on the need to pool efforts at the international level to address the problem of backlogs in patent applications. prdocs Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2009/article_0034.html http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2009/article_0034.html A new WIPO report monitoring recent trends in intellectual property (IP) activity shows that demand for IP rights continued to increase prior to the onset of the global economic crisis, with 1.85 million patent (+3.7% increase over 2006), almost 3.3 million trademark (+1.6%) and approximately 0.62 million industrial design (+15.3%) applications filed worldwide in 2007. The report, World Intellectual Property Indicators 2009 , points to a slowdown in demand for IP rights in 2008 (based on preliminary figures ), when the global economy experienced a sharp decline. The report also documents an increased level of unprocessed (pending) patent applications, reaching 4.2 million applications in 2007. prdocs Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2009/article_0033.html http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2009/article_0033.html For the first time, the annual meetings of WIPO member states will begin with a two-day high-level ministerial segment reflecting the importance of intellectual property (IP) in senior policy-making spheres. The high-level segment on September 22 and 23, 2009 will bring together over forty ministers who will address national IP priorities. prdocs Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2009/article_0032.html http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2009/article_0032.html WIPO Director General Francis Gurry welcomed on Friday the adoption of the Global Framework for Climate Services to strengthen production, availability, delivery and application of science-based climate predictions, information and services and underscored the contribution that intellectual property can make in mitigating the climate change. prdocs Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2009/article_0031.html http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2009/article_0031.html An international symposium in Geneva on September 17 and 18, 2009 will address the need to improve the interface between national intellectual property (IP) systems to overcome operational inefficiencies arising largely from growing demand for IP rights. The event will foster public-private dialogue and aims to strengthen ties between IP service providers (national IP authorities) and their clients (industry), to highlight the concerns of the user community and the need to re-engineer IP systems to reduce bottlenecks which are slowing the pace of innovation that is key to economic growth. prdocs