The CWS is the collaborative international forum for discussing and reaching agreement on WIPO Standards, including their revision and development. It also deals with other matters relating to industrial property information and documentation.
The Committee was created by WIPO member states at the General Assembly held in 2009 and it currently meets annually.
WIPO Standards – Latest developments in WIPO Standards, including updates from the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS).
Sign upCommittee members include all WIPO member states as well as a range of observers.
Young-Woo Yun, Head of WIPO's Standards Section gives a short summary of the most recent CWS meeting.
Work Program Overview 
Task No. 52: Survey on content and functionalities of systems for providing access to publicly available patent information of industrial property offices, as well as future plans with respect to their publication practices; prepare recommendations for systems for providing access to publicly available patent information of industrial property offices.
Task No. 53: Develop XML schema components for geographical indications.
Task No. 54: Study the copyright orphan works data elements and naming conventions and compare them in view of the proposal to extend WIPO Standard ST.96; report the outcome of the study; and present a proposal for consideration by the CWS to develop a data dictionary and XML schemas for inclusion of copyright orphan works in WIPO Standard ST.96.
Task No. 55: Envisaging developing a WIPO standard assisting Industrial Property Offices (IPOs) in providing better “quality at source” in relation to applicant names:
Task No. 56: Prepare recommendations for data exchange supporting machine to machine communications focusing on:
Task No. 57: Collect information about the requirements from IP offices and customers; and prepare recommendations for electronic visual representations of designs.
The CWS establishes Task Forces consisting of policy makers and experts nominated by Committee members and observers to address specific tasks, such as the development of WIPO Standards.
Dedicated e-forums (Wikis) are provided by WIPO to facilitate the discussions of Task Force members.
WIPO Standards provide a single, common framework for working with the information contained within industrial property documents.
They cover patents, trademarks, and industrial designs and are used at all stages of the industrial property prosecution process, as well as for data dissemination.
We organize workshops for IP offices, observers, representatives of industry, and other interested parties on various aspects of IP information.
The results of our workshops are presented to the CWS for further consideration.
