Judiciaries and Intellectual Property
WIPO empowers judiciaries to fulfill their vital role in ensuring that intellectual property (IP), innovation and creative ecosystems are balanced and effective.
The WIPO Judicial Institute and relevant WIPO sectors work with judges from around the world to create a space for dialogue and exchange of information and practices, to deliver capacity building activities, to produce in-depth resources on topics of relevance to the global judiciary, and to provide free and open access to IP-related legal knowledge to everyone through the WIPO Lex database.
WIPO Advisory Board of Judges
Our work is guided by an Advisory Board of Judges who represent broad geographical and technical coverage. Members serve in their personal capacity for two year terms.
- Luis Antonio CAMARGO VERGARA, Judge, Third Tribunal Specialized in Competition and Intellectual Property, First Judicial District, Panama City, Panama
- DU Weike, Deputy Chief Judge, Intellectual Property Court, Supreme People’s Court, Beijing, China
- Zhanar DUISENOVA, Judge, Specialized Interdistrict Administrative Court of Astana, Kazakhstan
- Mohammad ELZEND, Appellate Judge, Tanta High Court of Appeals; Senior Advisor, International and Cultural Cooperation Department, Ministry of Justice, Cairo, Egypt
- Jean-Christophe GAYET, Presiding Judge, Third Section, Third Chamber, First Instance Court of Paris, France
- Michael MANSON, Justice, Federal Court of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- Mustapher Mohamed SIYANI, Principal Judge, High Court of Tanzania, Dodoma, United Republic of Tanzania
- Savvas PAPASAVVAS, Vice-President, General Court of the European Union, Luxembourg
- Prathiba M. SINGH, Justice, High Court of Delhi, New Delhi, India
- WOO Sungyop, Presiding Judge, Fourth Division, Intellectual Property High Court of Korea, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
News
Transnational judicial dialogue on IP
WIPO creates global platforms for exchange of experiences and expertise among national and regional judiciaries.
WIPO IP Judges Forum
WIPO Webinars for Judges
IP publications and other resources for judiciaries
WIPO provides publications and other resource tools that promote in-depth understanding of topics of relevance to the global IP judiciary.
Other IP resources for judiciaries
- WIPO Collection of Leading Judgments on IP Rights – People’s Republic of China
- Casebook on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
- WIPO Guide on ADR options for IP Offices and Courts
- WIPO ADR options for IP and Technology Cases pending before National Courts
- Overview of Patent Litigation Systems (World Intellectual Property Indicators 2018) [PDF]
- The Economic Analysis of Patent Litigation Data (Economic Research Working Paper No. 48)
- Fomentar el diálogo judicial transnacional en materia de propiedad intelectual” in Perspectiva de los administradores de justicia en Propiedad Intelectual en América Latina (Supreme Court of Paraguay/ASIPI, 2021) [PDF]
Judicial capacity-building initiatives on IP
WIPO works with national judicial authorities to provide holistic and tailored capacity building support to increase the IP knowledge and skills of judges.
The WIPO Academy offers judicial education on IP based on the Academy’s general distance learning course on IP (DL-101).
WIPO capacity-building activities in the field of the judicial administration of intellectual property.
WIPO Lex - IP legal information
Through the WIPO Lex database WIPO provides free and open access to legal information on IP from around the world, including IP laws and regulations, IP-related treaties, and judicial decisions on IP.
Topics and issues
IP infringements routinely impact on multiple territories, resulting in questions of jurisdiction, applicable law, and enforcement and recognition of foreign judgments.
Whilst not obligatory, there is a trend to specialize or centralize the handling of certain types of IP disputes. When is it advantageous or necessary to establish specialized IP courts?
Litigation surrounding standard essential patents (SEPs) has gradually increased over time and expanded into new jurisdictions. The WIPO Lex SEP Case Law Collection provides access to noteworthy SEP rulings from around the world, enhancing global understanding of judicial approaches to the latest and most complex SEP legal issues.