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Recent Events
- Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) (November 17 to November 21, 2025)
- Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) (November 10 to November 14, 2025)
- Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (November 3 to November 7, 2025)
- IPC Union - IPC Revision Working Group (October 27 to October 31, 2025)
- Committee of Experts of the Locarno Union (October 20 to October 22, 2025)
- CWS Task Forces Quarterly Review Meeting (October 15, 2025)
- CWS XML4IP Task Force Meeting (October 14, 2025)
- Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs (October 6 to October 10, 2025)
- Launch of the Global Innovation Index 2025 (September 29, 2025)
- Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks (September 22 to September 26, 2025)
- CWS IP Data Exchange Task Force Meeting (September 18, 2025)
- WIPO Symposium on Standard Essential Patents (September 18 to September 19, 2025)
- CWS API Task Force Meeting (September 11, 2025)
- CWS XML4IP Task Force Meeting (September 9, 2025)
- CWS Digital Transformation Task Force Meeting (September 4, 2025)
- CWS Sequence Listings Task Force Meeting (September 3, 2025)
- CWS Name Standardization Task Force Meeting (August 28, 2025)
- CWS ICT Strategy Task Force Meeting (August 26, 2025)
- CWS XML4IP Task Force Meeting (August 12, 2025)
- CWS Task Forces Quarterly Review Meeting (July 30, 2025)
- CWS PAPI Task Force Meeting (July 29, 2025)
- CWS API and XML4IP Joint Task Force Meeting (July 21 to July 25, 2025)
- Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- Beijing Treaty – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- Berne Union – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- Berne Union – Executive Committee (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- Budapest Union – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- Hague Union – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- IPC Union – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- Lisbon Union – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- Locarno Union – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- Madrid Union – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- Marrakesh Treaty – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- Nice Union – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- Paris Union – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- Paris Union – Executive Committee (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- Patent Law Treaty (PLT) – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- PCT Union – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (STLT) – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- Vienna Union – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- WCT – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- WIPO Conference (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- WIPO Coordination Committee (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- WIPO General Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- WPPT – Assembly (July 8 to July 17, 2025)
- CWS Sequence Listings Task Force Meeting (June 25, 2025)
- International Patent Drafting Training Program (2025) - Forth Edition (June 23 to June 27, 2025)
- CWS 3D Task Force Meeting (June 19, 2025)
- CWS Digital Transformation Task Force Meeting (June 17, 2025)
- Program and Budget Committee (June 16 to June 20, 2025)
- CWS IP Data Exchange Task Force Meeting (June 12, 2025)
- CWS XML4IP Task Force Meeting (June 10, 2025)
- CWS Part 7 Task Force Meeting (June 3, 2025)
- Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (May 30 to June 5, 2025)
- CWS Legal Status Task Force Meeting (May 27, 2025)
- CWS Digital Transformation Task Force Meeting (May 22, 2025)
- CWS Blockchain Task Force Meeting (May 20, 2025)
- Program and Budget Committee (May 19 to May 23, 2025)
- CWS Authority File Task Force Meeting (May 15, 2025)
- CWS 3D Task Force Meeting (May 15, 2025)
- Workshop on Intellectual Property Data in 3D Models and Images (May 14, 2025)
- CWS Name Standardization Task Force Meeting (May 13, 2025)
- CWS XML4IP Task Force Meeting (May 13, 2025)
- IP Finance Dialogue: The Value of Intangible Assets (May 13, 2025)
- Name Standardization Workshop (May 12, 2025)
- IPC Union - IPC Revision Working Group (May 12 to May 16, 2025)
- CWS API Task Force Meeting (May 8, 2025)
- International Conference on Intellectual Property and Development – The Role of IP and Innovation in Addressing Global Public Health Challenges: Fostering Technological Transfer and Collaborations (May 5, 2025)
- Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) (May 5 to May 9, 2025)
- CWS Sequence Listings Task Force Meeting (April 30, 2025)
- Women and IP Symposium for IP Offices (April 30 to May 2, 2025)
- CWS PAPI Task Force Meeting (April 29, 2025)
- Ad-hoc meeting on the issue of the handling of deposited biological material with IDAs after the expiration of the period of storage prescribed in Rule 9.1 of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty (April 28 to April 29, 2025)
- Nice Union - Committee of Experts (April 28 to May 2, 2025)
- CWS IP Data Exchange Task Force Meeting (April 24, 2025)
- CWS 3D Task Force Meeting (April 23, 2025)
- WIPO Conference – 25th UDRP Anniversary Commemorating 25 years of protecting brands and consumers online: a retrospective and look ahead Geneva, April 23, 2025 (April 23, 2025)
- Eleventh Session of the WIPO Conversation (April 23 to April 24, 2025)
- WIPO ICT Leadership Dialogue (WILD) (April 14 to April 16, 2025)
- CWS Authority File Task Force Meeting (April 10, 2025)
- CWS Name Standardization Task Force Meeting (April 8, 2025)
- WIPO Virtual National Patent Drafting Workshop, Chile (April 7 to April 10, 2025)
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (April 7 to April 11, 2025)
- Maximizing Impact: Strategic Planning for Technical Assistance and Capacity Building (April 3, 2025)
- CWS Task Forces Quarterly Review Meeting (April 2, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: The Madrid System for Newcomers – A Beginner's Guide to WIPO's International Trademark System (in Chinese) (March 27, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Latest Legal Updates in the Madrid System – What You Need to Know (in Japanese) (March 26, 2025)
- Your Step-by-Step Guide to Filing an International Design Application (March 26, 2025)
- Information Session on Geographical Indications – Recognition of Geographical Indications as Valid Rights in the Domain Name Dispute Resolution Procedures: Recent Developments and Prospects (March 25, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Latest Legal Updates in the Madrid System – What You Need to Know (in Korean) (March 25, 2025)
- Regional Webinar for CACEEC “PCT System: Filing an international application via ePCT. Live demonstration” (March 25, 2025)
- The Hague System from the Perspective of a Practitioner with Tracy-Gene Durkin (March 25, 2025)
- Information Session on Geographical Indications - The Value of Geographical Indications Around the world (March 24, 2025)
- Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (March 24 to March 27, 2025)
- WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee (IAOC) (March 24 to March 28, 2025)
- CWS Digital Transformation Task Force Meeting (March 20, 2025)
- GBD: the tools (useful before filing an application) (March 20, 2025)
- GBD: the tools (useful before filing an application) (March 20, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Latest Legal Updates in the Madrid System – What You Need to Know (in French) (March 19, 2025)
- Multilingual Search & Translation Tools in PATENTSCOPE (March 19, 2025)
- Multilingual Search & Translation Tools in PATENTSCOPE (March 19, 2025)
- Your Step-by-Step Guide to Filing an International Design Application (March 19, 2025)
- CWS ICT Strategy Task Force Meeting (March 18, 2025)
- Training Workshop on the Procedures under the Lisbon System for the International Registration and Protection of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications (March 17, 2025)
- Working Group on the Development of the Lisbon System (March 17 to March 20, 2025)
- GBD: the searches (March 13, 2025)
- GBD: the searches (March 13, 2025)
- Your Step-by-Step Guide to Filing an International Design Application (March 12, 2025)
- CWS XML4IP Task Force Meeting (March 11, 2025)
- Launch of the WIPO Pilot Study on “Gender Gap in Industrial Designs of Central European and Baltic States” (March 10, 2025)
- Working Group on the Digital Access Service for Priority Documents (March 10 to March 12, 2025)
- Online Workshop and Networking Series for Reaching the China Market through e-Commerce Platforms (March 7, 2025)
- GBD: the basics (March 6, 2025)
- GBD: the basics (March 6, 2025)
- GII iLens Innovation Data Lab: 3rd workshop “Measuring the Deep Science Wave via the WIPO Global Innovation Index (GII) and Beyond: Genome Sequencing and its Applications” (March 4, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Protecting Trademarks Internationally with WIPO Madrid System – a guide for SMEs (in Russian) (March 4, 2025)
- Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (March 3 to March 7, 2025)
- Chemical searches in PATENTSCOPE (February 27, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Latest Legal Updates in the Madrid System – What You Need to Know (in Chinese) (February 27, 2025)
- Regional Webinar for CACEEC “Introduction into the PCT System and the Latest Updates”, February 27, 2025 (February 27, 2025)
- Getting to Know the Hague System: Tools and Resources to Help You (February 26, 2025)
- Chemical searches in PATENTSCOPE (February 25, 2025)
- IPC Union - Committee of Experts (February 25 to February 27, 2025)
- CWS Authority File Task Force Workshop (February 21, 2025)
- Information Session on Graphical User Interface (GUI) Design Protection (February 21, 2025)
- Getting to Know the Hague System: Tools and Resources to Help You (February 19, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Latest Legal Updates in the Madrid System – What You Need to Know (in Russian) (February 18, 2025)
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group (February 18 to February 20, 2025)
- Booster Practical Workshop on Intellectual Property for Women Entrepreneurs from Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (February 17 to February 20, 2025)
- CWS IP Data Exchange Task Force Meeting (February 13, 2025)
- GII iLens Innovation Data Lab: 2nd workshop “Metrics on innovative start-ups and high-growth firms” (February 13, 2025)
- Getting to Know the Hague System: Tools and Resources to Help You (February 12, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Latest Legal Updates in the Madrid System – What You Need to Know (in Spanish) (February 12, 2025)
- CWS XML4IP Task Force Meeting (February 11, 2025)
- Launch of the WIPO Technology Trends (WITT) Report on the Future of Transportation. (February 6, 2025)
- Opening Event of the Capacity Building Program of the Intellectual Property Project for Young Migrant Entrepreneurs (February 6, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Latest Legal Updates in the Madrid System – What You Need to Know (in English) (February 5, 2025)
- Panel Discussion: Practices and Challenges in the Enforcement of Plant Breeders' Rights (February 5, 2025)
- CWS API Task Force Meeting (February 4, 2025)
- Advisory Committee on Enforcement (February 4 to February 6, 2025)
- Overview of PATENTSCOPE (January 31, 2025)
- Overview of PATENTSCOPE (January 31, 2025)
- CWS Digital Transformation Task Force Meeting (January 30, 2025)
- Overview of the Global Brand Database (January 30, 2025)
- How to Make International Design Protection Easier with the Hague System (January 29, 2025)
- Overview of the Global Brand Database (January 29, 2025)
- Overview of the Global Brand Database (January 28, 2025)
- How to Make International Design Protection Easier with the Hague System (January 22, 2025)
- WIPO Webinar for Judges: Digital Evidence in Trademark Cases (January 22, 2025)
- Committee of Experts of the Vienna Union (January 20 to January 21, 2025)
- How to Make International Design Protection Easier with the Hague System (January 15, 2025)
- Dialogue on the Study of the situation of organizations that promote entrepreneurship programs for people with intellectual disabilities and the use of intellectual property (IP) in Mexico (December 18, 2024)
- 2024 Insights Unwrapped: Dive into the Latest Updates (December 18, 2024)
- Launch of the WIPO Toolkit on New Product Development and Inventions in the Public Domain (December 12, 2024)
- Mastering ePCT webinar series: Request for Change under PCT Rule 92bis (December 12, 2024)
- Advancing Sustainability: IPI Switzerland’s Journey Toward the Green Transition and Global SDG Impact (December 11, 2024)
- IP Empowering Mobile Apps (December 11, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Everything you Wanted to Know about the Madrid System (in English) (December 11, 2024)
- 2024 Insights Unwrapped: Dive into the Latest Updates (December 11, 2024)
- Mastering ePCT webinar series: Request for Change under PCT Rule 92bis (December 10, 2024)
- Virtual Launch – Hands-on IP Finance Guide: Securing Loans with your IP Assets (December 10, 2024)
- Webinar With USPTO as Special Guest (December 10, 2024)
- Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) (December 9 to December 13, 2024)
- WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee (IAOC) (December 9 to December 13, 2024)
- The future of IP financing for economic growth (December 6, 2024)
- Classification searches in PATENTSCOPE (December 5, 2024)
- CWS Task Forces Quarterly Review Meeting (December 4, 2024)
- 2024 Insights Unwrapped: Dive into the Latest Updates (December 4, 2024)
- Classification searches in PATENTSCOPE (December 3, 2024)
- GBD Autumn Session 5 - Practical exercises (December 3, 2024)
- IP Information Roundtable 2024 (December 3, 2024)
- Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (December 2 to December 6, 2024)
- Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (November 29, 2024)
- Briefing Session for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Group in Geneva (November 28, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Everything you Wanted to Know about the Madrid System (in Chinese) (November 28, 2024)
- Overview of PATENTSCOPE (November 28, 2024)
- Subsequent Procedures of the PCT (November 28, 2024)
- CWS IP Data Exchange Task Force Meeting (November 27, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Learning from Common Mistakes made by Madrid System Users (in Korean) (November 27, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Record a Change in Ownership of an International Trademark Registration (in English) (November 27, 2024)
- Making Payment Smooth and Simple (November 27, 2024)
- GBD Autumn Session 4 - Explore tab + Goods and Services Explorer (November 26, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Frequently Asked Questions about the Madrid System’s Online Services (in Japanese) (November 26, 2024)
- Overview of PATENTSCOPE (November 26, 2024)
- WIPO to Host First IPGAP Global Research Experts Meeting on Improving Gender and Diversity in IP and Innovation (November 25 to November 26, 2024)
- CWS Digital Transformation Task Force Meeting (November 21, 2024)
- International Application and International Search (November 21, 2024)
- Online Branding Bootcamp for Young Content Creators (November 21, 2024)
- Seminar on the Practical Aspects of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks for Advanced Users (November 21 to November 22, 2024)
- Making Payment Smooth and Simple (November 20, 2024)
- GBD Autumn Session 3 - Advanced searches + Creating reports (November 19, 2024)
- Making Payment Smooth and Simple (November 13, 2024)
- Overview and benefits of PCT (November 13, 2024)
- WIPO publication "Contracts in Publishing: A toolkit for authors and publishers" (November 13, 2024)
- CWS XML41P Task Force Meeting (November 12, 2024)
- GBD Autumn Session 2 - Brand logo search + Vienna Assistant (November 12, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: Madrid System Promotion and Marketing and all About Fees (Session 1) (English with French sub-titles) (November 12, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: Madrid System Promotion and Marketing and all About Fees (Session 2) (English with Spanish sub-titles) (November 12, 2024)
- Regional Prime Webinar on the “Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and Transfer of Technology for Universities and Small Entities from CACEEC” (November 12, 2024)
- Overview of Intellectual Property in the United States (November 8, 2024)
- Risks associated with IP financing: Can they be curbed? (November 8, 2024)
- Coordination Meeting with Private Sectors Associations on IP Enforcement (November 5, 2024)
- GBD Autumn Session 1 - Brand name search + Understanding data coverage (November 5, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: Role of the Office of a Designated Madrid System Member – Part 3 (Session 1) (English with French sub-titles) (November 5, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: Role of the Office of a Designated Madrid System Member – Part 3 (Session 2) (English with Spanish sub-titles) (November 5, 2024)
- Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) Training Seminar on Patent Search (November 5 to November 6, 2024)
- WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property (IP) and Frontier Technologies: Tenth Session (November 5 to November 6, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Make a Correction in the International Register (in Chinese) (October 31, 2024)
- CWS API Task Force Meeting (October 30, 2024)
- Discover DAS: Your Guide to the WIPO Digital Access Service (October 30, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Make the Most of Madrid System Online Services (in English) (October 30, 2024)
- IPTIs Connect Session: Sparking Youth Potential Through IPTIs (October 29, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: Role of the Office of a Designated Madrid System Member – Part 2 (Session 1) (English with French sub-titles) (October 29, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: Role of the Office of a Designated Madrid System Member – Part 2 (Session 2) (English with Spanish sub-titles) (October 29, 2024)
- CWS Digital Transformation Task Force Meeting (October 24, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Expand Protection of Your International Trademark Registration (in Korean) (October 24, 2024)
- Exploring Global Design Protection: The Hague System Explained (October 23, 2024)
- WIPO Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) Regional Meeting for Arab Countries-Webinar (October 23, 2024)
- Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs (October 21 to October 23, 2024)
- Launch of the Toolkit developed under the project: Supporting SMEs in the Pacific Alliance´s countries (October 18, 2024)
- Breaking down language barriers in PATENTSCOPE (October 17, 2024)
- Exploring Global Design Protection: The Hague System Explained (October 17, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Everything You Wanted to Know about the Madrid System (in Japanese) (October 17, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: How to File an International Trademark Application (in Russian) (October 17, 2024)
- Breaking down language barriers in PATENTSCOPE (October 15, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: The Role of the Office of a Designated Madrid System Member – Part 1 (Session 1) (English with French sub-titles) (October 15, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: The Role of the Office of a Designated Madrid System Member – Part 1 (Session 2) (English with Spanish sub-titles) (October 15, 2024)
- IPC Union - IPC Revision Working Group (October 14 to October 18, 2024)
- Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (October 14 to October 18, 2024)
- WIPO-Saudi Arabia Summer School on IP (October 13 to October 24, 2024)
- How does IP-backed lending differ from traditional asset-backed lending? (October 11, 2024)
- Exploring Global Design Protection: The Hague System Explained (October 9, 2024)
- 2024 WIPO Intellectual Property Judges Forum (October 9 to October 10, 2024)
- CWS XML41P Task Force Meeting (October 8, 2024)
- Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks (October 7 to October 11, 2024)
- Advanced seminar on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (October 2 to October 3, 2024)
- Global Challenges Seminar: Driving Med Tech Innovation Ecosystems in LDCs (October 1, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: The Transition to Madrid E-filing and Madrid Application Assistant; XML Data Exchange (Session 1) (English with French sub-titles) (October 1, 2024)
- Online Training for IP Offices of Madrid System Members: The Transition to Madrid E-filing and Madrid Application Assistant; XML Data Exchange (Session 2) (English with Spanish sub-titles) (October 1, 2024)
- Launch of the Global Innovation Index 2024 (September 26, 2024)
- Madrid System Webinar: Transformation and Replacement of an International Trademark Registration (in Korean) (September 26, 2024)
- Non-Patent Literature in PATENTSCOPE (September 26, 2024)
- WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee (September 24 to September 27, 2024)