IP in Action
- National statements at WIPO meetings
- Case studies (IP Advantage): national IP success stories.
- Policies: IP policies, manuals and model agreements from national universities and research institutions.
- Photos (Flickr): A snapshot of WIPO-related activities.
- Videos (YouTube): Profiles of local creators and innovators, and their use of the IP system.
Recent Events
- Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) (November 23 to November 27, 2026)
- Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) (November 16 to November 20, 2026)
- IPC Union - IPC Revision Working Group (November 9 to November 13, 2026)
- Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (November 2 to November 6, 2026)
- Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (September 16 to September 25, 2026)
- Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO (July 7 to July 15, 2026)
- Advisory Committee on Enforcement (June 2 to June 4, 2026)
- Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) (May 4 to May 8, 2026)
- IPC Union - IPC Revision Working Group (April 27 to May 1, 2026)
- Nice Union - Committee of Experts (April 27 to May 1, 2026)
- Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO (April 21, 2026)
- WIPO ICT Leadership Dialogue (WILD) (April 14 to April 16, 2026)
- Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) (March 30 to April 2, 2026)
- Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (March 4 to March 13, 2026)
- IPC Union - Committee of Experts (February 24 to February 26, 2026)
- Launch of the World Intellectual Property Report 2026 (February 17, 2026)
- Working Group on the Development of the Lisbon System (February 17 to February 19, 2026)
- WIPO Coordination Committee: (February 12 to February 13, 2026)
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group (February 2, 2026)
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Committee for Technical Cooperation (February 2 to February 6, 2026)
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group (February 2 to February 6, 2026)
- Navigating the Threshold of Trademark Use in Online Advertising. (January 29, 2026)
- Smart Searching using Hague Databases (December 22, 2025)
- Non-Patent Literature (NPL) in PATENTSCOPE (December 18, 2025)
- Smart Searching using Hague Databases (December 17, 2025)
- Non-Patent Literature (NPL) in PATENTSCOPE (December 16, 2025)
- 12th Trilateral WHO-WIPO-WTO Technical Symposium: Antimicrobial Resistance: Addressing the Innovation Gap, Access Inequities, and Supply Challenges (December 11, 2025)
- IP Databases Insider (December 10, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: eMadrid Power User Tips – Portfolios, Access Rights, and Smart Alerts (in French) (December 10, 2025)
- PCT Basics webinar series: Episode 2 – First steps in filing a PCT application (Korean) (December 10, 2025)
- Smart Searching using Hague Databases (December 10, 2025)
- Caribbean Creative Industries Forum: Amplifying Caribbean Music as a Global Gateway (December 10 to December 11, 2025)
- Empowering African Fashion Designers Through IP and Branding Tools Pilot Edition - A Virtual Meeting for African IP Offices and Strategic Partners Unveiling an Exclusive Opportunity (December 9, 2025)
- National Creative Industries Workshop: Toward a Thriving Creative Ecosystem in Grenada (December 9, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: eMadrid – A Guided Tour of the New Digital Environment (in Korean) (December 8, 2025)
- WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee (IAOC) (December 8 to December 12, 2025)
- Overview of the Global Brand Database (December 4, 2025)
- Coordination Meeting with Private Sector Associations on IP Enforcement (December 3, 2025)
- Hague System 2025 Updates (December 3, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: eMadrid Power User Tips – Portfolios, Access Rights, and Smart Alerts (in Spanish) (December 3, 2025)
- Scale Up Your IP, Online Program - Final Event (December 2, 2025)
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (December 1 to December 5, 2025)
- Comparing Regional IP Policy Models: The Africa, ASEAN and CATI-CARD Examples: Experiences and Challenges (November 28, 2025)
- The Road to AIII Episode 4: What Have We Learned & What's Next? (November 28, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Madrid System (in Chinese) (November 27, 2025)
- Hague System 2025 Updates (November 26, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: eMadrid Masterclass – Populating Your Workbench and Preparing for Success (in French) (November 26, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: eMadrid Masterclass – Power User Tips and Preparing for Success (in Japanese) (November 26, 2025)
- Transitioning to XML Data Exchange and API for Selected Madrid Member Offices from the Middle East and Surrounding Regions (November 26, 2025)
- PCT Lecture Series (English) (November 25 to December 23, 2025)
- PCT Lecture Series (English) (November 25 to December 23, 2025)
- PCT Lecture Series (English) (November 25 to December 23, 2025)
- PCT Lecture Series (English) (November 25 to December 23, 2025)
- PCT Lecture Series (English) (November 25 to December 23, 2025)
- PCT Lecture Series (English) (November 25 to December 23, 2025)
- PCT Lecture Series (English) (November 25 to December 23, 2025)
- PCT Lecture Series (English) (November 25 to December 23, 2025)
- PCT Lecture Series (English) (November 25 to December 23, 2025)
- PCT Lecture Series (English) (November 25 to December 23, 2025)
- PCT Lecture Series (English) (November 25 to December 23, 2025)
- PCT Lecture Series (English) (November 25 to December 23, 2025)
- PCT Lecture Series (English) (November 25 to December 23, 2025)
- PCT Lecture Series (English) (November 25 to December 23, 2025)
- PCT Lecture Series (English) (November 25 to December 23, 2025)
- Global Research Experts Meeting on Improving Women’s Participation in Innovation, Creativity, and Intellectual Property (November 24 to November 25, 2025)
- WIPO Academy IPTIs: 15 Years from CDIP Pilot to the Heart of Local IP Training (November 20, 2025)
- Completion of the Development Agenda Project on Music and Economic Models in WAEMU Countries (November 19, 2025)
- Hague System 2025 Updates (November 19, 2025)
- IP Examiners in Focus: Current & Future Outlooks (November 19, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: eMadrid Masterclass – Populating Your Workbench and Preparing for Success (in Spanish) (November 19, 2025)
- Understanding the PCT System: National Webinar for Georgian Applicants (November 19, 2025)
- Regional Meeting of Intellectual Property Office Officials Responsible for the Madrid System for Selected Asia and the Pacific Countries (November 17 to November 20, 2025)
- Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) (November 17 to November 21, 2025)
- Symposium on Wastewater Technologies to Address One Health AMR (November 14, 2025)
- Advanced searches in PATENTSCOPE (November 13, 2025)
- PCT Basics webinar series: Episodes 1 and 2 – It all starts with an invention / First steps in filing a PCT application (Japanese) (November 13, 2025)
- WIPO Pulse Global IP Perception Survey (November 13, 2025)
- Third Expert-Level Roundtable on Fostering South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Intellectual Property and Development (November 13 to November 14, 2025)
- Hague Forms in Practice: How to File Changes and Updates Correctly (November 12, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: eMadrid – A Guided Tour of the New Digital Environment (in French) (November 12, 2025)
- Advanced searches in PATENTSCOPE (November 11, 2025)
- Regional Webinar for CACEEC “PCT System: Questions and Answers Session” (Russian) (November 11, 2025)
- Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) (November 10 to November 14, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: eMadrid Power User Tips – Portfolios, Access Rights, and Smart Alerts (in Russian) (November 6, 2025)
- PCT Basics webinar series: Episode 1 - It all starts with an invention…(Korean) (November 6, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: eMadrid – A Guided Tour of the New Digital Environment (in Spanish) (November 5, 2025)
- Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (November 3 to November 7, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Managing International Trademark Registrations – Subsequent Designation, Change Holder Details, Change Ownership, Renewal and Limitation (in Chinese) (October 30, 2025)
- PCT Basics webinar series: Episode 2 – First steps in filing a PCT application (Chinese) (October 30, 2025)
- WIPO Scale Up Your IP Program (October 30, 2025)
- Hague Forms in Practice: How to File Changes and Updates Correctly (October 29, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Goods and Services Manager: Classification Made Easy (in English) (October 29, 2025)
- PCT Union: Meeting of International Authorities Under the PCT (October 29 to October 31, 2025)
- Advanced webinar for authors and publishers “The Journey of a Book” (October 28, 2025)
- Regional Webinar for CACEEC “PCT System: Typical Mistakes Made by Applicants” (in Russian) (October 28, 2025)
- Twelfth Session of the WIPO Conversation: Intellectual Property and Synthetic Media (October 28 to October 29, 2025)
- IPC Union - IPC Revision Working Group (October 27 to October 31, 2025)
- IP Policy Trends: Where are we Headed? (October 24, 2025)
- Overview of PATENTSCOPE (October 23, 2025)
- WIPO Scale Up Your IP Program (October 23, 2025)
- Hague Forms in Practice: How to File Changes and Updates Correctly (October 22, 2025)
- Overview of PATENTSCOPE (October 21, 2025)
- Committee of Experts of the Locarno Union (October 20 to October 22, 2025)
- Scale Up Your IP, Online Program (October 16, 2025)
- CWS Task Forces Quarterly Review Meeting (October 15, 2025)
- Making Hague System Payments Easy with WIPO Pay (October 15, 2025)
- CWS XML4IP Task Force Meeting (October 14, 2025)
- Regional Webinar for CACEEC “PCT System: Criteria of Patentability on the International Phase. Cases When the Search Report isn’t Carried Out” (in Russian) (October 14, 2025)
- Webinar for authors and publishers “The Journey of a Book” (October 14, 2025)
- 2025 WIPO Intellectual Property Judges Forum (October 14 to October 15, 2025)
- Advanced seminar on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (October 13, 2025)
- Geneva Launch: Green Technology Book EXPO25 Special Edition | Advancing Climate Action Ten Years After the Paris Agreement (October 10, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: eMadrid Masterclass – Populating Your Workbench and Preparing for Success (in Russian) (October 9, 2025)
- National Outreach Workshop for the Project on Facilitating Transfer of Appropriate Technology in the Kingdom of Bhutan for Community Development through Universities and Research Institutions (October 9, 2025)
- Scale Up Your IP, Online Program (October 9, 2025)
- The Road to AIII, Episode 3: Infrastructure and the News Media Industry (October 9, 2025)
- Associated Working Group Program to Support Accession to the Hague System (October 9 to October 10, 2025)
- Making Hague System Payments Easy with WIPO Pay (October 8, 2025)
- Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs (October 6 to October 8, 2025)
- Incentivising in Technology Transfer: Encouraging, Recognising and Rewarding Researchers and Professionals (October 3, 2025)
- Chemical searches in PATENTSCOPE (October 2, 2025)
- Global Brand Database: tools (October 2, 2025)
- Chemical searches in PATENTSCOPE (September 30, 2025)
- Global Brand Database: searches (September 25, 2025)
- PCT Basics webinar series: Episode 1 – It all starts with an invention…(Chinese) (September 25, 2025)
- PCT Basics webinar series: Episode 2 – First steps in filing a PCT application (English) (September 25, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: eMadrid Power User Tips – Portfolios, Access Rights, and Smart Alerts (in English) (September 24, 2025)
- Making Hague System Payments Easy with WIPO Pay (September 24, 2025)
- Information Session: An Overview of Intellectual Property (IP) Examination (September 23, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Practical Guide to Filing International Trademark Applications (in Korean) (September 22, 2025)
- WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee (IAOC) (September 22 to September 26, 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)
- Global Brand Database: overview (September 18, 2025)
- WIPO Symposium on Standard Essential Patents (September 18 to September 19, 2025)
- Locarno Classification: What you Need to Know (September 17, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: eMadrid Masterclass – Populating Your Workbench and Preparing for Success (in English) (September 17, 2025)
- Launch of the Global Innovation Index 2025 (September 16, 2025)
- Inventor Assistance Program (IAP) Best Practice Summit 2025 (September 16 to September 17, 2025)
- CWS API Task Force Meeting (September 11, 2025)
- Locarno Classification: What you Need to Know (September 10, 2025)
- CWS XML4IP Task Force Meeting (September 9, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Practical Guide to Filing International Trademark Applications (in Japanese) (September 9, 2025)
- Regional Webinar for CACEEC “System PCT: “The best practices using PCT System” (September 9, 2025)
- CWS Digital Transformation Task Force Meeting (September 4, 2025)
- CWS Sequence Listings Task Force Meeting (September 3, 2025)
- Master Secure Tools to Manage and Share your International Registration and Transaction Portfolio (September 3, 2025)
- Webinar on Quantifying Impact: Strategies for Monitoring and Evaluating Technical Assistance and Capacity Building (September 2, 2025)
- Training and mentorship programs for the project “Weaving tradition, building future: Economic and creative empowerment of Poqomchí women in Guatemala” (September 1 to September 10, 2025)
- The Use of Copyrighted Works in Institutional IP Policies in academic and Public Research Institutions (August 29, 2025)
- CWS Name Standardization Task Force Meeting (August 28, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Searching for Trademarks – Exploring WIPO's Global Brand Database (in Chinese) (August 28, 2025)
- The Road to AIII, Episode 2: Infrastructure and the Music Industry (August 28, 2025)
- Master Secure Tools to Manage and Share your International Registration and Transaction Portfolio (August 27, 2025)
- CWS ICT Strategy Task Force Meeting (August 26, 2025)
- Practical exercises: session 2 (August 21, 2025)
- Master Secure Tools to Manage and Share your International Registration and Transaction Portfolio (August 20, 2025)
- Practical exercises: session 2 (August 19, 2025)
- Third session of series: Patents & the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for Women Innovators, Creators and Entrepreneurs (August 19, 2025)
- CWS XML4IP Task Force Meeting (August 12, 2025)
- CWS Task Forces Quarterly Review Meeting (July 30, 2025)
- Start-ups, SMEs, and Designers: Internationally Protect your Designs with the Hague System (July 30, 2025)
- CWS PAPI Task Force Meeting (July 29, 2025)
- Making IP Work for Your Business : A Practical Introduction for Caribbean Entrepreneurs (July 29, 2025)
- A look at the WIPO IP Policy Toolkit: Unpacking the steps (July 25, 2025)
- Start-ups, SMEs, and Designers: Internationally Protect your Designs with the Hague System (July 23, 2025)
- Training on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and related WIPO Global IP Services under the: Innovate in Tamil Nadu IP Conclave (IN2TN) (July 21, 2025)
- CWS API and XML4IP Joint Task Force Meeting (July 21 to July 24, 2025)
- Practical exercises: session 1 (July 17, 2025)
- Start-ups, SMEs, and Designers: Internationally Protect your Designs with the Hague System (July 16, 2025)
- Practical exercises: session 1 (July 15, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Guided Tour of the New eMadrid (Beta) Environment (in Japanese) (July 10, 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)
- Institutional IP Policy: Context in the knowledge economy (July 4, 2025)
- PCT Basics webinar series: Episode 1 - It all starts with an invention…(English) (July 2, 2025)
- CWS Authority File Task Force Meeting (June 26, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Guided Tour of the New eMadrid (Beta) Environment (in Russian) (June 26, 2025)
- The Road to AIII, Episode 1: Infrastructure 101 (June 26, 2025)
- CWS Sequence Listings Task Force Meeting (June 25, 2025)
- Effortless Hague System Management: Streamline Your International Registrations (June 25, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Guided Tour of the New eMadrid (Beta) Environment (in Korean) (June 23, 2025)
- International Patent Drafting Training Program (2025) - Forth Edition (June 23 to June 27, 2025)
- Advanced On-line course for Trademark Examiners of the Caribbean Intellectual Property Offices on Specific Types of Trademarks (June 23 to July 4, 2025)
- Classification searches in PATENTSCOPE (June 19, 2025)
- CWS 3D Task Force Meeting (June 19, 2025)
- Madrid System Webinar: Guided Tour of the New eMadrid (Beta) Environment (in Chinese) (June 19, 2025)
- Effortless Hague System Management: Streamline Your International Registrations (June 18, 2025)
- Program and Budget Committee (June 16 to June 20, 2025)
- WIPO - UNIGE Summer School on Intellectual Property (June 16 to June 27, 2025)
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