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New – Update on Covid-19
Find out what's happening at WIPO and get background information on intellectual property (IP) issues.
New – Update on Covid-19
Governments and enterprises in many parts of the world scaled up investments in innovation amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Global Innovation Index 2021 revealed. Switzerland, Sweden, U.S., and U.K. and the Republic of Korea lead the ranking.
As the world looks to rebuild from the pandemic, innovation has a crucial role to play in opening up new growth possibilities and creating much needed solutions to the common challenges we face. Decisions on innovation may be complex, but, as this report highlights, it is vital that they are understood.
Patent filings related to emerging assistive technologies have grown at double-digit annual rates and are increasingly integrated with consumer goods for the wider public, WIPO’s Technology Trends report found.
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Worldwide intellectual property filing activity filing activity rebounded in 2020 illustrating the resilience of human innovation amid the global pandemic, WIPO’s World Intellectual Property Indicators Report (WIPI) showed.
WIPO for Creators has welcomed its first Member State and corporate sponsors: The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (UKIPO) and Universal Music Group.
WIPO's newest treaty helps hundreds of millions of people living with visual impairments around the world.
Innovative enterprises and individuals around the world overcame the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 to drive WIPO’s global IP services for patents, trademarks and designs to new records.
Which famous musicians are also listed as inventors on international patent applications filed via WIPO?
The WIPO GREEN online marketplace has now surpassed 3,000 climate-friendly technologies entries in a milestone for the effort to connect seekers and owners of green technologies.
