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Apr 4, 2016 An Ethiopian inventor and entrepreneur's creative problem solving leads to the creation of a domestic industry.

Jan 27, 2016 A WIPO official explains why it is important to help indigenous people benefit from their cultural creations.

Jan 13, 2016 “Bowie Bonds”: The musician pioneered the use of a financial tool backed by royalties from his IP.

Dec 7, 2015 International experts on innovation, intellectual property and access to medicines recently discussed the relationship between patent systems and the availability of medicines in developing and least-developed countries.

Oct 29, 2015 One Tanzanian firm has nurtured a single brand from humble beginnings to a vast array of products and sales of over half a billion dollars per year.

Oct 29, 2015 A WIPO partnership aims to increase worldwide access to books for people who are blind, have low vision or are otherwise print disabled.

Oct 29, 2015 WIPO, WTO and WHO host a seminar on innovation and public health.

Jul 20, 2015 WIPO’s Madrid System has surpassed 1.25 million international trademark registrations, a milestone celebrated in New Delhi with top officials from the Indian government, WIPO and Micromax Informatics Ltd., which filed the record-breaking mark.

Jun 24, 2015 Protecting indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge across borders is among the most-challenging topics in the intellectual property field, Harvard Law expert told participants at a WIPO seminar.

Jun 22, 2015 A new study shows how creators are using freely available photos to create new value on Wikipedia and crowd-funding site Kickstarter.