WIPO Guide to Using Patent Information
Author(s): World Intellectual Property Organization; Publication year: 2022
This guide outlines key techniques for retrieving information contained in patent documents. It shows how this information can be used in determining the patentability of inventions, avoiding patent infringement, assessing the value of patents, gathering business intelligence, and identifying technology trends.
WIPO GREEN – Year in Review 2020
Publication year: 2021
The WIPO GREEN Year in Review 2020 provides a snapshot of last year's activities and achievements. Some highlights include the regional innovation acceleration project in Latin America, WIPO GREEN strategic activities, and the establishment of new partner and donor relationships.
Main Provisions and Benefits of the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement (2015)
Publication year: 2021
The Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement was adopted by the Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of a New Act of the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, which took place in Geneva from May 11 to 21 , 2015. The Act establishes an international system of registration and protection for both appellations of origin and geographical indications.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 1/2021 (March)
Publication year: 2021
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 2/2021 (June)
Publication year: 2021
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
Guide to the International Registration of Marks under the Madrid Protocol
Publication year: 2021
This Guide is primarily intended for applicants for, and holders of, international registrations of marks, as well as officials of the competent administrations of the members of the Madrid Union. It covers the various steps of the international registration procedure and explains the essential provisions of the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and the Regulations under the Protocol.
Patent Cooperation Treaty Yearly Review – 2021
The International Patent System
Publication year: 2021
Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international patent system. Special theme: A first insight into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on PCT applications
Patent Cooperation Treaty Yearly Review 2021 - Executive Summary
The International Patent System
Publication year: 2021
This document provides the key trends in the use of the WIPO-administered Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). This edition provides a summary of the statistics reported in the PCT Yearly Review 2021.
Hague Yearly Review 2021
International Registration of Industrial Designs
Publication year: 2021
Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international registration of industrial designs.
Hague Yearly Review 2021 - Executive Summary
International Registration of Industrial Designs
Publication year: 2021
This executive brief identifies key trends in the use of the WIPO-administered Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs.
Madrid Yearly Review 2021
International Registration of Marks
Publication year: 2021
Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international registration of marks.
Madrid Yearly Review 2021 – Executive Summary
International Registration of Marks
Publication year: 2021
This executive brief identifies key trends in the use of the WIPO-administered Madrid System.
WIPO IP Facts and Figures 2020
Publication year: 2021
An overview of intellectual property activity based on the latest available year of complete statistics.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms for Business-to-Business Digital Copyright and Content-Related Disputes - Executive Summary
A report on the results of the WIPO-MCST Survey
Author(s): World Intellectual Property Organization; Publication year: 2021
This executive summary reveals the key findings from the WIPO-MCST survey on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms to resolve business-to-business (B2B) disputes related to digital copyright and digital content
Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms for Business-to-Business Digital Copyright and Content-Related Disputes
A report on the results of the WIPO-MCST Survey
Author(s): World Intellectual Property Organization; Publication year: 2021
This timely publication analyses the results of a survey carried out by WIPO, with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea (MCST), on the current use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms to handle business-to-business disputes related to digital copyright and digital content. Drawing on more than 1,000 responses from a wide range of stakeholders in 129 countries, the report is a unique source of information on which to base the development of tailored ADR mechanisms.
Boosting Tourism Development through Intellectual Property
Author(s): World Intellectual Property Organization, World Tourism Organization; Publication year: 2021
This publication helps non-IP specialists understand the connection between IP, tourism and culture. Through multiple case studies, it illustrates how existing and potential IP tools, in particular branding and copyright, can add value to tourism services and products. It explains how to include IP in tourism policies, product development and destination branding, and shows how different IP rights can be leveraged for fundraising purposes.
WIPO Technology Trends 2021
Assistive technology
Author(s): World Intellectual Property Organization; Publication year: 2021
This groundbreaking report looks at patenting and technology trends in innovation in assistive technology. It identifies the prominent technologies, top players and markets for patent protection across seven domains – mobility, cognition, communication, hearing, the built environment, self-care and vision. Using a scale of technology readiness, it reveals which of the identified assistive products filed for patent protection are closest to commercialization.
Find out more: Technology Trends - Assistive Technology | Press release
WIPO Technology Trends 2021 - Executive Summary
Assistive technology
Publication year: 2021
This groundbreaking report looks at patenting and technology trends in innovation in assistive technology. It identifies the prominent technologies, top players and markets for patent protection across seven domains – mobility, cognition, communication, hearing, the built environment, self-care and vision. Using a scale of technology readiness, it reveals which of the identified assistive products filed for patent protection are closest to commercialization.
Sharing Knowledge, Building IP Skills – The WIPO Academy Year in Review 2020
Publication year: 2021
This report presents the Academy’s achievements in 2020 and highlights the latest developments across programs, including new partnerships and course offerings.
Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) Report 2020
Enabling local innovators to exploit their potential
Author(s): World Intellectual Property Organization; Publication year: 2021
This annual report of the TISC program highlights the key trends, innovations and milestones in 2020, with a focus on how the program and the TISC network responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WIPO and the Sustainable Development Goals
Innovation driving human progress
Publication year: 2021
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide an ambitious roadmap for human progress. This brochure explains how WIPO’s work supports the SDGs by enabling innovation for the economic, social and cultural development of all countries.
WIPO Good Practice Toolkit for Collective Management Organizations (The Toolkit)
A Bridge between Rightholders and Users
Publication year: 2021
The WIPO Good Practice Toolkit for Collective Management Organizations (CMOs) brings together examples of legislation, regulation and codes of conduct in the area of collective management from around the world. Member states and other stakeholders may use relevant parts of the document to help them design an approach suitable for their particular context. Note - The Toolkit is not a normative document. The first version of the Toolkit was published in 2018. The current version was published in September 2021, and reflects the submissions received from WIPO Member States and other stakeholders throughout the consultation process in 2021.
Expanding the World Gender-Name Dictionary: WGND 2.0
Economic Research Working Paper No. 64
Author(s): Gema Lax Martínez, Helena Saenz de Juano-i-Ribes, Deyun Yin, Bruno Le Feuvre, Intan Hamdan-Livramento, Kaori Saito, Julio Raffo; Publication year: 2021
This paper revisits the first World Gender Name Dictionary (WGND 1.0), allowing to disambiguate the gender in data naming physical persons (Lax Martínez et al., 2016). We discuss its advantages and limitations and propose an expansion based on updated data and additional sources. By including more than 26 million records linking given names and 195 different countries and territories, the resulting WGND 2.0 substantially increases the international coverage of its processor. As a result, it is particularly designed to be applied to intellectual property unit-record data naming inventors, designers, individual applicants and other creators disclosed in these data.
COVID-19 Impact on Artistic Income
Economic Research Working Paper No. 65
Author(s): Alexander Cuntz, Matthias Sahli; Publication year: 2021
This paper assesses the impact of the pandemic crisis on self-employed income among artists resident in Germany. Using unique data from the latest available public insurance records, we show that musicians and performing artists are among the most vulnerable groups, and that writers, on average, are relatively less impacted. Moreover, the paper looks at the impact of the 2020 crisis on income differences by gender, career stages and regions, and it investigates the effect of specific non-pharmaceutical, public intervention implemented in German states.
WIPO GREEN – Year in Review 2019
Publication year: 2020
The WIPO GREEN Year in Review 2019 provides a snapshot of last year's activities and achievements. Some highlights include the regional innovation acceleration project in Latin America, WIPO GREEN strategic activities, and the establishment of new partner and donor relationships.
Sharing Knowledge, Building Capacity – The WIPO Academy Year in Review 2019
Publication year: 2020
This report presents the Academy’s achievements in 2019 and highlights the latest developments across programs, including new partnerships and course offerings.
IP Training Institutions Brochure
Publication year: 2020
Learn more about the WIPO Academy’s support to Member States in establishing self-sustaining IPTIs
Guide to the International Patent Classification (2020)
Publication year: 2020
This Guide provides information on the objectives, history and reform of the International Patent Classification (IPC) as well as assistance in the use of the IPC.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 1/2020 (March)
Publication year: 2020
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 2/2020 (June)
Publication year: 2020
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 3/2020 (September)
Publication year: 2020
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 4/2020 (December)
Publication year: 2020
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
Author(s): WIPO; Publication year: 2020
These records include the texts of the new Act and the Regulations as adopted by the Diplomatic Conference, the text of the Basic Proposal as presented to the Diplomatic Conference, as well as a comparison of the texts of the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration (of October 31, 1958, as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, and as amended on September 28, 1979) and the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications (of May 20, 2015) and the Regulations thereunder.
WIPO Mediation, Arbitration, Expedited Arbitration and Expert Determination Rules and Clauses
Publication year: 2020
This brochure contains the rules of dispute resolution procedures administered by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, namely, the WIPO Mediation Rules, the WIPO Arbitration Rules, the WIPO Expedited Arbitration Rules, and the WIPO Expert Determination Rules.
What is Intellectual Property?
Publication year: 2020
Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind – everything from works of art to inventions, computer programs to trademarks and other commercial signs. This booklet introduces the main types of IP and explains how the law protects them. It also introduces the work of WIPO, the global forum for IP services, policy, information and cooperation.
Patent Cooperation Treaty Yearly Review – 2020
The International Patent System
Publication year: 2020
Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international patent system. Special theme: The top 50 PCT clusters
Patent Cooperation Treaty Yearly Review 2020 - Executive Summary
The International Patent System
Publication year: 2020
This document provides the key trends in the use of the WIPO-administered Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). This edition provides a summary of the statistics reported in the PCT Yearly Review 2020.
Publication year: 2020
Arbitration is increasingly being used to resolve disputes involving intellectual property, technology, entertainment and other commercial rights. This booklet provides a straightforward introduction to this dispute resolution procedure, based on the extensive experience of the WIPO Center. It describes the main features and advantages of arbitration and explains how arbitration under the WIPO Arbitration and Expedited Arbitration Rules works in practice, with case examples.
Hague Yearly Review 2020
International Registration of Industrial Designs
Publication year: 2020
Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international registration of industrial designs.
Hague Yearly Review 2020 - Executive Summary
International Registration of Industrial Designs
Publication year: 2020
This executive brief identifies key trends in the use of the WIPO-administered Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs.
Publication year: 2020
General information on the interface between intellectual property (IP) and traditional knowledge (TK), traditional cultural expressions (TCEs), and genetic resources (GRs). It briefly addresses the most important questions that arise when considering the role that IP principles and systems can play in protecting TK and TCEs from misappropriation, and in generating and equitably sharing benefits from their commercialization, and the role of IP in access to and benefit sharing in GRs.
Madrid Yearly Review 2020
International Registration of Marks
Publication year: 2020
Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international registration of marks.
Madrid Yearly Review 2020 – Executive Summary
International Registration of Marks
Publication year: 2020
This executive brief identifies key trends in the use of the WIPO-administered Madrid System.
World Intellectual Property Indicators 2020
Publication year: 2020
This authoritative report analyzes IP activity around the globe. Drawing on 2019 filing, registration and renewals statistics from national and regional IP offices and WIPO, it covers patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, microorganisms, plant variety protection and geographical indications. The report also draws on survey data and industry sources to give a picture of activity in the publishing industry.
WIPO IP Facts and Figures 2019
Publication year: 2020
An overview of intellectual property activity based on the latest available year of complete statistics.
Methodology for the Development of National Intellectual Property Strategies
Second edition
Publication year: 2020
This core reference for national project teams developing IP strategies has been fully revised to give clear, step-by-step guidance through every phase of the lifecycle of a strategy, from initiation through to monitoring and evaluation. This comprehensive reference guide includes a range of tools and best practices, templates and other resources.
Key Questions on Patent Disclosure Requirements for Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge
Second Edition
Publication year: 2020
Policymakers and other stakeholders often raise operational questions and seek practical and empirical information about patent disclosure requirements in relation to genetic resources and traditional knowledge. This authoritative study offers a comprehensive and scrupulously neutral overview of key legal and operational questions arising within this context.
Report of the Director General to the 2020 WIPO Assemblies
Retrospective 2008-2020
Author(s): Francis Gurry; Publication year: 2020
This report is a retrospective of the work accomplished by the Organization during the two terms of office of Director General Francis Gurry, from 2008 to 2020.
Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) Report 2019
TISCs as a catalyst for innovation and technology transfer
Publication year: 2020
This Annual Report highlights key trends and milestones of the TISC program since its launch in 2009, with a focus on the main achievements and developments in 2019.
Identifying Inventions in the Public Domain
A Guide for Inventors and Entrepreneurs
Publication year: 2020
This guide aims to assist researchers, inventors and entrepreneurs in determining whether specific inventions are protected by enforceable patents or may be in the public domain, by teaching a three-stage process for searching and analyzing published patent documents using the tools of freedom to operate determination. Designed for self-study, the guide has easy-to-follow training modules that take the reader through the process step by step, including with the help of useful checklists and other tools.
Using Inventions in the Public Domain
A Guide for Inventors and Entrepreneurs
Publication year: 2020
This guide is designed to help researchers, inventors and entrepreneurs gain access to and use technology and business information and knowledge in the public domain, for the development of new innovative products and services in their own country. The focus of the guide is on information and technology disclosed in patent documents. Designed for self-study, the guide provides easy-to follow training modules that include teaching examples and other useful practical tools and resources.
Ethics and Innovation
10 Years WIPO Ethics Office
Publication year: 2020
This anniversary publication presents the creation and history of WIPO’s Ethics Office, and describes the interrelationship between law and ethics in the internal justice system. The book also features contributions by leading scholars, originally made in the context of the WIPO Public Lectures series on Ethics, which explore ethical challenges to technological developments, communication, justice and culture.
Batman forever? The economics of overlapping rights
Economic Research Working Paper No. 61
Author(s): Alexander Cuntz, Franziska Kaiser; Publication year: 2020
When copyrighted comic characters are also protected under trademark laws, intellectual property (IP) rights can be overlapping. Arguably, registering a trademark can increase transaction costs for cross-media uses of characters, or it can help advertise across multiple sales channels. In an application to book, movie and video game publishing industries, we thus ask how creative reuse (innovation in uses) is affected in situations of overlapping rights, and whether ‘fuzzy boundaries’ of right frameworks are in fact enhancing or decreasing content sales.
Grand rights and opera reuse today
Economic Research Working Paper No. 62
Author(s): Alexander Cuntz; Publication year: 2020
This article studies the economic role of grand rights in the incentives to stage and reuse works from the opera canon. It complements previous research on the incentives to create new opera (Giorcelli and Moser, 2020) in the way it looks at copyright taxing availability and follow-on creativity around works. Based on a unique dataset of global opera performances, we find that changes in copyright status increase the number of total performances individual works receive on stage once copyright expires. Moreover, we provide preliminary evidence on chilling, long-term effects of status around premiering operas and revivals at the beginning of the copyright term. Based on these findings, we discuss limitations of the study and novel options for copyright policy frameworks.
Exclusive content and platform competition in Latin America
Economic Research Working Paper No. 63
Author(s): Alexander Cuntz, Kyle Bergquist; Publication year: 2020
Platforms often compete over non-price strategies such as the exclusive distribution of products. But these strategies are not always welfare-enhancing. Using rich data on audiovisuals distributed on platforms in Brazil, we find that non-exclusive distribution and availability of titles across platforms is more effective in deterring online piracy than in the single homing case. Moreover, in certain markets (TVOD), it induces higher average investment in the production of new titles upstream. We discuss options of copyright and antitrust policies in the light of these findings.
Annual financial report and financial statements
Publication year: 2020
WIPO financial statements are submitted to its Assemblies of Member States in accordance with the Financial Regulations and Rules.
Innovative Technology in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector
Author(s): Lise Favre, Peter Oksen; Publication year: 2020
Access to adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) embodies a fun- damental human right recognized by the United Nations General Assembly. Technology often plays an important role by providing resource-efficient solutions to some of the challenges associated with WASH. This edition of the Global Challenges in Focus series explores the water supply aspect of WASH and highlights the role of technological innovation in relation to managing limited freshwater resources in situations of scarcity and/or threats to the quality of the water supply.
Innovative Technologies Tackling Food Loss
Author(s): Charis M. Galanakis, Peter Oksen; Publication year: 2020
This edition of the Global Challenges in Focus series explores cutting-edge technologies to reduce food loss in the supply chain. Though identifying “critical loss points”, the brief proposes innovative technologies with the highest estimated impact on mitigating food loss. To continue the topic of the food management process, a forthcoming paper will address the technologies tackling food waste.
WHO, WIPO, WTO Joint Technical Symposium on Cutting-Edge Health Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges
Summary of the Key Issues
Author(s): WHO, WIPO, WTO; Publication year: 2020
The eighth joint technical symposium discussed opportunities and challenges linked to cutting-edge health technologies.
Find out more: WHO, WIPO, WTO Trilateral Cooperation on Public Health, IP and Trade
Addressing climate challenges with innovation. WIPO GREEN guide for youth roundtables
Publication year: 2020
This guide is designed to help young people better understand the ways in which they can use innovation in the climate crisis response. Created to facilitate group discussions and inspire action, the guide incorporates theoretical resources and practical tools for using green technologies and intellectual property to empower youth in their efforts to address climate change.
Achieve Export Success With Your Intellectual Property
WIPO Roving Seminars
Publication year: 2020
WIPO’s Roving Seminar program offers a great way to discover how to leverage your intellectual property (IP)
Staff @ WIPO: Engaged, Innovative, Resilient
Workforce: 2020
Publication year: 2020
WIPO’s workforce is the human capital of the Organization and its greatest asset. This brochure shows a detailed picture of staffing at WIPO in 2020, offering a breakdown of the workforce by category, sector, funding, type of staff appointment, geographical representation and gender balance. It also reports on organizational performance, learning and development, and organizational conflict management.
WIPO GREEN – Year in Review 2018
Publication year: 2019
The WIPO GREEN Year in Review 2018 provides a snapshot of last year's activities and achievements. Some highlights include our regional matchmaking project in Southeast Asia, new green tech "deals," and the establishment of new strategic partnerships.
Sharing Knowledge, Building Capacity – The WIPO Academy Year in Review 2018
Publication year: 2019
This report presents the Academy’s achievements in 2018 and highlights the latest developments across programs, including new partnerships and course offerings.
Pat-INFORMED - A global gateway to patent information about medicines
Author(s): WIPO, IFPMA; Publication year: 2019
The Patent Information Initiative for Medicines (Pat-INFORMED) is an initiative of WIPO, the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) and 20 leading,innovative biopharmaceutical companies. The initiative is built upon the belief that the patent system stimulates innovation while making patent information available and accessible.
Find out more: Pat-INFORMED home page
WIPO Magazine, Issue 1/2019 (February)
Publication year: 2019
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 2/2019 (April)
Publication year: 2019
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 3/2019 (June)
Publication year: 2019
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 4/2019 (August)
Publication year: 2019
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 5/2019 (October)
Publication year: 2019
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 6/2019 (December)
Publication year: 2019
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Special Issue 11/2019
Publication year: 2019
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Program and Budget
for the 2020/21 biennium
Publication year: 2019
The Program and Budget is a defining document for the Organization. It establishes the results that Member States wish to see achieved by the Organization over the coming biennium and authorizes the programs and resources necessary for the realization for those results.
Looking Good: An Introduction to Industrial Designs for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
Publication year: 2019
Attractive designs are a key factor in determining the success of products in the market. Industrial design rights protect the ornamental or aesthetic appearance of a product and help companies differentiate their products from those of their competitors and enhance their brand image. This publication explains what industrial designs are and introduces the main issues in industrial design protection, to help businesses make informed decisions about protecting them.
Patent Cooperation Treaty Yearly Review – 2019
The International Patent System
Publication year: 2019
Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international patent system. Special theme: 40 years of the Patent Cooperation Treaty
Patent Cooperation Treaty Yearly Review 2019 - Executive Summary
The International Patent System
Publication year: 2019
This document provides the key trends in the use of the WIPO-administered Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). This edition provides a summary of the statistics reported in the PCT Yearly Review 2019.
Hague Yearly Review 2019
International Registration of Industrial Designs
Publication year: 2019
Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international registration of industrial designs.
Hague Yearly Review 2019 - Executive Summary
International Registration of Industrial Designs
Publication year: 2019
This executive brief identifies key trends in the use of the WIPO-administered Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs.
Madrid Yearly Review 2019
International Registration of Marks
Publication year: 2019
Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international registration of marks.
Madrid Yearly Review 2019 – Executive Summary
International Registration of Marks
Publication year: 2019
This executive brief identifies key trends in the use of the WIPO-administered Madrid System.
World Intellectual Property Indicators 2019
Publication year: 2019
This authoritative report analyzes IP activity around the globe. Drawing on 2018 filing, registration and renewals statistics from national and regional IP offices and WIPO, it covers patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, microorganisms, plant variety protection and geographical indications. The report also draws on survey data and industry sources to give a picture of activity in the publishing industry.
Find out more: Press release | Interactive charts | At a glance
WIPO IP Facts and Figures 2018
Publication year: 2019
An overview of intellectual property activity based on the latest available year of complete statistics.
Publication year: 2019
Where exactly is innovation taking place? Relying on millions of patent and scientific publication records, the World Intellectual Property Report 2019 documents how the geography of innovation has evolved over the past few decades.
Find out more: Press release
Patent Landscape Report: Marine Genetic Resources
Publication year: 2019
This landscape report examines the scientific and patent landscapes for marine genetic resources in the South East Asia (ASEAN region).
Report of the Director General to the 2019 WIPO Assemblies
Author(s): Francis Gurry; Publication year: 2019
This report is a presentation of the work accomplished by the Organization during the year that has passed since the last meeting of the WIPO Assemblies.
When Private International Law Meets Intellectual Property Law
A Guide for Judges
Author(s): Dr. Annabelle Bennett, Mr. Sam Granata; Publication year: 2019
Co-published by WIPO and the Hague Conference on Private International Law, this guide is a pragmatic tool, written by judges, for judges, examining how private international law operates in intellectual property (IP) matters. Using illustrative references to selected international and regional instruments and national laws, the guide aims to help judges apply the laws of their own jurisdiction, supported by an awareness of key issues concerning jurisdiction of the courts, applicable law, the recognition and enforcement of judgments, and judicial cooperation in cross-border IP disputes.
WIPO Technology Trends 2019 – Artificial Intelligence
Publication year: 2019
This report is the first in a new series from WIPO tracking the development of technologies through the analysis of data on innovation activities. It reveals trends in patenting of artificial intelligence (AI) innovations, the top players in AI from industry and academia, and the geographical distribution of AI-related patent protection and scientific publications. Its findings are accompanied throughout by commentary and industry perspectives from more than 20 of the world’s leading experts in AI, making it of particular interest to business leaders, researchers and policymakers.
Find out more: Technology Trends – Artificial Intelligence home page | Press release | Social media kit
WIPO Technology Trends 2019 - Artificial Intelligence
Executive summary
Publication year: 2019
WIPO Technology Trends 2019: Artificial Intelligence documents how AI-powered technologies are rapidly entering global markets and brings together viewpoints from experts at the cutting edge of AI. It is a contribution that aims to provide decisionmakers in the public and private sectors with an improved knowledge base for discussions on the future of AI and the policy and regulatory framework for this fast-moving area.
Intellectual Property Basics: A Q&A for Students
Author(s): China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA); Publication year: 2019
Compiled by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) with the support of the WIPO China Funds-in-Trust, this book gives students a basic yet comprehensive understanding of IP. Using a question-and-answer format, it covers the general rules of the IP system as well as the essentials of patents, copyright, trademarks and other forms of IP, such as industrial designs, geographical indications and traditional knowledge.
The Global Publishing Industry in 2018
Author(s): International Publishers Association (IPA), WIPO; Publication year: 2019
This study provides an overview of the global publishing industry in 2018, covering publishing revenue, the number of titles published and the number copies sold. The report presents the latest publishing statistics compiled from the following sources: (a) the IPA–WIPO publishing survey, (b) the Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC), (c) WIPO’s legal deposits survey, (d) the Nielsen Company, (e) the International ISBN Agency, and (f) the Web of Science database.
The Global Publishing Industry in 2017
Author(s): International Publishers Association (IPA), WIPO; Publication year: 2019
This study provides an overview of the global publishing industry in 2017. Based on data from a survey by the International Publishers Association and WIPO with responses from 56 countries, the study reports on publishing revenue, the number of titles published and the number sold, and ranks the top global publishers.
WIPO Collection of Leading Judgments on Intellectual Property Rights
People’s Republic of China (2011–2018)
Author(s): Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China, WIPO; Publication year: 2019
This casebook of judgments by the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China is the first volume in the WIPO Collection of Leading Judgments on Intellectual Property Rights. The WIPO Collection gives the global intellectual property community access to landmark judgments from some of the most dynamic litigation jurisdictions of the world, through a succession of volumes that illustrate intellectual property adjudication approaches and trends by jurisdiction or by theme.
Guide to WIPO’s services for country code top-level domain registries
Publication year: 2019
This guide presents country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registry operators and national authorities with information on how to resolve third-party domain name disputes in a cost- and time-saving manner. It explains the main policy design features of a successful Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) system, and provides information on the WIPO-created Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), including the possibility to tailor the UDRP for specific ccTLD requirements.
Guidelines to using evidence from research to support policymaking
Publication year: 2019
This Guide elaborates on the best practices in conducting empirical studies in the intellectual property (IP) field. In so doing, it seeks to improve the credibility of studies, enhance transparency about what conclusions can and cannot be drawn from such studies, and encourage responsible use of studies by IP stakeholders.
Innovation in the Polish health sector: A quality assessment
Economic Research Working Paper No. 47
Author(s): Żaneta Pacud; Publication year: 2019
This working paper aims to present the specifics of innovation in the Polish health industry through the prism of the experiences and opinions of a representative group of 42 companies from both the pharmaceutical and medtech sectors. Through analysis of in-depth interviews, it aims to illuminate the legal, economic and social mechanisms and phenomena that determine innovation in this sector. The survey examines which areas of the Polish health sector are most innovative, the understanding of innovation that prevails in the sector, and the characteristics of R&D activities carried out there. Subsequently, the study explores the general impact of intellectual property, and particularly of patent law on innovation, in the Polish health sector. Finally, it surveys the other economic and legal instruments currently stimulating innovation and how legal regulations and governmental policy could be modified to create an optimal pro-innovation environment. The conclusions include short legal and factual background of innovation in the Polish health sector, the summarized results of the conducted analysis and final comments concerning the level and culture of innovation within the examined industry.
Technology Appropriation and Technology Transfer in the Brazilian Mining Sector
Economic Research Working Paper No. 53
Author(s): Ana Claudia Nonato da Silva Loureiro, Domenica Blundi, Felipe Veiga Lopes, Gustavo Travassos Pereira da Silva, Marina Filgueiras Jorge, Sergio Medeiros Paulino de Carvalho, Vitoria Orind; Publication year: 2019
This paper focuses on the competitive dynamics, strategic challenges, technological needs and institutional innovation-promoting arrangements in Brazil’s mining sector in order to identify the ways in which mining firms and mining equipment, technology and services suppliers (METS) handle innovation appropriation and technology transfer in the country. As the main sample consisted of resident and non-resident companies, the key technological areas of mining-related patenting in Brazil and the main patent stakeholders have been identified. The analysis of technology transfer among firms and to other mining industry stakeholders, mainly universities, drew on import contracts and highlighted the role played by foreign METS. A case study of Vale S.A., Brazil’s largest mining enterprise, has been included, with emphasis on Vale’s strategies to mitigate external challenges and to meet technological needs through innovation.
Innovation and IP Rights in the Chilean Copper Mining Sector: The Role of the Mining, Equipment, Technology and Services Firms
Economic Research Working Paper No. 54
Author(s): Claudio Bravo-Ortega, Juan José Price Elton; Publication year: 2019
This analysis of intellectual property (IP) protection practices among mining equipment, technology and services suppliers (METS) in Chile’s copper mining sector adds to a body of literature that has hitherto focused on high-income countries. It is based on data collated from an online survey of resident METS and on semi-structured interviews of executives from mining companies and suppliers, including two universities. The main conclusion is that, although METS appear to be innovative in relation to the mining sector and the economy as a whole, only a few use intellectual property rights (IPRs) to protect their innovations. The main reasons for this finding appear to be the cost and expected complexity of the registration process. Another noteworthy finding is the view that Chile has the requisite legal IPR expertise, but commercial capabilities (expertise in IPR-based innovation management and business plans) are much less developed. In the last section, four case studies of product and process innovation by four mining suppliers add some interesting insights to the analysis.
Innovation in the Mining Sector and Cycles in Commodity Prices
Economic Research Working Paper No. 55
Author(s): Mr. David Humphreys, Mr. Julio Raffo, Ms. Alica Daly, Ms. Giulia Valacchi; Publication year: 2019
This paper analyses the evolution of innovation in the mining sector and how this innovation responds to the economic environment, in particular to changes in commodity prices. For this purpose, we combine commodity price data with innovation data as proxied by patent filings extracted from a novel unit record database containing comprehensive patent and firm level data for the mining sector from 1970 to 2015. We include patents registered both by mining companies and mining equipment, technology and service (METS) firms. With a multi-country panel analysis, we find that innovation in the mining sector is cyclical. Innovation increases in periods of high commodity prices while decreasing during commodity price recessions. Our results suggest that innovation increases mostly with long price cycle variations, while mostly unaffected by medium and short cycles. METS related innovation seem the driving force of this mechanism. In contrast, countries specializing in mining industries are found to be slower in reacting to price changes.
Measuring Innovation in the Mining Industry with Patents
Economic Research Working Paper No. 56
Author(s): Mr. Julio Raffo, Ms. Alica Daly, Ms. Giulia Valacchi; Publication year: 2019
Traditionally, the mining sector has been considered a slow innovator compared to other industries, like the manufacturing or pharmaceutical industries. However, we observe an upsurge in the innovation activity of the mining industry in the first half of the 2000s. During this period, mining innovation started to increase rapidly after periods of stagnation and downward trends. To conduct and in-depth investigation of the global trends and patterns behind this structural change in mining innovation, we formulated a general search strategy to identify patent activity in this sector. The strategy is repeatable over time and in multiple databases. It enabled us to produce a dataset of patents in mining and mining-related technologies. Using this newly-created database we identified at the basis of the structural change a switch away from refining technologies into exploration and environmental technologies probably explained by the took over of the so-called 4th Industrial Revolution. The types of actors active in the mining innovation also changed across time: there are now many more individuals, research centers and universities innovating in mining and relatively less companies. Finally, the country composition in the pool of mining innovation activity has radically changed with the appearance of China on the global scene starting from early 2000.
The Geography of Innovation: Local Hotspots and Global Innovation Networks
Economic Research Working Paper No. 57
Author(s): Riccardo Crescenzi, Simona Iammarino, Carolin Ioramashvili, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Michael Storper; Publication year: 2019
Through successive industrial revolutions, the geography of innovation around the globe has changed radically, and with it the geography of wealth creation and prosperity. Since the Third Industrial Revolution, high incomes are increasingly metropolitan, leading to a renewal of inter-regional divergence within countries. These metropolitan areas are also hotbeds of innovation. At the same time, global networks for the production and delivery of goods and services have expanded greatly in recent decades. The globalization of production is mirrored in the globalization of innovation. This paper argues that the emerging geography of innovation can be characterised as a globalized hub-to-hub system, rather than a geography of overall spread of innovation. Although much attention has been given to explaining the rise and growth of innovation clusters, there is as yet no unified framework for the micro-foundations of the agglomeration and dispersion of innovation. In addition, there appear to be strong links between growing geographical inequality of innovation and prosperity, particularly within countries. This is particularly relevant in the context of declining overall research productivity, which could be driving growing geographical concentration. All in all, there is a rich agenda for continuing to investigate the relationship between the geography of innovation, economic development and income distribution.
Tied In: The Global Network of Local Innovation
Economic Research Working Paper No. 58
Author(s): Ernest Miguelez, Julio Raffo, Christian Chacua, Massimiliano Coda-Zabetta, Deyun Yin, Francesco Lissoni, Gianluca Tarasconi; Publication year: 2019
In this paper we exploit a unique and rich dataset of patent applications and scientific publications in order to answer several questions concerned with two current phenomena on the way knowledge is produced and shared worldwide: its geographical spread at the international level and its spatial concentration in few worldwide geographical hotspots. We find that the production of patents and scientific publications has spread geographically to several countries, and has not kept within the traditional knowledge producing economies (Western Europe, Japan and the U.S.). We observe that part of this partial geographical spread of knowledge activities is due to the setting up of Global Innovation Networks, first toward more traditional innovative countries, and then towards emerging economies too. Yet, despite the increasing worldwide spread of knowledge production, we do not see the same spreading process within countries, and even we see some increased concentration in some of them. This may have, of course, important distributional consequences within countries. Moreover, these selected areas also concentrate a large and increasing connectivity, within their own country to other hotspots, and across countries through Global Innovation Networks.
Global Roots of Innovation in Plant Biotechnology
Economic Research Working Paper No. 59
Author(s): Gregory D. Graff, Intan Hamdan-Livramento; Publication year: 2019
Innovation in agricultural biotechnology has the potential to increase agricultural productivity and quality, ultimately raising incomes for farmers across the world. Advances in the field have produced crops that are resistant to certain diseases, that result in higher yield than before, that can grow in extreme soil conditions, such as in arid and salty environments and even those that are infused with nutrients. Moreover, the technology has been hailed as a potential solution to addressing global issues of hunger and poverty. It therefore follows that innovation in this field finds strong support from the public sector as well as the private sector. This paper traces the evolution of the global innovation landscape of plant biotechnology over the past couple of decades. Drawing on information contained in patent documents and scientific publications, it identifies the sources of innovation in the field, where they are located and demonstrates how these innovative centers connect to one another. There are three important findings. First, the global innovation network of agricultural biotechnology showcases a prime example of how innovation activities spread to many parts of the world. Second, while there are more countries participating in the innovation network, most of these innovation centers are concentrated in the urban areas and away from the rural where most of the transgenic crops are harvested. Third, the increasing need for collaboration between the private and public sectors to bring the invention to the market may have effect on how the returns to innovation are appropriated.
Measuring Innovation in the Autonomous Vehicle Technology
Economic Research Working Paper No. 60
Author(s): Maryam Zehtabchi; Publication year: 2019
Automotive industry is going through a technological shock. Multiple intertwined technological advances (autonomous vehicle, connect vehicles and mobility-as-a-Service) are creating new rules for an industry that had not changed its way of doing business for almost a century. Key players from the tech and traditional automobile sectors – although with different incentives – are pooling resources to realize the goal of self-driving cars. AV innovation by auto and tech companies’ innovation is still largely home based, however, there is some shifting geography at the margin. AV and other related technologies are broadening the automotive innovation landscape, with several IT-focused hotspots – which traditionally were not at the center of automotive innovation – gaining prominence.
Annual financial report and financial statements
Publication year: 2019
WIPO financial statements are submitted to its Assemblies of Member States in accordance with the Financial Regulations and Rules.
Global Brand Database
The Free Global Search Engine for Brands
Publication year: 2019
This flyer briefly outlines the content, features and options available within WIPO's Global Brand Database.
Japan FIT/IP Global
Activities in Africa and LDCs – 2019
Publication year: 2019
The History of Japan FIT/IP for Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
WIPO Re:Search: Advancing science for neglected tropical diseases, malaria and tuberculosis
Author(s): Meghana Sharafudeen; Publication year: 2019
This edition of the Global Challenges In Focus series takes an in-depth look at some of WIPO Re:Search’s most promising scientific collaborations and their potential impacts – as described by the researchers and organizations involved.
Urgent Innovation – Policies and Practices for Effective Response to Public Health Crises
Author(s): Meghana Sharafudeen; Publication year: 2019
Public health crises require urgent innovation, not only in research and development (R&D) but also in the delivery of therapies and diagnostics. What constitutes “urgency” and “innovation” in these contexts? How are priorities and targets determined? Who is best placed to deliver results? This edition of the Global Challenges in Focus series explores themes discussed at a recent Global Challenges Seminar on the policies and practices that facilitate effective responses to global health crises.
Global Innovation Index 2019 - KEY FINDINGS
Author(s): Cornell University, INSEAD, WIPO; Publication year: 2019
Creating Healthy Lives—The Future of Medical Innovation
Green School’s installation of SOURCE Hydropanels in Bali, Indonesia
Matchmaking Impact Stories
Publication year: 2019
In 2018, Green School started looking for a way to produce clean drinking water for its campus on Bali, Indonesia. Thanks to a WIPO GREEN project, the school established collaboration with Zero Mass Water and brought sustainable potable water – generated from sunlight and air – to its students.
Find out more: Using Innovative Technology to Educate Future Changemakers
WIPO GREEN Strategic Plan 2019 – 2023
Publication year: 2019
The WIPO GREEN Strategic Plan 2019 – 2023 sets forth clear goals and objectives for the public-private partnership, providing a roadmap that will enable WIPO GREEN to advance its mission: to provide an online platform for technology exchange that will contribute to the accelerated adaption, adoption, and deployment of green technology solutions by connecting technology providers with technology seekers.
Publication year: 2019
WIPO Re:Search Consortium unites public and private market forces to address neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), malaria, and tuberculosis (TB) through sharing of intellectual property across sectors and geographies. To date, WIPO Re:Search has catalyzed over 150 R&D collaborations and managed capacity-building fellowships for scientists across sub-Saharan Africa and other low- and middle-income regions. This publication highlights seven exciting collaborations that are advancing solutions to help over one billion people who suffer from NTDs, malaria, and TB.
Publication year: 2019
WIPO Re:Search is a global public-private consortium that accelerates drug, vaccine, and diagnostic research and development (R&D) to address unmet medical needs for neglected infectious diseases and drive progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Established in 2011, WIPO Re:Search catalyzes royalty-free sharing of intellectual property—including compounds, data, clinical samples, technology, and expertise—among Consortium Members in targeted, mutually beneficial R&D collaborations. This publication contain stories of collaborations established through WIPO Re:Search from 2016 to 2019.
Environmental responsibility on the WIPO Campus
Publication year: 2019
WIPO launched its Carbon Neutrality Project in 2009 and has been carbon neutral since 2014. This brochure highlights the Organization’s commitment to climate action with examples of green innovation on the WIPO Campus.
BVGH Partnership Hub - Annual Report 2018
Publication year: 2019
The consortium’s objective is to establish partnerships that facilitate sharing of IP assets to advance the discovery and development of new drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics for NTDs, malaria, and tuberculosis.
BVGH Partnership Hub - Mid-Year Report 2019
Publication year: 2019
The consortium’s objective is to establish partnerships that facilitate sharing of IP assets to advance the discovery and development of new drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics for NTDs, malaria, and tuberculosis.
Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) Report 2018
Celebrating 10 years of TISCs
Publication year: 2019
This Annual Report highlights key trends and milestones of the TISC program since its launch in 2009, with a focus on the main achievements and developments in 2018.
Staff @ WIPO: Serving the Global IP System
Workforce 2019
Publication year: 2019
WIPO’s workforce is the human capital of the Organization and its greatest asset. This brochure shows a detailed picture of staffing at WIPO in 2019, offering a breakdown of the workforce by category, sector, funding, type of staff appointment, geographical representation and gender balance. It also reports on organizational performance, learning and development, and organizational conflict management.
Celebrating 20 years of IP Education and Training - The WIPO Academy Year in Review 2017
Publication year: 2018
This report introduces the work of the Academy, highlights our achievements in 2017 and shines a light on some of the Academy’s achievements in the past 20 years.
Publication year: 2018
This paper begins by presenting an overview of enabling frameworks for the protection and commercialization of publicly funded R&D outcomes. Subsequently it analyses the policies that South Africa has adopted to this effect since the transition to democracy. The paper then looks at the impact on the South African NSI of these policies, in particular the IPR Act, which has been in force since August 2010. It presents new data that indicate encouraging progress in patenting and other aspects of commercialization involving public research organizations (PROs)2 in South Africa, before setting forth a summary of the analysis as well as conclusions.
The Global Publishing Industry in 2016
A Pilot Survey by the IPA and WIPO
Author(s): International Publishers Association (IPA), WIPO; Publication year: 2018
The International Publishers Association (IPA) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) joined forces to pilot a new survey of global publishing activity in 2016. The survey covered three market segments: retail; educational; and scholarly, academic and scientific (SAS) publishing. In total, 35 national publishers associations and copyright authorities responded to the survey.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 1/2018 (February)
Publication year: 2018
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 2/2018 (April)
Publication year: 2018
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 3/2018 (June)
Publication year: 2018
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 4/2018 (August)
Publication year: 2018
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 5/2018 (October)
Publication year: 2018
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 6/2018 (December)
Publication year: 2018
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 2018 (Special Issue - South Africa)
Publication year: 2018
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
Publication year: 2018
Mediation has proved very successful in achieving a result beneficial to both sides to a dispute. This booklet provides a straightforward introduction to mediation, based on the extensive experience of the WIPO Center. It describes the main features and advantages of mediation and explains how mediation under the WIPO Mediation Rules works in practice, with case examples.
A Casebook on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
4th Edition
Author(s): LTC Harms; Publication year: 2018
The fourth edition of this popular casebook is a valuable tool for judges, lawyers and law enforcement officials in the handling of intellectual property cases. It compiles case law related to IP enforcement from a wide range of courts and tribunals, providing a thorough analysis of common and civil law jurisprudence, underscoring similarities and, where appropriate, highlighting differences. It covers the most recent decisions on topical issues in common and civil law, and emphasizes the jurisprudence in the area of copyright and trademark rights.
Patent Cooperation Treaty Yearly Review - 2018
The International Patent System
Publication year: 2018
Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international patent system. Special theme: Applicant representatives named in PCT applications
Patent Cooperation Treaty Yearly Review 2018 - Executive Summary
The International Patent System
Publication year: 2018
This document provides the key trends in the use of the WIPO-administered Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). This edition provides a summary of the statistics reported in the PCT Yearly Review 2018.
Inventing the Future
An Introduction to Patents for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
Publication year: 2018
In today’s knowledge economy, companies must constantly innovate and come up with new ideas and solutions to stay ahead. These innovative ideas and solutions may be protected by patent rights. This guide explains the patent system and how businesses may use it in their business strategy in simple and practical terms.
Hague Yearly Review - International Registrations of Industrial Designs - 2018
Publication year: 2018
Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international registration of industrial designs.
Hague Yearly Review 2018 - Executive Summary
International Registration of Industrial Designs
Publication year: 2018
This executive brief identifies key trends in the use of the WIPO-administered Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs.
Madrid Yearly Review 2018
International Registration of Marks
Publication year: 2018
Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international registration of marks.
Madrid Yearly Review 2018 - Executive Summary
International Registration of Marks
Publication year: 2018
This document provides the key trends in the use of the WIPO-administered Madrid System. This edition provides a summary of the statistics reported in the Madrid Yearly Review 2018.
World Intellectual Property Indicators 2018
Publication year: 2018
This authoritative report analyzes IP activity around the globe. Covering the filing, registration and maintenance of patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, microorganisms, and plant variety protection, and geographical indications, the 2018 edition also looks at the creative economy for the first time, making it even more comprehensive. The special theme explores how one might statistically capture patent litigation activity and presents selected statistics for the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Find out more: Press release
WIPO IP Facts and Figures 2017
Publication year: 2018
An overview of intellectual property activity based on the latest available year of complete statistics.
Intellectual Property and Folk, Arts and Cultural Festivals
Practical Guide
Publication year: 2018
This Guide provides general information about intellectual property (IP) and cultural interests. It identifies the main IP challenges faced by festival organizers and outlines some practical elements of an effective IP management strategy, following a step-by-step approach.
Report of the Director General to the 2018 WIPO Assemblies
Author(s): Francis Gurry; Publication year: 2018
This report is a presentation of the work accomplished by the Organization during the year that has passed since the last meeting of the WIPO Assemblies.
A Guide to Intellectual Property Issues in Access and Benefit-sharing Agreements
Publication year: 2018
An essential complement to the WIPO Database of Access and Benefit-sharing Agreements, this guide offers users and providers of genetic resources an accessible overview of intellectual property issues in access and benefit-sharing agreements.
Spreading the message, building respect
Author(s): WIPO; Publication year: 2018
This brochure highlights a few of the tools we produce to raise awareness about key intellectual property issues, from outreach publications for children to support communications campaigns by IP offices.
Understanding the Use of Industrial Designs in ASEAN Countries
National report for Indonesia
Publication year: 2018
This report presents the results of an industrial design (ID) survey study carried out in three ASEAN countries, namely Indonesia. It was prepared for the Project on Intellectual Property (IP) and Socio-Economic Development – Phase II, which aims to provide a better understanding of the role IDs play in business strategies, how ID rights contribute to the appropriation of investments in design innovation, and what challenges applicants face when using ID rights.
Understanding the Use of Industrial Designs in ASEAN Countries
National report for Philippines
Publication year: 2018
This report presents the results of an industrial design (ID) survey study carried out in three ASEAN countries, namely Philippines. It was prepared for the Project on Intellectual Property (IP) and Socio-Economic Development – Phase II, which aims to provide a better understanding of the role IDs play in business strategies, how ID rights contribute to the appropriation of investments in design innovation, and what challenges applicants face when using ID rights.
Understanding the Use of Industrial Designs in ASEAN Countries
National report for Thailand
Publication year: 2018
This report presents the results of an industrial design (ID) survey study carried out in three ASEAN countries, namely Thailand. It was prepared for the Project on Intellectual Property (IP) and Socio-Economic Development – Phase II, which aims to provide a better understanding of the role IDs play in business strategies, how ID rights contribute to the appropriation of investments in design innovation, and what challenges applicants face when using ID rights.
Publication year: 2018
This document is a manual which provides the technical detail of the survey questionnaire designed and implemented for the study on “Understanding the Use of Industrial Designs –the Case of Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand.” It was prepared for the Project on Intellectual Property (IP) and Socio-Economic Development – Phase II, which aims to provide a better understanding of the role IDs play in business strategies in specific ASEAN Countries, and is designed to help and guide other researchers who wish to carry out a similar study in their countries of interest. The steps undertaken to mitigate the challenges and the lessons learned will hopefully inform researchers on their own endeavors.
Enhancing Innovation in the Ugandan Agri-Food Sector: Robusta Coffee Planting Material & Tropical Fruit Processing
Economic Research Working Paper No. 42
Author(s): Dick Kawooya, Gracious Diiro, Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, Travis J. Lybbert; Publication year: 2018
Uganda's innovation performance in recent years has consistently outpaced other low-income and Sub-Saharan African countries. Though encouraging, this nascent progress will only benefit the broader Ugandan population if policy makers address specific constraints in the innovation systems of the critical agri-food sector, which is hampered by low productivity and profitability. In this report, we explore these constraints using an agricultural value chains framework with particular focus on the Robusta Coffee Planting Material Pipeline and tropical fruit processing.
Intellectual property use in middle income countries: the case of Chile
Economic Research Working Paper No. 43
Author(s): Bronwyn H. Hall, Carsten Fink, Christian Helmers; Publication year: 2018
We analyze the use of intellectual property (IP) by firms in Chile over the decade 1995-2005 as the then middle-income country experienced rapid economic growth of 4.7 percent per year. We use a novel dataset that contains a combination of detailed firm-level information from the annual manufacturing census, information on firms’ innovative activities from Chile’s innovation surveys, and firms’ patent, industrial design, and trademark filings with the Chilean IP office. We use these data to look at how IP use by companies has changed over time and analyze the determinants of IP use, in particular first-time use. We find that sales growth prompts first-time use of patents and trademarks, though such use does not change the growth trajectory of firms nor does it improve their total factor productivity. We also find that trademark use is associated with new-to-the-world product innovation, which suggests that branding may be an important mechanism to appropriate returns to innovation in a middle-income country like Chile.
Measuring innovation in energy technologies: green patents as captured by WIPO's IPC green inventory
Economic Research Working Paper No. 44
Author(s): Kunihiko Fushimi, Kyle Bergquist, Lorena Rivera León, Ning Xu, Sacha Wunsch-Vincent; Publication year: 2018
We analyze inventions in green energy technologies over the period 2005-2017. We use a novel dataset, making use of the IPC Green Inventory of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to analyze four broad categories of green energy technologies including alternative energy production technologies, energy conservation technologies, and green transportation. We use these data to look at how patent families and PCT international patent applications have evolved in this field in recent years. We find that energy innovation-related patenting has first expanded exponentially up until 2013, both in terms of the total number of patent families and PCT international patent applications in green energy technologies. Yet this period of accelerated growth in the number of published green energy patents has been followed by a period of deceleration—even a slow decline. Although most green energy technologies have seen a downward trend in the annual number of patents published since 2012, the decline has been most pronounced in nuclear power generation technologies and alternative energy production technologies. The latter notably include renewable energy technologies, such as solar and wind energy, and fuel cells. In contrast, patents in energy conservation technologies and green transportation technologies have continued to grow, but at a slower pace.
Innovation in the pharmaceutical and medical technologies industries of Poland
Economic Research Working Paper No. 45
Author(s): Rafał Wisła, Tomasz Sierotowicz; Publication year: 2018
This paper analyzes the recent economic and innovation trends of the health industries in Poland. The health industries have observed remarkable growth since entering into the EU. While the pharmaceutical industry faces some economic slowdown since 2011, the medtech industry shows substantial dynamism for its small size. The Polish health industry has still much to do to improve its innovation status. However, the observed trend of the innovation dynamics is cause for optimism. Polish firms in the health industries are increasingly innovating and extracting economic results from these innovations.
Innovativeness of the Polish health sector: a patent analytics study
Economic Research Working Paper No. 46
Author(s): Dorota Szlompek, Elżbieta Balcerowska, Karol Gabryel, Małgorzata Kozłowska, Michał Gołacki; Publication year: 2018
The Polish health related patenting increased rapidly in the last decade making Poland the top CEE economy. Still, most of the filings remain only national, making Poland just a small share of the EU total and relatively less specialized than other EU countries. A limited number of higher education applicants accounted for 42 percent of patents and utility models, with a clear specialization in pharmaceutical technologies. Most private applicants were SMEs and individuals specialized in medtech. The innovative activity is concentrated in a few provinces and cities. Polish health related innovation is a collaborative although mostly domestic effort. Poland’s pharmaceutical specialization is on non-biological preparations (42%) and new chemical compounds (31%); while the medtech specialization is in diagnosis and surgery (34%) and prostheses, stents and orthopedic (18%).
The economic analysis of patent litigation data
Economic Research Working Paper No. 48
Author(s): Christian Helmers; Publication year: 2018
Enforceability of patent rights is the backbone of the patent system. We review differences in the way patent litigation systems are designed across jurisdictions. We also discuss challenges in collecting and accessing patent litigation data as well as their economic analysis. We provide some descriptive analysis of patent litigation in the U.S. and UK for the period 2010-2016 and 2007-2013, respectively. We also analyze administrative post-grant validity challenges in form of the inter partes review in the U.S. and oppositions at the EPO.
Creators’ Income Situation in the Digital Age
Economic Research Working Paper No. 49
Author(s): Alexander Cuntz; Publication year: 2018
The digital transformation imposes both opportunities and risks for creativity and for creative employment, with implications for trends in income levels and the distribution of income. First, we consider skill-biased technological change as a determinant of income and labor market outcomes in the arts. Arguably, the IT revolution has changed the demand for certain skills, with creative occupations being more in demand than general employment. Second, we consider declines in the costs of generating new works and artistic experimentation due to digital technologies, and their effect on the barriers to entry in labor markets. Third, we touch upon the rise of online contract labor in certain creative professions as a determinant of income. Here, online platforms can change creators’ access to work opportunities and it may alter the way income is distributed. We find that wage trends for creative workers in the digital age outperform general trends in the population: based on various data sources and various ways to identify creators, we see creators losing less or even gaining a better income position in relative terms. From a policy perspective, results do not lend support to the idea that creators’ income situation has systematically worsened with the rise of the internet and its intermediaries. Evidence on changing distributions of income is ambiguous as trends differ from one country to the next.
Unpacking predictors of income and income satisfaction for artists
Economic Research Working Paper No. 50
Author(s): Alexander Cuntz, Angie L. Miller; Publication year: 2018
The stereotype of the “starving artist” is pervasive in modern Western culture, but previous research on artists and income is mixed. The goal of this study is to explore how several demographic variables, along with self-reported behaviors and artistic activities associated with non-monetary and monetary motivators, predict income and income satisfaction for artists.Using unique survey data on current working artists in the United States, we provide empirical evidence on substantial reputational rewards and rewards from altruistic behaviors as important sources of artists’ utility and, arguably, sources of their motivation to create new works. Moreover, we find that the evidence on “procedural” utility from working in the arts is less straightforward, and we find that many artists are pooling and diversifying financial risks on household levels. Overall, quantitative findings indicate that artists may have different criteria and conceptualizations when it comes to income, and they may derive value from their work in a variety of ways aside from income.
Submarine Trademarks
Economic Research Working Paper No. 51
Author(s): Amanda F. Myers, Andrea Fosfuri, Carsten Fink, Christian Helmers; Publication year: 2018
Companies use trademarks to protect their brands from outright imitation or competition by confusingly similar products. However, publication of trademark filings by the trademark office discloses information about a firm’s new product or service. This creates a trade-off between legal protection and disclosure of information. We analyze the trade-off through the lens of “submarine trademarks” in the U.S. – submarine trademarks are trademarks whose publication and hence disclosure to the public is strategically delayed. This is achieved through a particular international filing strategy that is often combined with the use of shell companies to further conceal the trademark filing. These submarine strategies allow companies to benefit from legal trademark protection while reducing the risk of inadvertent disclosure of information. We provide the first systematic evidence of submarine trademarks and explore both their determinants and their effectiveness in reducing the disclosure of information.
Immigrants' Contribution to Innovativeness: Evidence from a Non-Selective Immigration Country
Economic Research Working Paper No. 52
Author(s): Alexander Cuntz, Katharina Candel-Haug, Oliver Falck; Publication year: 2018
The economic consequences of migration are hotly debated and a main topic of recent political movements across Europe. We analyze Polish immigration in the context of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union and find a positive and significant spillover effect of the immigrants on the number of local inventors in German counties in 2001-2010. For causal identification, we exploit a historical episode in the Polish migration history to Germany before the fall of the Iron Curtain and construct a shift-share instrument. Our results differ from findings for high-skilled migration to the United States, which is particularly interesting as Polish immigration to Germany was not based on selection by qualification in our period of analysis.
WHO-WIPO-WTO Technical Symposium on Sustainable Development Goals: Innovative technologies to promote healthy lives and well-being
Summary of the Key Issues
Author(s): WHO, WIPO, WTO; Publication year: 2018
The seventh technical symposium organized by WHO, WIPO, WTO discussed challenges and opportunities for the international community to ensure that innovative technologies are developed and reach patients in order to realize the right to health and the health-related SDGs.
Find out more: WHO, WIPO, WTO Trilateral Cooperation on Public Health, IP and Trade
Leveraging Micropayment Technology to Increase Access to Safe Drinking Water
Matchmaking Impact Stories
Publication year: 2018
Since connecting at Innovate 4 Water 2017 – a matchmaking event co-organized by WIPO GREEN – Cubo Environmental Technologies and Susteq have joined forces to make affordable, safe drinking water more accessible in rural Kenya and Nigeria.
WIPO GREEN
Connecting sustainable technology users and providers
Publication year: 2018
WIPO GREEN is a global marketplace that promotes green tech innovation and diffusion. This short brochure outlines the benefits of joining WIPO GREEN in order to collaborate on projects and events, leverage its global network, increase visibility and join the fight against climate change.
WIPO GREEN - Year in Review 2017
Publication year: 2018
Another successful and productive year for WIPO GREEN! This Year in Review report summarizes WIPO GREEN highlights and achievements as the network expanded both in membership, collaborations and events.
Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) Report 2017
Publication year: 2018
This Annual Report highlights key trends and milestones of the TISC program since its launch in 2009, with a focus on the main achievements and developments in 2017.
Shaping WIPO’s Future
Workforce 2018
Publication year: 2018
WIPO’s workforce is the human capital of the Organization and its greatest asset. This brochure shows a detailed picture of staffing at WIPO in 2018, offering a breakdown of the workforce by category, sector, funding, type of staff appointment, geographical representation and gender balance. It also reports on organizational performance, learning and development, and organizational conflict management.
Sharing Knowledge, Building Capacity - The WIPO Academy Year in Review 2016
Publication year: 2017
This report introduces the work of the Academy and highlights our achievements in 2016.
Madrid System e-Services
The tools you need to protect your trademark. Globally.
Publication year: 2017
An overview of Madrid System online tools and resources available to support trademark owners at each stage of the international trademark registration lifecycle (search, file, monitor and manage). Contains descriptions of each tool, including when and why to use it and a list of key benefits and features.
Madrid System e-Services - Madrid Monitor
Quick-Start Guide
Publication year: 2017
Use Madrid Monitor to track the status of your international application or registration, access detailed information on all trademarks registered through the Madrid System, and keep an eye on competitor's marks.
Madrid System e-Services - Member Profiles Database
Quick-Start Guide
Publication year: 2017
Whether you're preparing an international application or managing your existing portfolio of trademark registrations, the Member Profiles Database gives you free access to the practices and procedures of Madrid System members across the globe.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 4/2017 (August)
Publication year: 2017
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 5/2017 (October)
Publication year: 2017
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Magazine, Issue 6/2017 (December)
Publication year: 2017
The WIPO Magazine explores intellectual property, creativity and innovation in action across the world.
WIPO Program and Budget
for the 2018/19 biennium
Publication year: 2017
The Program and Budget is a defining document for the Organization. It establishes the results that Member States wish to see achieved by the Organization over the coming biennium and authorizes the programs and resources necessary for the realization for those results.
Making a Mark: An Introduction to Trademarks for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Publication year: 2017
Distinctive signs enable a company to distinguish its products and services from those of other companies. Trademarks provide protection for these signs allowing companies to create visibility and build their brand image. This guide explains the trademark system and the importance of trademark management.
Patent Cooperation Treaty Yearly Review - 2017
The International Patent System
Publication year: 2017
Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international patent system. Special theme: how applicants time their international patent filings
Patent Cooperation Treaty Yearly Review 2017 - Executive Summary
The International Patent System
Publication year: 2017
This document provides the key trends in the use of the WIPO-administered Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). This edition provides a summary of the statistics reported in the PCT Yearly Review 2017.
Publication year: 2017
Intellectual property is everywhere! This colorful little booklet introduces the main types of IP, with plenty of interesting facts and examples. It is designed to appeal in particular to adolescents and young people.
Hague Yearly Review - International Registrations of Industrial Designs - 2017
Publication year: 2017
Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international registration of industrial designs.
Hague Yearly Review 2017 - Executive Summary
International Registration of Industrial Designs
Publication year: 2017
This executive brief identifies key trends in the use of the WIPO-administered Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs.
Madrid Yearly Review 2017
International Registration of Marks
Publication year: 2017
Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international registration of marks.
Madrid Yearly Review 2017 - Executive Summary
International Registration of Marks
Publication year: 2017
This document provides the key trends in the use of the WIPO-administered Madrid System. This edition provides a summary of the statistics reported in the Madrid Yearly Review 2017.
World Intellectual Property Indicators - 2017
Publication year: 2017
An authoritative annual survey of IP activity around the globe. As well as filing, registration and maintenance of patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, microorganisms and plant variety protection, the 2017 edition also covers geographical indications for the first time, making it even more comprehensive. A special section on the operational performance of patent offices takes an in-depth look at application processing times, examination capacity and examination outcomes.
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WIPO IP Facts and Figures 2016
Publication year: 2017
An overview of intellectual property activity based on the latest available year of complete statistics.
World Intellectual Property Report 2017 – Intangible Capital in Global Value Chains
Publication year: 2017
The World Intellectual Property Report 2017 examines the crucial role of intangibles such as technology, design and branding in international manufacturing. Macroeconomic analysis is complemented by case studies of the global value chains for three products – coffee, photovoltaic energy cells and smartphones – to give an insightful picture of the importance of intellectual property and other intangibles in modern production.
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International Survey on Private Copying - Law and Practice 2016
Author(s): Stichting de Thuiskopie; Publication year: 2017
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Dutch collecting society for private copying remunerations, Stichting de Thuiskopie, are pleased to present the fourth joint publication on the law and practice of private copying systems around the world. The survey provides a global view of private copying compensation (also known as private copying levies), an important element of copyright and related rights infrastructure. It aims to facilitate evidence-based decision-making and to provide an update on important developments in the private copying law and practice of countries that have such an exception in their legal arsenals.
International Survey on Text and Image Copyright Levies
2016 Edition
Author(s): IFRRO; Publication year: 2017
The third ‘International Survey of Text and Image Copyright Levies’, jointly published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the International Federation of Reprographic Rights Organizations (IFRRO) builds on and updates the first two surveys published in 2014 and 2015, and analyzes the origins, scope and current use of these levies around the world, and their role in ensuring easy legal access to copyright material. The Survey also shows how and why text and image (TI) levies are different from audio and audio-visual private copying levies. As with the first two surveys, it uses data from IFRRO members, collated and presented by Paul Greenwood, a consultant, with the assistance of representatives of IFRRO members and the IFRRO Secretariat. The methodology and scope are unchanged.
Protect and Promote Your Culture
A Practical Guide to Intellectual Property for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Publication year: 2017
Intellectual property can be a powerful tool for indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs). Used strategically, it can help you promote your own products and services, and prevent the misappropriation of your traditional knowledge and culture. This short guide explains how, with plenty of examples, IPLCs around the world have made the most of intellectual property rights.
Documenting Traditional Knowledge – A Toolkit
Publication year: 2017
There is growing interest in documenting the wealth of traditional knowledge (TK) that has been developed by indigenous peoples and local communities around the world. But documenting TK can raise important issues, especially as regards intellectual property. This Toolkit presents a range of easy-to-use checklists and other resources to help ensure that anyone considering a documentation project can address those issues effectively.
How to Make a Living in the Creative Industries
Publication year: 2017
This booklet explains simply and clearly how copyright helps creative people to earn money from their original works. It is designed for people who may already work in the cultural and creative industries, or who may be contemplating a career in them, as well as for individual creators, policy makers, academics, and business support agencies working in the field. It is accessible to non-specialists or newcomers to the subject of copyright and intellectual property rights.
Joining the International Copyright System: What's At Stake?
Publication year: 2017
This booklet introduces the copyright treaties administered by WIPO, identifies some of the potential benefits they offer, and outlines the steps that countries need to take in order to join the international copyright system.
Global Design Database
The free global search engine for designs
Publication year: 2017
This brochure outlines the options for searching industrial design documents in WIPO’s Global Design Database.
PATENTSCOPE
The free global search engine for technology information
Publication year: 2017
This brochure outlines the features of PATENTSCOPE and its options for multilingual search across tens of millions of patent documents.
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Multidrug Resistance (MDR): Overview of current approaches, consortia and intellectual property issues
Global Challenges Report
Author(s): Andrew Jenner, Niresh Bhagwandin, Stanley Kowalski; Publication year: 2017
Based on a review of recent literature, this WIPO Global Challenges Report includes a broad overview of current approaches and consortia designed to meet the challenge of research and development (R&D) investment for new treatments. It also examines patent applications by both the public and the private sectors as an indicator of innovative activity.
Vaccines: Accelerating Innovation and Access
Global Challenges Report
Author(s): Hilde Stevens, Isabelle Huys, Koenraad Debackere, Michel Goldman, Philip Stevens, Richard T. Mahoney; Publication year: 2017
This Global Challenges Report describes the innovation process for vaccines. It explains how the restricted availability of vaccines is due to impediments at every stage of the process. Most of these obstacles are manageable, and intellectual property (IP) rights are associated with only some of them. The analysis aims to put into perspective debates around health innovation and the availability of health technologies in developing countries, especially with respect to the role of IP. In particular, it provides an overview of how IP has been used to meet global health challenges in the vaccines field, and considers whether lessons can be drawn to inform other important health technologies.
Using IP for development
Success stories from around the world
Publication year: 2017
Intellectual property is a powerful tool for development. This booklet shows how governments, businesses and non-profit organizations all around the world are using different types of IP strategically to boost economic, social and cultural progress.
WIPO Re:Search Strategic Plan 2017–2021
Publication year: 2017
WIPO Re:Search has come a long way over the past five years since its inception. Initially, it was intended to demonstrate that IP could help facilitate innovation in health and catalyze new research and development. This demonstration has been achieved.
Based on the recommendations of an external strategic review of WIPO Re:Search, this Strategic Plan, developed in a collaborative manner with all WIPO Re:Search Members, charts the way forward based on several principles: the positive value of IP; the need for a proactive partnering mechanism; a long-term perspective of potential contribution to product development; the importance of capacity building for IP management and for research; the importance of mobilizing additional resources for partnering and for collaborations; and the value of broader understanding of IP, research and WIPO Re:Search itself.
Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) Report 2016
Publication year: 2017
This Annual Report highlights key trends and milestones of the TISC program since its launch in 2009, with a focus on the main achievements and developments in 2016.
WIPO Consumer Survey Toolkit on Respect for IP
Publication year: 2017
The WIPO Consumer Survey Toolkit on Respect for IP is intended for use by public- and private-sector bodies wanting to measure consumer attitudes towards pirate and counterfeit goods. The creation of the Survey Toolkit was made possible by Funds-in-Trust provided by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea.
Understanding Industrial Property
Publication year: 2016
This booklet provides an introduction for newcomers to the subject of industrial property. It explains the principles underpinning industrial property rights, and describes the most common forms of industrial property, including patents and utility models for inventions, industrial designs, trademarks and geographical indications.
Understanding Copyright and Related Rights
Publication year: 2016
This booklet provides an introduction for newcomers to the subject of copyright and related rights. It explains the fundamentals underpinning copyright law and practice, and describes the different types of rights which copyright and related rights law protects, as well as the limitations on those rights. It also briefly covers transfer of copyright and provisions for enforcement.
World Intellectual Property Indicators - 2016
Publication year: 2016
A comprehensive picture of IP activity around the world based on statistics from national and regional IP offices, WIPO and the World Bank. Covers filing, registration and renewals data for patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, microorganisms and plant variety protection. Also includes an analysis of participation by women inventors in international patenting.
Find out more: Press release | Infographic | Highlights (on YouTube)
International Survey on Private Copying - Law and Practice 2015
Author(s): Stichting de Thuiskopie; Publication year: 2016
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Dutch collecting society for private copying remunerations, Stichting de Thuiskopie, are pleased to present the third joint publication on the law and practice of private copying systems around the world. The survey provides a global view of private copying compensation (also known as private copying levies), an important element of copyright and related rights infrastructure. It aims to facilitate evidence-based decision-making and to provide an update on important developments in the private copying law and practice of countries that have such an exception in their legal arsenals.
Guide on Surveying the Economic Contribution of the Copyright-Based Industries
Publication year: 2015
The Guide contains information and recommendations for research teams and copyright professionals studying the contribution of the copyright-based industries to the national economy. This publication is intended as a practical tool to facilitate national and regional surveys. The Guide lays out the thrust of the main legal, economic and statistical concepts, relevant to the survey. This Guide also contains a glossary of copyright terms.
International Survey on Text and Image Copyright Levies
2015 Edition
Author(s): IFRRO; Publication year: 2015
The second ‘International Survey of Text and Image Copyright Levies’, jointly published by WIPO and IFRRO analyzes the origins, scope and current use of text and image copyright levies around the world. It shows the role of this mechanism for ensuring easy legal access to copyright material and its major differences with audio and audio-visual private copying levies. The Survey is based on data from IFRRO members and provides and overview of this important income stream for copyright holders.
Monetization of Copyright Assets by Creative Enterprises
Creative Industries - Booklet 7
Publication year: 2014
The objective of this study is to create an awareness of intellectual property rights that are associated with creative activities and to present financial and valuation tools that can enable the quantification of the monetary value of successful creative efforts.
International Survey on Private Copying - Law and Practice 2013
Author(s): Stichting de Thuiskopie; Publication year: 2014
The present survey represents a collection of key data on private copying compensation systems around the world. It appears now in its 23rd edition which, for the second time, is the result of collaboration between the Private Copying Collection body in the Netherlands Stichting de Thuiskopie and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
International Survey on Text and Image Copyright Levies
2014 Edition
Author(s): IFRRO; Publication year: 2014
The publication provides an international overview of the functioning of the various models of text and image levies which are currently in operation across the world. The survey demonstrates that the practice of operating levies is a commonly used way to provide authors and publishers with remuneration for certain uses of their copyright works.
Comparative Analysis of National Approaches on Voluntary Copyright Relinquishment
Author(s): Andres Guadamuz; Publication year: 2014
This report is divided into three main sections. First, the report looks at copyright relinquishment in the context of current copyright law and doctrine, including issues such as the nature of protection, irrevocability and moral rights. The second section of the report is a survey of national legislation and jurisprudence on the subject. Finally, the report considers practical issues surrounding public domain dedications by looking at examples of institutions and individuals who might be interested in donating their copyright.
Managing Intellectual Property for Museums
Guide
Author(s): Rina Elster Pantalony; Publication year: 2013
This Guide, prepared by Rina Elster Pantalony, was recently updated to reflect the tremendous developments since it was first published in 2007, in particular Digital Rights Management, the role of social media as a business opportunity and traditional knowledge. The two-part Guide first describes IP issues relevant to museums then reviews existing business models that could provide museums with appropriate opportunities to create sustainable funding, and deliver on their stated objectives.
WIPO Review of Contractual Considerations in the Audiovisual Sector
Author(s): Katherine Sand; Publication year: 2013
This review is a condensed, yet comprehensive, panorama of all the key aspects of performers' contracts in the audiovisual industry and the various ways in which these may serve the interests of both performers and producers.
International Survey on Private Copying - Law and Practice 2012
Author(s): Stichting de Thuiskopie; Publication year: 2013
This publication describes national systems on compensation for private copying and provides available data on their operation in different countries around the world. The survey offers a global overview of this important element of the copyright infrastructure and is the result of collaboration between WIPO and the Private Copying Collection body in the Netherlands.
The Legal Status of Video Games: Comparative Analysis in National Approaches
Author(s): Andy Ramos, Anxo Rodríguez, Laura López, Stan Abrams, Tim Meng; Publication year: 2013
This report analyzes the classification that each country has adopted for video games, and provides, in the final section, a tentative classification of these complex works, considering their nature, the elements they are made of and the creative process.
Managing Intellectual Property in the Advertising Industry
Creative Industries - Booklet no. 5
Publication year: 2011
This study will address various IP-related issues that are important for the efficient management of companies active in creating and implementing advertising content and campaigns.
The Role and Responsibility of Internet Intermediaries in the Field of Copyright and Related Rights
Author(s): Lilian Edwards; Publication year: 2010
This study aims to identify the trends and principles governing the changing role of Internet intermediaries, summarizing the evolution of business models and outlining the complex issues to be considered in developing public policy in this field.
Comparative Analysis of National Approaches of the Liability of the Internet Intermediaries – Part 2
Author(s): Ignacio Garrote Fernández-Diéz; Publication year: 2010
In this study, Professor Fernández-Diéz seeks to identify the possible commonalities among different liability doctrines. The study is divided into two parts, the second containing a conclusion resulting from the Survey (first part) which defines trends and commonalities in the treatment of the responsibility of Internet intermediaries.
Comparative Analysis of National Approaches of the Liability of the Internet Intermediaries - Part I
Author(s): Daniel Seng; Publication year: 2010
In this study, Professor Seng seeks to identify the possible commonalities among different liability doctrines. The study is divided into two parts, the first consisting of a “Survey of National Legislation and Jurisprudence on the Liability of Internet Intermediaries in the Field of Copyright and Related Rights”, covering 30 jurisdictions.
Scoping Study on Copyright and Related Rights and the Public Domain
Author(s): Séverine Dusollier; Publication year: 2010
This study assesses the scope of the public domain, as defined by copyright laws, history and philosophy, before turning to the issue of its effectiveness and greater availability to the public and society at large.
Managing Intellectual Property in the Book Publishing Industry
Creative industries - Booklet no. 1
Author(s): Monica Seeber, Richard Balkwill; Publication year: 2007
This introductory booklet on managing intellectual property in the book publishing industry is for publishers who wish to increase their understanding of how to manage intellectual property rights in a business context. The booklet offers practical information to help publishers both to exploit intellectual property rights as economic assets, and to avoid infringing the rights of others. While focusing primarily on publishers of trade books, the concepts covered are equally relevant to publishers of other printed literature, such as textbooks, newspapers, magazines and corporate literature.
Managing Creative Enterprises
Creative industries - Booklet no. 3
Author(s): Xavier Greffe; Publication year: 2006
This introductory booklet is intended to be used by creative individuals and business entrepreneurs both (1) as a tool to understand the specifics of the creative market and the major challenges facing creative enterprises in terms of financing, marketing or managing intellectual property assets, and (2) as a practical guide to assist managers and creators in addressing these challenges and setting up and running viable creative businesses.
Copyright Collective Management in Music
Publication year: 2005
Presented in the form of a theoretical and practical guide, this posthumous publication by the late Dr. Ulrich Uchtenhagen concerns the stages in the setting-up of a collective management society in the field of music and the society's operation. The work describes the essential activities and mechanisms as well as the fundamental principles required for sound collective management. It provides clear explanations of the complex notions of a system which is essential for authors, composers and music publishers throughout the world who seek protection and wish to be rewarded for their work.
The Setting-up of New Copyright Societies
Author(s): Ulrich Uchtenhagen; Publication year: 2005
The document provides short explanations, on the different steps, conditions and on the various parameters indispensable for the creation of a collective management organization for musical works. It includes an interesting work plan indicating in a time frame the different stages necessary for achieving such goal.
Publication year: 2004
This Guide seeks to clarify and explain the legal principles enshrined in the copyright and related rights treaties administered by WIPO, and their relationship with policy, economic, cultural and technological considerations. It will be particularly helpful to governments, creators, businesses, the legal profession, academics, consumers and students in all WIPO Member States.
Publication year: 2004
A WIPO booklet produced in cooperation with the International Confederation of Societies of Authors (CISAC) and the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO), aims to answer questions by exploring one way in which the copyright and related rights system works, namely through the collective management of rights.