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Global Innovation Index 2026: Powering entrepreneurs at the frontier of science
The Global Innovation Index (GII) takes the pulse of innovation, offering a unique lens through which to examine how economic, technological, and regulatory forces are influencing global innovation and national innovation performance. The thematic focus of the GII 2026, "Powering Entrepreneurs at the Frontier of Science", explores how to build ecosystems that translate scientific breakthroughs into deep science startups and spinouts that scale real-world solutions, in particular in fields such as advanced materials, life sciences, quantum computing, space and transportation.
Publication year: 2026
FRAND Economics
Valuation Methods in Licensing Standard Essential Patents
This economic report highlights how structured valuation approaches can contribute to greater clarity, ensure objectivity, facilitate licensing negotiations as well as dispute resolution, and support balanced incentives for both innovation and implementation in the area of standardized technologies. The report examines how fair, reasonable, and non discriminatory (FRAND) terms for standard essential patent (SEP) licensing can be determined.
Country Perspectives: Colombia's Journey
Colombia's Journey in the "Unlocking IP-backed Financing Series" showcases how the country has built a modern secured transactions framework, explicitly enabling businesses to use their trademarks, software, patents, and other IP rights as collateral to access credit. Drawing on a detailed analysis of national collateral registry data, the report reveals how companies, from multinational pharmaceutical firms leveraging cross-border trademark portfolios to technology startups pledging their proprietary software platforms, are already turning their intangible assets into financing opportunities.
Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs
Regulations (as in force on July 1, 2026) and Administrative Instructions (as in force on July 17, 2025)
The Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs provides a practical business solution for registering up to 100 designs in any of its contracting parties, through the filing of a single international application with WIPO. Management of the resulting international registration is a single-step procedure. The Hague Agreement governs the Hague System.
Hague Yearly Review 2026 - Executive Summary
International Registration of Industrial Designs
This executive brief identifies key trends in the use of the WIPO-administered Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs.
Learning Machines
An introduction to AI and IP for small and medium-sized enterprises
This guide covers key AI concepts including machine learning, neural networks, and generative AI, exploring their relationship with intellectual property rights. It compares international approaches while offering small businesses practical advice on protecting AI systems, using copyrighted material for AI training, and determining whether AI-generated outputs qualify for legal protection.
AI-enabled Health Innovation and IP
From idea to impact
This guide covers key themes in AI-enabled healthcare: intellectual property, commercialization, health data governance and standards, and regulatory pathways. It aims to help innovators navigate the decisions needed to turn AI-driven health solutions into real-world impact.
TISCs Report 2025
Building strong frameworks for innovation support
This annual report of Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) highlights the main developments and milestones in 2025, with a focus on how TISCs in 94 countries continued to expand their services to meet the needs of local innovators, and how WIPO supports them with new resources.
Country Perspectives: Spain's Journey
This report in the Unlocking IP-backed Financing Series examines the IP finance landscape in Spain and identifies possible actions for mainstreaming IP assets as collateral in financing transactions.
Patent Trends Update in GenAI
This WIPO Technology SPARK report provides an updated snapshot of global patenting activity in GenAI, building on the 2024 WIPO Patent Landscape Report on Generative Artificial Intelligence.