The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations. Pursuant to the 1967 Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO was created to promote and protect intellectual property across the world by cooperating with countries as well as international organizations. It began operations on 26 April 1970 when the convention entered into force.

WIPO's activities including hosting forums to discuss and shape international Intellectual property rules and policies, providing global services that register and protect IP in different countries, resolving transboundary Intellectual property disputes, helping connect Intellectual property systems through uniform standards and infrastructure, and serving as a general reference database on all Intellectual property matters; this includes providing reports and statistics on the state of IP protection or innovation both globally and in specific countries. WIPO also works with governments, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals to utilize Intellectual property for socioeconomic development.

WIPO administers 26 international treaties that concern a wide variety of Intellectual property issues, ranging from the protection of broadcasts to establishing international patent classification.

Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, WIPO has 193 member states, including 190 UN member states.

The official WIPO website is available at the following link https://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html