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World Intellectual Property Organization and the WIPO Worldwide Academy
Martha ChikoworeConsultant, WIPO Worldwide Academy
April 3, 2008
MAIN TOPICS
• Introduction: What is Intellectual Property?
• History of WIPO
• WIPO’s Role and Current Main Activities
• WIPO Worldwide Academy
Introduction
Intellectual Property:
Ideas, inventions, technologies, art works, music and literature that are intangible when first created but become valuable in tangible form as products.
Intellectual Property Tools
Industrial Property- patents- trademarks- industrial designs- geographical indications
Copyright & Related Rights- literary, artistic, musical works
- actors, music distributors, etc.
Fields of Industrial Property
• Patents (protect technical features)
• Trademarks (protect a sign in relation to goods and/or services)
• Designs (protect the external appearance of a product)
• GI’s (geographical names identifying a product from that place, the quality of which is attributable to its geographical origin)
Origin of WIPO/History of WIPO
• 1873- international exhibition of inventions in Vienna
• 1883- birth of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
• 1886- adoption of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Origin of WIPO/History of WIPO
• The Paris Convention and the Berne Convention, each set up an International Bureau
• 1893- the two Bureaus united to form an international organization called International Bureau for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI). It was based in Berne, Switzerland
• 1960 – BIRPI moved to Geneva• 1970 – WIPO was established• 1974 – WIPO became a UN Specialized Agency
Milestones : 1883 to 2008
1886
1891
1893
1925
1960
1967
1970
1970
1989
2002
Berne Convention
Madrid Agreement
BIRPI
Hague Agreement
BIRPI moves to Geneva
WIPO Convention
WIPO established
PCT
Madrid Protocol
Internet Treaties
1883
Paris Convention
2005PLT
Status: An int’l intergovernmental organization
Member States: 184
Staff: 1500 from 100 countries
Treaties Administered: 24
Decisions by: GA, CC, WIPO Conference
Guiding Principles: Transparency, Accountability, Consensus
To promote the protection of IP rights worldwide and extend the benefits of the international IP system to all
WIPO’s Mission:Basic Facts about WIPO
Main Activities
Norm-SettingSetting international standards through adoption of hard laws (treaties) and soft laws (principles, guidelines, recommendations)
Program Activities: IP for DevelopmentLegal-Technical assistance to developing countries, LDCs, capacity building of Member States
RegistrationServices facilitating the international protection of intellectual property, making them user-friendly, simpler and cost-effective
International classification and standardization activities Cooperation among industrial property offices concerning patents, TM and Ind. des. documentation
Main activities
Promote Understanding of IPRegistrationAdministration of treatiesCooperation for developmentHuman Resources Development
(WIPO Worldwide Academy)
Other programs
IP and economic developmentStrategic use of IP IP and new technologyCreative industriesCollective management IP and SMEs IP and LDCsTraditional Knowledge, Folklore and
Genetic Resources
Human Resources Dev.
• WIPO Worldwide Academy Programs– Professional Development– Policy Development– Education Degree/Diploma– Distance Learning Program – Executive & Research– WIPO Summer School
Objective: To train- Professional staff in IP Offices - R&D Institutions - Industry Associations- Intergovernmental Orgs- Partnership with National/Regional IP Institutions
Professional Training
• Objective - To provide a forum for sharing information and training:– decision-makers
– Policy advisors
– Law enforcement officials, Judges etc.
– Diplomats
– General public
– Gov’t officials (WTO-TPC)
– Professors (WIPO-WTO Colloquium)
Policy Development
Degree & Diploma Programs:
Turin, Italy (LLM in IP)
Indira Gandhi National Open
University (IGNOU), India (Diploma in IP) South Africa (UNISA) (Certificate in IP) University of Bucharest, Romania (Diploma in IP)
Lund/Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Sweden (LLM in H/R & IP)
Cooperation with Universities
““DistanceDistanceshould no longer should no longer be an obstruction be an obstruction to instruction”to instruction”
Dr. Kamil IdrisDr. Kamil Idris Director General Director General
““DistanceDistanceshould no longer should no longer be an obstruction be an obstruction to instruction”to instruction”
Dr. Kamil IdrisDr. Kamil Idris Director General Director General
Cost effective Flexible Large audiences
Languages:Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Distance Learning
Costing per course
• DL-001 - free
• DL- 101 - free
• Advanced Courses:– US$80.00 students & professors– US$120.00 participants from Developing
countries– US$400.00 participants from Developed
countries
Research & Executive Program
• IP Research– Objective: Better understanding of the role
and impact of IP on industry, national, regional and international development
– Interdisciplinary
– Strengthen leadership quality in the IP field of individuals and organizations
WIPO Academy Summer School
Objective: To enhance IP skills of senior students and
young professionals
field of IP.
“We arrived as individuals, we
left as an IP network”
1% 2% 6%
76%
Member StatesPCT SystemMadrid SytemHague SystemOther
761
15%
WIPO’s Income2006-2007
Total: 531 M CHF
