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WIPO Wallet Is Now Live!

About WIPO Wallet: WIPO Wallet is a secure deposit account opened with WIPO, providing a fast, reliable, and cost-effective way to pay your WIPO fees related to Patents, Trademarks, Industrial Designs ...
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WIPO Director General Wraps Up Visit to the Philippines

WIPO Director General Daren Tang concluded a four-day visit to the Philippines, where he attended the 58th ASEAN Economic ...
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Online Registration

Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs (H/LD/WG/15) ...
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Civil Transactions Law, Saudi Arabia

issued by Royal Decree No. M/191 of 29 Dhul Qidah 1444H (June 18, 2023) ...
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Madrid System Webinars

Madrid System Webinar: eMadrid Deep Dive - Workbench, Access Rights and Monitoring Explained (in Korean) December 14, 2026 Virtual (Korean) 07:00 - 08:00 Geneva time Online registration Madrid System ...
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IP Facts and Figures

Applicants based in China filed around 1.8 million patent applications worldwide in 2024, followed by the US (503,271) and Japan (420,991). Patent applications filed worldwide by India-based ...
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Individual Fees Under the Madrid Protocol

The following fees (in Swiss francs) are payable in place of complementary fees when the Contracting Parties mentioned below are designated under the Protocol (see Schedule of Fees under the ...
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GII Innovation Ecosystems & Data Explorer 2026

The Global Innovation Index (GII) ranks world economies according to their innovation capabilities. Consisting of roughly 80 indicators, grouped into innovation inputs and outputs, the GII aims to ...
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Meeting of International Authorities Under the PCT

PCT Union: Meeting of International Authorities Under the PCT Thirty-Third Session PCT/MIA/33 October 28 to October 29, 2026 Virtual 12:00 - 15:00 Geneva time PCT Union: Meeting of International ...
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Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: An Economic Perspective

The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has profound implications for intellectual property (IP) frameworks. While much of the discussion so far has focused on the legal implications, we focus ...
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Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks (Madrid)

Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks: Twenty-Fourth Session MM/LD/WG/24 October 5 to October 9, 2026 (Geneva, Switzerland) Hybrid ...
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WIPO Digital Access Service

The WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS) is an electronic system allowing priority documents and similar documents to be securely exchanged between participating intellectual property (IP) offices. The ...