0000005690 00000 n They are:Balanced Evolution of the International Normative Framework for IPCoordination and Development of Global IP InfrastructureWorld Reference Source for IP Information and AnalysisInternational Cooperation on Building Respect for IPA Responsive Communications Interface between WIPO, its Member States and All StakeholdersAn Efficient Administrative and Financial Support Structure to Enable WIPO to Deliver its ProgramsObjectives of WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)The objectives of WIPO are, firstly, to promote the protection of and the respect for intellectual property throughout the world through cooperation among States; and, where appropriate, in collaboration with other international organizations; secondly, to ensure administrative cooperation among the intellectual property Unions established by the treaties that are administered by WIPOTo make IP speaks the language of the economic circumstances and social context that it serves.To create better functional linkages between the national economic objectives, development priorities and resources, and the IP system of the country concerned.Treaties and Unions of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)The constitution, the “basic instrument,” of WIPO is the Convention, mentioned above, signed at Stockholm in 1967.The treaties administered by WIPO fall into three groups. The current Director-General of WIPO is Francis Gurry, who took office on October 1, 2008.183 of the UN Members as well as the Holy See are Members of WIPO. The two bureaus were united in 1893 and, in 1970, were replaced by the World Intellectual Property Organization, by virtue of the WIPO Convention.
WIPO was formally created by the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, which entered into force on 26 April 1970.
1. Assistance to developing countries constitutes the first pillar of WIPO’s activities, and takes the form of training (groups and individuals, in general or specialized courses, seminars to provide for an exchange of information and experience), promotion of creative activities and of technology transfer, the provision of technological information contained in patent documents, the provision of advice on laws and regulations as well as the management of industrial property offices and copyright collective administration societies, as well as 2, The second pillar relates to activities in the setting of international standards and norms for the protection and administration of intellectual property.
0000005508 00000 n Functions of WIPO, History of WIPO, Simple Explanation of WIPOobjectives and functions of WIPO,importance of WIPO,salient features of WIPO,powers and functions of WIPO, organs of WIPO, objectives of WIPO. %PDF-1.4 %���� 0000004972 00000 n Seven treaties on industrial property fall into this group.
%PDF-1.3 %���� 0000001218 00000 n 0000006999 00000 n Non-members are the states of Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Solomon Islands, Timor-Les… WIPO was created in 1967 “to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world.”WIPO currently has 184 member states, administers 24 international treaties, and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. A Union consists of all the States that are party to a particular treaty.
La Convention de Paris pour la protection de la propriété industrielle est un traité signé à Paris en 1883.Il fut l'un des premiers traités sur les brevets et le droit des marques.Sa dernière version date du 28 septembre 1979 [1].Elle est administrée par l'Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle 0000001598 00000 n 0000000954 00000 n The name of the Union is, in most cases, taken from the place where the text of the treaty was first adopted (thus the Paris Union, the Berne Union, etc.).
Therefore, governments have negotiated and adopted multilateral treaties in the various fields of intellectual property, each of which establishes a “Union” of countries which agree to grant to nationals of other countries of the Union the same protection as they grant to their own nationals.Functions of WIPO, History of WIPO, Simple Explanation of WIPOobjectives and functions of WIPO,importance of WIPO, salient features of WIPO,powers and functions of WIPO, organs of WIPO,The Unions administered by WIPO are founded on the treaties. 0000001576 00000 n Status on February 11, 2020 . The Convention provides for the right of priority in the case of patents, marks and industrial designs. That date is commemorated annually as World Intellectual Property Day, which raises awareness of the importance of IP. vi WIPO Intellectual Property Handbook: Policy, Law and Use The Implementation of the Rome Convention 319 The Rome Convention and Developing Countries 319 Other Special Conventions in the Field of Related Rights 320 The Other Special Conventions 320 Reasons for and Purposes of the Special Conventions 321 WIPO provides the framework and the services for this work. 0000007095 00000 n