The bimonthly WIPO Magazine (available in English, French and Spanish) aims to inform readers about WIPO-led activities, and to show intellectual property, creativity and innovation at work across the world.

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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system, which rewards creativity, stimulates innovation and contributes to economic development while safeguarding the public interest.

WIPO was established by the WIPO Convention in 1967 with a mandate from its Member States to promote the protection of IP throughout the world through cooperation among states and in collaboration with other international organizations. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.

Download WIPO Magazine, February 2008, NO.1

Pdf format, 673kb, 32pages.

Issue 1/2008 (January-February)

    * Climate Change –The Technology Challenge
    * Towards a Green Stone Age?
    * Patenting and Access to Clean Energy Technologies in Developing Countries
    * In the Courts: Bridging Moral Rights and Public Utility
    * The European Community Joins the Hague System
    * Design law in the European fashion sector
    * Sixty Years of Wham-O
    * IP and Business: Managing IP as a Set of Business Assets
    * IP Intrigue: From Patent Battle to Bestseller
    * Welcome to the Public Domain
    * WIPO High Level Forum for Least Developed Countries
    * New Parties to WIPO Administered Treaties in 2007
    * In the News

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Strategic Direction and Activities

WIPO’s vision is that IP is an important tool for the economic, social and cultural development of all countries. This shapes its mission to promote the effective use and protection of IP worldwide. Strategic goals are set out in a four yearly Medium Term Plan and refined in the biennial Program and Budget document.

The five strategic goals defined in the 2006 – 2007 Program and Budget are:

    * To promote an IP culture;
    * To integrate IP into national development policies and programs;
    * To develop international IP laws and standards;
    * To deliver quality services in global IP protection systems; and
    * To increase the efficiency of WIPO’s management and support processes.

WIPO’s core tasks and program activities are all aimed at achieving these goals.

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