WIPO

The Indian government and the World International Property Organisation will work together to prevent biopiracy and help countries protect herbal remedies, plant lore and other traditions

The World Intellectual property Organisation has launched WIPO GOLD, a free, on-line global intellectual property reference resource.

International trademark filings under the WIPO’s Madrid System dropped by 16 per cent in 2009 as a result of the global economic downturn.

International patent filings under the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s Patent Cooperation Treaty fell by 4.5 per cent in 2009.

WIPO’s Patentscope, which currently hosts data on more than 1.6 million international patent applications, has been extended.

The countries of the World Intellectual Property Organisation last week suspended the earliest of the three acts that govern the International Deposit of Industrial Designs.

A new programme has been set up to promote the use of IP as a catalyst for economic and commercial development in Africa and LDCs.

The number of international trademark registrations topped the one million mark when an Austrian company, Grune Erde, registered its mark this month.