World Intellectual Property Organization
specialized UN agency focused on intellectual property protection
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Summary
World Intellectual Property Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations[1]. It draws 2,394 Wikipedia views per month (specialized agency of the united nations category, ranking #8 of 16).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Switzerland[3]
- Instance of: intellectual property organization[4]
- Official language: English[5], French[6]
- Headquarters location: Geneva[7]
- Chief executive officer: Daren Tang[8]
- Commons category: World Intellectual Property Organization[9]
- Industry: international governmental or non-governmental organizations[10]
- Foundational text: Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization[11]
- Inception: July 14, 1967[12], 1967[13]
- Coordinate location: 46.222064700000004, 6.136986406050485[14]
- Parent organization or unit: United Nations[15]
- Official website: https://www.wipo.int[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:World Intellectual Property Organization[17]
- Legal form: International organisation[18]
- Native label: World Intellectual Property Organization[19]
- Short name: WIPO[20], OMPI[21], الويبو[22], САІУ[23]
- Owner of: WIPO Lex[24]
- Member count: 194[25]
- ACM Classification Code (2012): 10011324[26]
- Partnership with: International Civil Aviation Organization[27], Asian–African Legal Consultative Organization[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Open Culture / GLAM Glossary[29]
Why It Matters
World Intellectual Property Organization has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]
Works attributed to it include Global Innovation Index[32], an index number[33], founded in 2007[34]; World Intellectual Property Indicators[35], a publication[36], founded in 2009[37]; and World Intellectual Property Report[38], a periodical[39], founded in 2009[40], headquartered in Geneva[41].