IP Services

IP Services

The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center is the leading resource in the resolution of IP disputes outside the courts. It offers specialized procedures including arbitration, mediation and expert determination for the resolution of international commercial disputes between private parties. The Center’s procedures are designed as efficient and inexpensive alternatives to court proceedings and may take place in any country, in any language and under any law.

New UDRP Rules

On October 30, 2009, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board approved WIPO’s proposal to amend the Rules for Uniform Domain ...

Localities scrutinise FDI projects

HA NOI — Many localities are becoming pickier in licensing new foreign-invested projects, setting more specific conditions on investors and selecting only ...

WIPO Launches On-line Forum on Access to Copyrighted Works by Visually Impaired

An on-line forum to promote an exchange of ideas and to build consensus on international measures to improve access to copyright-protected works in formats ...

IP Can Support Biodiversity

On the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) on May 22, WIPO Director General Francis Gurry underlined the Organization’s ...

Investment project adjustment procedures

Decree 108/2006/ND-CP dated September 22nd 2006 pf the Prime Minister detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Investment ...

WIPO Launches Global On-line Resource to Facilitate Access to IP Information

WIPO launched on June 1, 2010, WIPO GOLD, a free, on-line global intellectual property (IP) reference resource that provides quick and easy access to a ...

Global Financial Crisis Hits International Trademark Filings in 2009

International trademark filings under WIPO’s Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks (“the Madrid system”) dropped by 16% in 2009 as a ...

Director General Concludes Round of Meetings with Top Tunisian Officials

WIPO Director General Francis Gurry concluded on June 8, 2010 a two-day official visit to Tunisia during which he met Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi to ...

WIPO Marks 10th Anniversary of UDRP

WIPO marked the tenth anniversary of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) on October 12, 2009 with a conference that brought together ...

Adjusting the investment license.

Adjusting the investment license for without re-registration or the business cooperation contract without the investment certificate change

Member States Discuss Key Copyright Issues

WIPO’s top copyright negotiating body this week discussed better access to copyright-protected works for the blind, visually impaired (VIP) and other ...