Month: October 2019
World Intellectual Property Indicators: Filings for Patents, Trademarks, Industrial Designs Reach Record Heights in 2018
Geneva, October 16, 2019PR/2019/838 Go to: Patents | Trademarks | Industrial designs | Plant varieties | Geographical indications | Publishing…
Uber – What We Can Learn From Its Approach to Branding
While Uber is a success, and has even reached unicorn status, its lack of correct attention to brand has caused…
Brand Strategy – Why Every Business Needs One
Brand is a most misunderstood word. It’s among the words such as intellectual property, trade mark, business design and branding…
Wireless Access Point vs Wi-Fi Router
What is the difference between a wireless access point and a Wi-Fi router? A Wi-Fi router is what allows multiple…
Meeting of the ICANN Board | Briefing Materials
Meeting of the ICANN Board | Briefing Materials
Meeting of the ICANN Board | Briefing Materials
Internet Rules – They Change The Rules of Branding
The internet has changed the rules for many industries. In my books Legally Branded and Intellectual Property Revolution, I explained…
WIPO Director General Opens Copyright-Related International Conference
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry on October 18, 2019, opened the “International Conference on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries,…
Dominican Republic Joins Lisbon System as 30th Member
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry accepted the Dominican Republic’s instrument of accession to WIPO’s Lisbon System for the International Registration…
14th Session of WIPO’s Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE)
Tobias Bednarz, Legal Counsellor, Building Respect for IP Division, gives a brief summary of the 14th session of the WIPO…
Launch of World Intellectual Property Indicators 2019 Report
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry and Chief Economist Carsten Fink discuss with reporters the “World Intellectual Property Report 2019,” in…
Main Take-Aways from World Intellectual Property Indicators 2019 Report
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry briefly summarizes the main findings of the “World Intellectual Property Report 2019.”
WIPO Assemblies Close with New Direction for Organization’s Future Work
Geneva, October 9, 2019PR/2019/837 Delegates from WIPO’s 192 member states closed their 2019 Assemblies meetings with agreement on the Organization’s…
DPRK Joins the International Agreement on GIs and AOs
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry received on October 8, 2019 the instrument of accession of the Democratic People’s Republic of…
Trump speaks! John 8:32 ESV “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
A Trump Teleprompter Apocalypse | All In | MSNBC Editors Note: “The truth is always hard to swallow if…
Copyright Infringement and Copyright Disputes
The most common copyright dispute we see involves an image used on a website which the website owner does not…
Trinidad and Tobago Joins Three WIPO Treaties
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry welcomes Trinidad and Tobago accession to three key WIPO treaties – the Beijing Treaty on…
Viet Nam Minister Speaks on Sidelines of 2019 WIPO Assemblies
Viet Nam Minister for Science and Technology Chu Ngoc Anh reaffirms his country’s commitment to promoting innovation and creativity through…
Uganda Minister Speaks on Sidelines of 2019 WIPO Assemblies
Uganda Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs Kahinda Otafiire reaffirms his country’s commitment to promoting innovation and creativity through the…
Samoa Minister Speaks on Sidelines of 2019 WIPO Assemblies
Samoa Minister for Commerce, Industry and Labor Lautafi Fio Selafi Purcell reaffirms his country’s commitment to promoting innovation and creativity…
Montenegro’s Minister for Economy Speaks on Sidelines of 2019 WIPO Assemblies
Montenegro’s Minister for Economy Dragica Sekulić reaffirms his country’s commitment to promoting innovation and creativity through the intellectual property system….
Liberia Minister for Commerce & Industry Speaks on Sidelines of 2019 WIPO Assemblies
Liberia Minister for Commerce & Industry Wilson K. Tarpeh reaffirms his country’s commitment to promoting innovation and creativity through the…
Kazakhstan Minister of Justice Speaks on Sidelines of 2019 WIPO Assemblies
Kazakhstan Minister of Justice Marat Beketayev reaffirms his country’s commitment to promoting innovation and creativity through the intellectual property system….
Cuba’s Minister of Science, Technology and Environment Speaks on Sidelines of 2019 WIPO Assemblies
Cuba’s Minister of Science, Technology and Environment Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya reaffirms her country’s commitment to promoting innovation and creativity…
Antigua and Barbuda Minister Speaks on Sidelines of 2019 WIPO Assemblies
Antigua and Barbuda Minister of State of Legal Affairs, Public Safety, Immigration and Labor Maureen Hyman Payne reaffirms her country’s…
Panel on Women in the Publishing Industry held on Margins of WIPO Assemblies
WIPO Director General opens a panel discussion on “Empowering Women in the Publishing Industry” organized by the WIPO Human Resources…
New Zealand Joins Marrakesh Treaty
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry welcomed New Zealand’s October 3, 2019, accession to WIPO’s Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to…
Ukraine Shows National Innovation at WIPO Assemblies
The Ukraine Government hosted a music and light show entitled – “Innovative Ukraine – From Soul to Brain” – highlighting…
Israel Joins the International Design System
Israel became the 63rd contracting party of the International Design System on October 3, 2019 when it acceded to the…