Resources and Recent Developments

The Inventor Assistance Program (IAP) – a WIPO initiative in cooperation with the World Economic Forum – is the first global program to....

In this recorded message, Daren Tang addresses delegates following his appointment as the next Director General of the World....

This paper by Gaetan de Rassenfosse looks for traces of discrimination against foreigners in the patent prosecution process, building on....

Inventions of foreign origin are about ten percentage points less likely to be granted a U.S. patent than domestic inventions. The results of....

The L2Pro (Learn to Protect) India IP e-learning platform aims to educate start-ups, MSMEs, and innovators on protection and enforcement of....

On this platform, part of MIT's Innovation Initiative, student innovators and entrepreneurs share their experiences navigating through the wide....

The WTO Secretariat published this new information note warning of possible increases to trade costs due to COVID-19 disruptions. The note....

This Bloomberg article discusses the introduction of the General Motors Co. Hongguang MINI EV in China, a surprise hit that sells for less than....

This report updates the USPTO’s 2019 report on U.S. women inventor-patentees, “Progress and Potential,” using three years of new data,....