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Abstract
The World Intellectual Property Organization, based in Geneva, is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with international intellectual property matters. The Organization is perhaps best known for international agreements such as the Patent Cooperation Treaty (the PCT), The Madrid Agreement, and the Hague Agreement, which provide international registration and protection for patents, trademarks, and industrial designs, respectively.
The Organization's work in standard setting--through the development of international intellectual property law--covers the range of intellectual property from industrial property to copyright. Many of you are familiar with the WIPO Internet Treaties, two international treaties that came into force last year which help bring international copyright standards in line with the digital age.
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Rita Hayes, Ambassador,
Promoting Intellectual Property for Economic Growth,
36 Vanderbilt Law Review
793
(2021)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vjtl/vol36/iss3/6