Access to Specialized Patent Information - ASPI

by World Intellectual Property Organization

6 pages, Paperback

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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations.

WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world."

WIPO currently has 189 member states, administers 26 international treaties, and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The current Director-General of WIPO is Francis Gurry, who took office on October 1, 2008. 186 of the UN Members as well as the Cook Islands, Holy See and Niue are Members of WIPO. Non-members are the states of Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, South Sudan and East Timor. The Palestinians have observer status.

Reviews

[Sherif Hazem · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very brief brochure about the Access to Specialized Patent Information (ASPI) program,coordinated by the WIPO in partnership with leading patent information providers. The aim of this program is to provide patent offices and academic and research institutions in developing countries with free or low-cost access to sophisticated tools and services for retrieving and analyzing patent data.

Note: the above review is almost fully quoted from the brochure.