WIPO

Law & Legal abbreviation · Intellectual Property

WIPO
Stands forWorld Intellectual Property Organization
CategoriesLaw & Legal

WIPO stands for World Intellectual Property Organization, an intellectual property abbreviation also used in organizations.

United Nations specialized agency in Geneva that administers the main international IP treaties, including the PCT, the Madrid System for trademarks and the Hague System for industrial designs. It also runs an arbitration and mediation center that decides many domain name disputes.

Example: The applicant used WIPO's Madrid System to extend its trademark to 30 countries.

Usage notes

Established by a 1967 convention and a UN specialized agency since 1974, it has about 190 member states. WIPO publishes PCT applications with "WO" numbers, and its Arbitration and Mediation Center is the leading provider of UDRP domain decisions. Pronounced "WHY-po".

More intellectual property abbreviations

  • BRI – Broadest reasonable interpretation
  • CBM – Covered business method review
  • CC – Creative Commons
  • CC BY – Creative Commons Attribution License
  • CC0 – Creative Commons Zero
  • CCB – Copyright Claims Board
  • CIP – Continuation-in-part
  • CNIPA – China National Intellectual Property Administration
  • Copr. – Copyright
  • DOE – Doctrine of equivalents
  • EPC – European Patent Convention
  • EPO – European Patent Office

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