WIPO

The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property

Mar 20, 1883

Intellectual-property protections for inventions, trademarks, and industrial designs.

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

Sep 9, 1886

international copyright agreement adopted by an international conference in Bern (Berne) The core of the Berne Convention is its provision that each of the contracting countries shall provide automatic protection for works first published in other countries of the Berne union and for unpublished works whose authors are citizens of or resident in such other countries.

United International Bureau for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI),

Mar 1, 1893

In 1893, the International Bureau established by the Paris Convention and the International Bureau established by Bern Convention, both to carry out administrative tasks, merged to form the BIRPI the organisation.

Headquarters

Mar 21, 1960

In 1960 BIRPI moved its headquarters to Geneva

WIPO convention

Jul 14, 1967

WIPO Convention has 184 Contracting Parties. [2] The Convention is written in English, French, Russian and Spanish, all texts being equally authentic. [3] The Convention was amended on September 28, 1979.

WIPO establishment

Apr 26, 1970

WIPO was officialy established and came into force

WIPO reconised by UN as its agency

Mar 21, 1974