What's new at the Academy

[2007] [2006] [2005]

 

Dec 4, 2008

Registrations are open for the 2009 sessions of the Academy's distance learning courses You are invited to register online for the Academy's general distance learning course DL-101 (General Course on IP) and the advanced courses DL-201 (Copyright and Related Rights), DL-202 (Electronic Commerce and IP), DL-204 (Biotechnology and IP), DL-301 (Patent), DL-302 (Trademarks), DL-317 (WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Procedure), DL-318 (Patent Information Searching) and DL-320 (Basics of Patent Drafting)

Oct 24, 2008

International Conference on Intellectual Property Management Education and Research - Summary of Discussions Academics, corporate executives and policy makers from 18 countries in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America assembled at the WIPO headquarters in an International Conference on Intellectual Property Management Education and Research, convened by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), in Geneva, on July 17 and 18, 2008. The Conference produced concrete proposals for expanding and enhancing the scope and depth of intellectual property management education and research worldwide and called on WIPO to provide sustained leadership in order to foster this emerging discipline.

Oct 17, 2008

Strategic Innovation, Product Design, Development and Intellectual Property Management Chennai, India, December 2 to 5, 2008 [Fee reduction]

Oct 8, 2008

WIPO Expands its Distance Learning Program from the WIPO Pressroom (PR/2008/570)

Jul 21, 2008

International Conference Calls for Strengthening of IP Management Education and Research (PR/2008/561) The need to strengthen intellectual property (IP) management education and research, especially in developing countries, dominated discussions at a two-day international conference organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on July 17 and 18, 2008. The International Conference on Intellectual Property (IP) Management Education and Research, attended by over thirty academics, mainly from business schools, corporate executives and policy makers, from eighteen countries around the world, was the first of its kind to take an in-depth look at the state of global IP management education and research and to establish a road map for its future development. The Conference adopted a declaration which underlines the urgent need to include IP management education programs into the curricula of schools of business, engineering and law. The declaration further calls on WIPO to assume a leadership role in the development of this important and emerging discipline.

May 30, 2008

Just published - Teaching of Intellectual Property: Principles and Methods edited by the WIPO Worldwide Academy and published by Cambridge University Press

May 29, 2008

August 4, 2008 - Launch of a Masters Degree in Intellectual Property (MIP) jointly offered by WIPO Worldwide Academy, African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) and Africa University

Jan 29, 2008

WIPO Summer School on Intellectual Property in Geneva, Croatia, Thailand, Mexico and Korea The Summer School provides an opportunity to senior students and young professionals to acquire deeper knowledge of each domain of intellectual property and of the role and functions of WIPO. Starting this year, there will also be a WIPO Summer School on IP in Thailand (Bangkok, May 6 to 16, 2008), Croatia (Dubrovnik, June 30 to July 11, 2008), Mexico (Mexico City, July 28 to August 8, 2008) (in Spanish) and Korea (Daejeon, August 11 to 22, 2008).

Jan 29, 2008

7th Edition of the Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Intellectual Property Jointly offered by the WIPO Worldwide Academy and the University of Turin