WIPO

/ ˈwaɪpəʊ /

acronym

1. World Intellectual Property Organization

Example Sentences

Daren Tang, the organization’s director-general, said the agreement showed that “multilateralism is alive and well at WIPO.”

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WIPO’s rules don’t allow for intellectual property protection of natural or genetic resources themselves but do help to safeguard inventions — by people — that put those resources to work for humankind, whether historically or recently.

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“There is no doubt that the Respondent was aware of Tolkien’s works and created a website to trade off the fame of these works,” reads part of the WIPO’s decision.

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All the Lord of the Rings references and imagery on the token’s website didn’t help the project’s case either, according to WIPO, nor did the fact that it was a commercial enterprise.

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Interestingly, the NFTs weren’t mentioned in the WIPO’s case write-up, though the timeline may offer some insight into that.

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