Costa Rican Trademarks Added to the Global Brand Database March 22, 2019The Global Brand Database now includes the collection of Costa Rica with over 237,000 records.This brings to 46 the number of national/regional collections available in the Global Brand Database.
1.Canada Joins Three Key WIPO Trademark Treaties, 1:50
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry received Canada’s instruments of accession to the Madrid Protocol, Nice Agreement and the Singapore Treaty from Canadian Ambassador Stephen de Boer.
Canada Joins Three Key WIPO Trademark Treaties
2.WIPO Director General Presents Record-Breaking Results of 2018 IP Filing Services、 1:00:3
WIPO Director General Presents Record-Breaking Results of 2018 IP Filing Services
As of 21 December 2018, the State Office of Industrial Property of the Republic of Macedonia (SOIP) has made its trade mark and industrial design data available to the Global Brand Database and Global Design Database search tools. This last extension brings the total number of offices participating in Global Brand Database to 45 and with the addition of almost 33.580 trade marks from Republic of Macedonia, Global Brand Database now provides information and access to more than 37,2 million trade marks in total.
Samoan Trademarks Added to the Global Brand DatabaseNovember 30, 2018The Global Brand Database now includes the national collection of Samoa with over 7000 records. This brings to 44 the number of national offices whose data is available in the Global Brand Database.
On December 4, 2018, the Government of Samoa deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol with WIPO’s Director General, making Samoa the 103rd member of the Madrid System, which now covers 119 countries. The Protocol will enter into force for Samoa on March 4, 2019.
A UN agency has reported that China accounted for more than 40 percent of world patent filings last year. The country has been at the head of the world rankings for 7 straight years.