World Intellectual Property Organization

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intergovernmental organization specialized agency of the United Nations treaty-based organization

The World Intellectual Property Organization is a global intergovernmental body that develops and oversees international rules and services for the protection of intellectual property rights.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
World Intellectual Property Organization canonical	123
WIPO	22
International Bureau of WIPO	4
International Bureau	1
International Bureau of WIPO as PCT secretariat	1
International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization	1
United Nations system via WIPO	1
WIPO IP Portal	1
WIPO International Bureau	1
WIPO headquarters, Geneva	1
World Intellectual Property Indicators report	1
World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17164 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Intellectual Property Organization
Context triple: [United Nations, hasSpecializedAgency, World Intellectual Property Organization]

A. World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization is an international body that regulates global trade rules between nations, aiming to ensure trade flows smoothly, predictably, and freely.
B. UNESCO
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes international cooperation in education, science, culture, and communication to foster peace and sustainable development.
C. International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) is an international arbitration institution that facilitates the resolution of legal disputes between foreign investors and sovereign states under investment treaties and contracts.
D. United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency responsible for granting patents, registering trademarks, and overseeing key aspects of intellectual property protection in the United States.
E. United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Intellectual Property Organization
Target entity description: The World Intellectual Property Organization is a global intergovernmental body that develops and oversees international rules and services for the protection of intellectual property rights.

A. World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization is an international body that regulates global trade rules between nations, aiming to ensure trade flows smoothly, predictably, and freely.
B. UNESCO
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes international cooperation in education, science, culture, and communication to foster peace and sustainable development.
C. International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) is an international arbitration institution that facilitates the resolution of legal disputes between foreign investors and sovereign states under investment treaties and contracts.
D. United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency responsible for granting patents, registering trademarks, and overseeing key aspects of intellectual property protection in the United States.
E. United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization ⓘ specialized agency of the United Nations ⓘ treaty-based organization ⓘ
administersTreaty	Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure ⓘ Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs ⓘ Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration ⓘ Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks ⓘ Madrid Protocol ⓘ Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks ⓘ Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property ⓘ Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ WIPO Copyright Treaty ⓘ WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty ⓘ
becameUNSpecializedAgencyOn	1974 ⓘ
cooperatesWith	World Customs Organization ⓘ World Health Organization ⓘ World Trade Organization ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
dateFounded	1967-07-14 ⓘ
executiveHead	Director General of WIPO ⓘ
fieldOfWork	copyright law ⓘ geographical indications ⓘ industrial design law ⓘ intellectual property ⓘ patent law ⓘ trademark law ⓘ traditional knowledge and genetic resources ⓘ
focusesOn	capacity building in intellectual property for developing countries ⓘ development of international IP norms and standards ⓘ
foundedBy	United Nations ⓘ
governingBody	WIPO General Assembly ⓘ surface form: WIPO Conference WIPO Coordination Committee ⓘ WIPO General Assembly ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Geneva ⓘ surface form: Geneva, Switzerland
legalBasis	WIPO Convention ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
mission	to ensure that the protection of intellectual property contributes to economic development ⓘ to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world ⓘ
numberOfMemberStates	over 190 ⓘ
offersService	Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs ⓘ surface form: Hague System for the international registration of industrial designs Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks ⓘ surface form: Madrid System for the international registration of marks Patent Cooperation Treaty international patent filing system ⓘ WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center ⓘ WIPO PROOF digital evidence service ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
parentOrganization	United Nations system ⓘ
placeFounded	Stockholm ⓘ surface form: Stockholm, Sweden
publishes	Global Innovation Index (with partners) ⓘ World Intellectual Property Organization self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: World Intellectual Property Indicators report
shortName	World Intellectual Property Organization self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WIPO
typeOfOrganization	member-driven organization ⓘ
website	https://www.wipo.int ⓘ

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Referenced by (158)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Washington Revision Act → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Hague Revision Act → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

London Revision Act → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Stockholm Revision Act → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Article 10bis → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

WIPO Arbitration Rules → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

WIPO Arbitration Rules → promulgatedBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

WIPO Mediation Rules → developedBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

WIPO Mediation Rules → promotedBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

WIPO Center → parentOrganization → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

WIPO Center → acronym → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

this entity surface form: WIPO

WIPO Center → affiliation → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations system via WIPO

WIPO Expert Determination Rules → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

United States Mission to the World Intellectual Property Organization → accreditedTo → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

United States Mission to the World Intellectual Property Organization → organizationServed → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Rome Convention → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Washington Treaty → isRelatedTo → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

UK Intellectual Property Office → collaboratesWith → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

ISA → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

subject surface form: International Searching Authority

Japan Patent Office → cooperatesWith → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

China National Intellectual Property Administration → cooperatesWith → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Korean Intellectual Property Office → cooperatesWith → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property → cooperatesWith → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Australian Patent Office → collaboratesWith → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Austrian Patent Office → cooperatesWith → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Swedish Intellectual Property Office → cooperatesWith → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Spanish Patent and Trademark Office → cooperatesWith → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Visegrad Patent Institute → cooperatesWith → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Assembly of the Hague Union → partOf → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Assembly of the Hague Union → parentOrganization → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Hague eFiling → operatedBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

this entity surface form: WIPO

Hague eFiling → governingBodyOfFramework → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

this entity surface form: WIPO

Hague Express Database → maintainedBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Hague Express Database → operatedBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

this entity surface form: WIPO

Hague Express Database → relatedTo → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

this entity surface form: WIPO IP Portal

Hague Express Database → publisher → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

IPER → governingOrganization → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite → negotiatedUnder → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks → administeredByAbbreviation → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

this entity surface form: WIPO

Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

this entity surface form: WIPO

Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

Patent Law Treaty → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

this entity surface form: WIPO

Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances → administeredBy → World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ

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