The World Intellectual Property Organization is a specialised agency of the United Nations that promotes the protection of intellectual property such as patents, trademarks, copyright and designs. It was established by a convention signed in Stockholm, which came into force in 1970, and it became a UN agency in 1974. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland. It builds on earlier treaties, including the Paris Convention on industrial property and the Berne Convention on literary and artistic works, and it manages international systems for filing patents and trademarks across many countries at once. It also helps countries develop their own intellectual property laws and serves as a forum for negotiating new treaties.
Before and after
- from 1 July 1967 to 7 August 1970War of Attrition
- 1 July 1967Birth of Pamela Anderson
- from 6 July 1967 to 15 January 1970Nigerian Civil War
- from 12 July 1967 to 17 July 19671967 Newark riots
- 14 July 1967Founding of World Intellectual Property Organization
- 18 July 1967Birth of Vin Diesel
- 23 July 1967Birth of Philip Seymour Hoffman
- from 23 July 1967 to 28 July 19671967 Detroit riot
- 29 July 19671967 USS Forrestal fire
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- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations Security Council
- 5 October 1948Founding of International Union for Conservation of Nature
- 5 May 1949Founding of Council of Europe
- 1952Founding of European Parliament
- 1985Introduction of new shekel
- 1990Rise of K-pop
The era
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