WIPO Outreach products include
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Publications
WIPO produces an extensive range of publications covering many aspects of intellectual property. These include publications aimed at readers in a specific sector, and those intended for a broad readership.
To browse publications by topic see:
- Free Information Products, and
- E-Bookshop for paid publications
- To order copies of publications, write to Publications.Mail@wipo.int .
WIPO welcomes requests from Member States and organizations wishing to translate its publications for the purposes of public outreach. Please send requests to outreach@wipo.int .
The following table lists a selection of free publications, available to download in PDF format, grouped according to different target audiences:
| Audience | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| Artists | Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights | [PDF] |
| From Artist to Audience | [PDF] | |
| Government Officials | Understanding Industrial Property | [PDF] |
| The Setting-up of New Copyright Societies | [PDF] | |
| Collective Management in Reprography | [PDF] | |
| Understanding Copyright | [PDF] | |
| Law Makers | Overview – Intellectual Property: A Power Tool for Economic Growth | [PDF] |
| What is Intellectual Property? | [PDF] | |
| Summaries of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements Administered by WIPO | [PDF] | |
| SMEs | Creative Expression - An Introduction to Copyright and Related Rights for SMEs | [PDF] |
| Inventing the Future - An Introduction to Patents for SMEs | [PDF] | |
| Looking Good: An Introduction to Industrial Designs for SMEs | [PDF] | |
| Making a Mark - An Introduction to Trademarks for SMEs | [PDF] | |
| Traditional Knowledge Holders | Intellectual Property and Traditional Cultural Expressions/Folklore | [PDF] |
| Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge | [PDF] | |
| Universities / Research Institutes | A Brochure on IP for Universities and R&D Institutions in African Countries | [PDF] |
| Successful Technology Licensing | [PDF] | |
| Research Networks and Intellectual Property | [PDF] | |
| Young People | At Home With Invention | [PDF] |
| Learn from the Past, Create the Future: Inventions and Patents | [PDF] | |
| Patents - Comic Book | [PDF] | |
| Trademarks - Comic book | [PDF] | |
| Copyright - Comic book | [PDF] | |
| Your Own World of IP | [PDF] |
