Resources for Students
This page points to resources across the WIPO website, which may be of particular interest to students of intellectual property (IP).
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WIPO Worldwide Academy is a centre of teaching, training and research. The extensive resources offered include online distance learning courses in IP, reference lists of research papers, and presentations by expert speakers.
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Treaties gives access to all the WIPO-administered treaties, with summaries, and lists membership of each.
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Development of IP Law covers WIPO’s role in assisting Member States to develop international IP laws and standards.
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Copyright information resources links to working documents, studies and publications, prepared or commissioned by WIPO on topics related to copyright and related rights.
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Traditional Knowledge, genetic resources, and traditional cultural expressions (folklore) is an evolving area, in which WIPO provides a forum for international policy debate, and for the development of draft legal mechanisms.
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The WIPO University Initiative program helps participating universities to promote the understanding and use of IP among students and researchers.
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E-Bookshop and Free Information Products offer a wide range of WIPO guides, handbooks and other publications, which can be browsed by subject matter or by publication type.
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WIPO Magazine reports on WIPO activities, and features articles which bring to life the workings of intellectual property, innovation and creativity in developed and developing countries.
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WIPO Information Center is a visitor center, offering information materials and exhibitions on IP.
For younger students
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Learn from the Past; Create the Future is WIPO’s new series of publications designed to provide a hands-on introduction to IP in the classroom or for individual reading.
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At Home with Invention offers an interactive tour of inventions in the home.
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Your Own World of IP is a booklet illustrating how copyright, patents, designs and trademarks work in everyday products.
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The WIPO comic books, Patents; Trademarks; Copyright, have proved popular with all age groups and are translated into many languages.