News and Events

This area provides:

• up-to-date information on current events at WIPO (Press Releases) as well as background information on IP issues and details of forthcoming events of interest (Updates and Media Alerts);
• access to the bimonthly WIPO Magazine (in English, French and Spanish), which showcases creativity and innovation at work across the world and examines key WIPO activities;  free subscription and an extensive search interface are also available;
• detailed information about WIPO meetings with links to relevant documents, enhanced by a powerful document search facility;
• information on current and past themes – and messages from the Director General – for World Intellectual Property Day (April 26), with access to related downloadable promotional materials;  summaries of activities carried out by Member States around the globe for this annual celebration are also available;
• the possibility of subscribing to multilingual e-mail newsletters and RSS newsfeeds about various WIPO activities and services.