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ME 490 - Engineering Design

What is WIPO?

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a United Nations agency established in 1967 to promote international protection of intellectual property.

They promote and administer international laws and treaties related to patents, trademarks, and copyright.

WIPO maintains a database for patents from Asian, Latin American, and African countries.

Foreign patent offices

Canadian Intellectual Property Office
European Patent Office
Search patents from 90+ countries.
Japan Patent Office

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