TRIPS Council is to attempt to minimize this burden on Members by engaging in consultations with WIPO on the possible establishment of a common register containing these laws and regulations (Article 63.2)
Created 1967-1970.
'...global forum for intellectual property services, policy, information and cooperation.''
'...to encourage the protection of intellectual property throughout the world.
WIPO is a specialized agency of the United Nations, having its headquarters in Geneva.
WIPO currently has 186 member states and administers 26 international treaties.
WIPO's General Assembly is a representative body having delegates from each member state.
Since May 2010, WTO and WIPO member governments have been able to notify their intellectual property laws to the two organizations simultaneously with a single action. This is done through the the “WIPO-WTO Common Portal”, or in full the World Intellectual Property Organization-World Trade Organization Common Portal for Notification of Intellectual Property Laws and Regulations.
The portal serves as an alternative electronic means of notifying member’s legislation on intellectual property. It allows members to submit legal texts simultaneously to the WTO — under Article 63.2 of the TRIPS Agreement — and to WIPO — under Article 24(2) of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and Article 15(2) of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.