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World Intellectual Property Organisation

World Intellectual Property Organisation
The latest news and top stories on World Intellectual Property Organisation. A Geneva, Switzerland based specialised agency of the United Nations, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is dedicated to promoting the protection of intellectual property worldwide. Its main areas of focus include administering international IP treaties, providing global IP services like the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and offering technical assistance to member states. WIPO is recognized for publishing the annual Global Innovation Index, a key benchmark for innovation capacity and success.
The Hong Kong delegation to the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival. Photo: Handout
RoMetric can automatically measure 15 hand joints in three dimensions, reducing assessment time by up to 87 per cent and providing objective data to support rehabilitation planning. Photo: Handout
AuraMist, a portable water-misting system designed to help wheelchair users bathe more independently, won another prize from the China Association of Inventions. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong science and tech

Hong Kong inventors win top prize, 35 medals at Silicon Valley festival

Solar-powered fertiliser system tops awards as city’s delegation wins 22 gold, 13 silver.

China technology

Advanced tech now accounts for 1 in 6 valid invention patents in China

Trending in China

How China can safeguard its visual heritage from global brand exploitation

Artificial intelligence

The AI industrial revolution: why US faces a historic tech reckoning from China

From EVs to robotics, China’s advancement in cutting-edge tech has seen it shake off the West’s long-standing belief in US exceptionalism.

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
China’s economic stimulus

China’s newest IP office to cut hi-tech patent approval times ‘by 70%’

Centre in Xiongan New Area projected to fast-track process from 15 months to just three.

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Hong Kong budget 2026-27

Exclusive | Hong Kong to boost IP economy with new academy, patent evaluation support

Initiatives to diversify the city’s economic development expected to be announced by Financial Secretary Paul Chan in his budget address.

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US-China relations

Chief of UN intellectual property agency wins re-election

Daren Tang secured victory despite questions over his leadership and a whistle-blower letter, as US and China stayed largely on sidelines.

Wipo Director General Daren Tang secured a second term with a decisive 81-2 vote. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | How Hong Kong can capitalise on Chinese creative destruction

The Greater Bay Area’s success shows that with the right environment, creative destruction can generate inclusive growth.

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Technology

China dominates global patent race with record filings

China filed nearly half of all patents worldwide in 2024, outpacing the US by more than threefold, WIPO data show.

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Science

Does Switzerland beat China in innovation? Ranking raises questions about bias

China leads in knowledge and tech outputs but takes 10th place overall on Global Innovation Index, leading to doubts about methodology.

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Switzerland has held the top spot on the Global Innovation Index for 15 years in a row. Photo: Anadolu via Getty Images
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong climbs 3 spots to No 15 in Global Innovation Index

City ranks first globally for credit, while placing third in higher education and fifth in knowledge absorption.

The index ranked Hong Kong fifth in Asia. Photo: Sam Tsang
India

The View | Together, China and India can be a tech innovation force

India has shot up in innovation rankings with venture capital as a new metric. More could be achieved if India and China joined forces.

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China technology

South China’s Greater Bay Area boasts world’s largest innovation cluster

World Intellectual Property Organization based rankings on international patent filings, scientific publications and venture capital deals.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong, 2 mainland Chinese cities named UN body’s top innovation cluster

A ranking process that factors venture capital deals helped to launch the cluster ahead of Tokyo-Yokohama to claim top spot.

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The event was hosted in the city for the first time at the Science Park in Sha Tin. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong to sign data-sharing deal with UN intellectual property body: Paul Chan

Chan says memorandum of understanding with WIPO will allow city’s judiciary to share relevant landmark judgments with UN body’s database.

Looking ahead, Hong Kong’s finance chief has said the city will further leverage the unique advantage offered by the “one country, two systems” governing principle to deepen cooperation with its counterparts in the rest of the Greater Bay Area. Photo: Dickson Lee
Technology

Opinion | Why East Asian integration could be the solution to US tariff threats

As Japan and South Korea struggled to reach trade deals with the US, China’s economic leverage offers an example for the rest of the region.

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