World Intellectual Property Organization

thumb|right|Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Intellectual Property Organization is a specialised agency of the United Nations. The World Intellectual Property Organization was created in 1967 to encourage creative activity and to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world. Quotes How did we get here [with complex and restrictive copyright laws]? Well, it starts with an organization called WIPO, which is for copyright what Mordor is for evil in Middle Earth. Cory Doctorow, Digital and Social Conference, Berlin, Norway, November 12, 2004 External links Category:Organizations established by the United Nations Category:Legal organizations