The World Intellectual Property Organisation
(WIPO), with a
present membership of 161 states was established in 1970
and became a specialized agency of the United Nations in
1974. The main activities are to establish international
norms and standards in the field of intellectual
property, especially through international treaties; to
administer treaties which embody such norms and standards
as well as treaties that facilitate the filing of
applications for the protection of inventions, trademarks
and industrial designs; to provide industrial property
information, especially the legal-technical information
contained in patent documents and in the international
register of marks. WIPO also carries out a substantial
program of legal and technical assistance to developing
countries and countries in transition to market economy. The International Federation of
Inventors' Associations (IFIA) is a non-governmental organisation created
in 1968. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland. IFIA members
come from nearly one hundred countries. IFIA is the
spokesman of inventors worldwide. Main activities are:
publication of reference books, guides, surveys, studies,
newsletters; conference, seminars, workshops, expert
group meetings, lectures; training courses (particularly
in developing countries); inventions competitions and
awards; illustrative exhibits on inventors/inventions;
assistance in the creation of inventors associations;
consultative services; creation of international networks
among inventors.
Mailing address: P.O. Box
299, CH-1211 Geneva 12, Switzerland
Tel.: + 41 22 789 3074, fax: + 41 22 789 3076
The
Association of Hungarian Inventors (MAFE) was refunded in
1989. Between 1945 and 1989 the inventors in Hungary did
not have any organisation. One of the most important
missions of the Association is the commercialisation of
inventions. The Association of Hungarian Inventors
promotes the selling of Hungarian inventions abroad, and
the import of foreign inventions and new products to
Hungary. The members of MAFE were awarded two hundred
prizes in the last five years at international
exhibitions.
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