The Rise and Fall of WIPO PROOF

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1 Ph.D in Private Law, Department of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Qom, Qom, Iran

2 Department of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Qom, Qom, Iran

3 Department of Law, Ph.D in Private Law, Faculty of Law, Mofid University, Qom, Iran

Abstract

On May 21, 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization unveiled WIPO PROOF; an unprecedented service aimed at safeguarding innovative achievements and providing secure evidence of intellectual creations in the digital sphere. A documentation service capable of securely verifying the existence of any intellectual creation or asset. In practice, this preliminary registration system not only had the ability to register all forms of intellectual property, but also covered some un-protectable (exceptional) forms of intellectual property, including ideas. However, considering that this method of protection was not supported by international, regional or national laws, a number of issues regarding the legal status and evidentiary value of the resulting documentation within national and international IP regimes became a subject of debate. In this research, by studying the structure, function and similar national mechanisms, we came to the conclusion that in order to improve and upgrade the protection provided by IP laws, we need to develop and synchronize with the needs the actors active in the field of innovation. As a result, services such as WIPO PROOF may be considered as an undeniable milestone for the development and improvement of the current intellectual property regimes.

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Volume 22, Issue 1
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April 2025
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