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Last week, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced that, through its Worldwide Academy, it was adding five new courses to its widely used distance learning program. According to the WIPO press release (link below), the five new courses cover arbitration/mediation procedure, general patenting, patent searches, basic patent drafting, and trademarks. The distance learning program, as referenced in the first link below, ?aims to improve access to intellectual property-related educational materials,? taking ?full advantage of state-of-the-art information technology and the Internet as an alternative to traditional training programs.? According to WIPO, over 86,000 people have taken online WIPO courses since their inception in 1999.

WIPO Press Release: LINK
WIPO Distance Learning Program Webpage: LINK
WIPO Worldwide Academy Webpage: LINK

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