Intellectual Property Measures

WTO Members implement a variety of measures to modernize their intellectual property (IP) regimes and streamline IP and trade in knowledge into their economies.

COVID-19 and world trade

The COVID-19 and world trade webpage provides information on COVID-19 measures implemented by WTO Members and Observers related to trade in goods, services and intellectual property. It also includes support measures, implemented in response to the COVID-19 and communicated by WTO Members and Observers to the Secretariat. This information has been compiled by the WTO Secretariat and is an informal situation report and an attempt to provide transparency with respect to measures taken in the context of the pandemic. These lists of measures are not exhaustive and are updated regularly by the WTO Secretariat.

Goods measures

Last reporting period: 16/10/2019 - 15/10/2020

Next reporting period: 16/10/2020 - 15/05/2021