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Wikimedia Foundation's Accreditation to WIPO Blocked for a Fourth Time by China

by olea on 7/26/24, 6:21 AM with 1 comments

  • by olea on 7/26/24, 6:21 AM

    Yesterday, the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts and supports Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, was again denied accreditation as a permanent observer to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) — the specialized United Nations (UN) agency that determines global policies on copyright, patents, and trademarks for its 193 Member States