Bank and the World Economic Forum. WIPO Lex WIPO Lex is an online global database launched in 2010, which provides free public access to intellectual property laws, treaties and judicial decisions from around the world. In 2022, the WIPO Lex database contained 48,000 national, regional and international legal documents relating to intellectual property, with access in the six UN languages. PATENTSCOPE PATENTSCOPE is a public patent database provided by WIPO that serves as an official publication source for patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty and covers numerous national and regional patent collections. In 2021 it held over 100 million patent documents including 4.2 million published international patent applications. Directors General On 1 October 2020, Daren Tang of Singapore succeeded Gurry as Director General. His candidacy was backed by the United States and 54 other countries over China's preferred candidate, Wang Binying, who received 28 votes out of the 83 voting members. See also Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Intellectual property organization List of parties to international copyright agreements Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy World Intellectual Property Organization treaties Notes References Further reading Research Handbook on the World Intellectual Property Organization: The First 50 Years and Beyond External links List of member states International trade organizations Patent law organizations Patent offices United Nations specialized agencies Organizations established in 1967 United Nations organizations based in Geneva