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Legal Protection: European Union Within the EU's goal of establishing a European single market also intellectual property rights are of significance. Therefore the European Commission aims at the harmonization of the respective national laws of the EU member states and for a generally more effective protection of intellectual property on an international level. Over the years it has adopted a variety of Conventions and Directives concerned with different aspects of the protection of industrial property as well as copyright and neighboring rights. An overview of EU activities relating to intellectual property protection is available on the website of the European Commission (DG Internal Market): http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/intprop/intprop/index.htm browse Report: Copyright     Intellectual Property and the "Information Society" Metaphor  ... -3   Legal Protection: Multilateral Agreements -2   Legal Protection: WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) -1   Legal Protection: TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) 0   Legal Protection: European Union +1   The Copyright Industry +2   The Piracy "Industry" +3   Challenges for Copyright by ICT: Introduction      ... Recent "Digital Copyright" Legislation: European Union  INDEX CARD     RESEARCH MATRIX  WIPO The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN), which was designed to promote the worldwide protection of both industrial property (inventions, trademarks, and designs) and copyrighted materials (literary, musical, photographic, and other artistic works). It was established by a convention signed in Stockholm in 1967 and came into force in 1970. The aims of WIPO are threefold. Through international cooperation, WIPO promotes the protection of intellectual property. Secondly, the organization supervises administrative cooperation between the Paris, Berne, and other intellectual unions regarding agreements on trademarks, patents, and the protection of artistic and literary work and thirdly through its registration activities the WIPO provides direct services to applicants for, or owners of, industrial property rights.