Securing the filing date of your IP: WIPO comes up with WIPO PROOF

Securing the filing date of your IP: WIPO comes up with WIPO PROOF

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) introduces WIPO PROOF, last year, helping the business suite in managing their innovative and creative asset. The WIPO PROOF is a step forward for critically identifying the exact date of existence for individuals and companies alike.

In practical terms, WIPO PROOF is like a digital notary. It provides irrefutable proof of the existence of a digital file at a given point in time. In the digital business environment, data needs to be safeguarded and WIPO PROOF helps to do that.

A patent is granted on the premise that the invention is non-obvious and constitutes inventive steps. These issues are very much interlinked with that of the filing date since an early filing date is acknowledged as prior art. The priority date of a patent relates to the earliest filing date from within a family of patent applications that constitutes a similar invention.

Early filing date helps in constituting the criteria of the non-obviousness nature of the invention. The earlier date is the proof of an invention being obvious if a similar invention is being filed at a later date. Being the first one to file a patent application the inventor or the creator is in a far better position to claim his right and even win any legal battle along the way.

In various copyright cases, the issues are not primarily based upon the substantial similarity but on the premise that the creator can show that he is the owner of the work and he is the first to write it. Well, these issues are closely linked with the understanding that the creativeness of someone is aided if it can be proved that the work existed before the other or before anyone knew about it.

WIPO PROOF rapidly produces tamper-proof evidence which you can use to prove that your digital file existed at a specific point in time. Whether you have creative work, a product design, an invention, or research data and insights from the innovation process, WIPO PROOF is an additional way to safeguard valuable intellectual assets. WIPO PROOF uses industry-leading security technology to generate a globally recognized digital fingerprint of your intellectual asset storing them securely for 5 years (renewable on request), keeping them compliant with evolving encryption technologies

WIPO PROOF provides the official seal of authority which makes it an international sanctioned document that will undoubtedly carry more weight in many of the IP cases throughout the world. The significant value that the document holds will give a competitive advantage for the company or individual in the legal battle.

The WIPO PROOF is only limited to the creation of the document at a specific timeline. The function does not extend to the formalistic function with regards to the procedural aspects of IP registration. Neither does this WIPO PROOF confer any such intellectual property rights. It is the only official confirmation of the simple proof of the date of existence. At a time when we are seeing a booming development in various sectors, the WIPO PROOF was an inevitable need of the hour for individuals and companies.