{i} (Law) ownership of inventions or ideas (such as the rights of creators), impalpable property resulting from creativity, property resulting from the work of a person's intellect or mind
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (French: Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle or OMPI) is one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 with the stated purpose "to encourage creative activity, [and] to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"