Intellectual Property Watch

{{Short description|Intellectual property law reader}}

{{Infobox newspaper |

| type = Daily Blogs/Monthly Reporter

| name = IP-Watch

| stype = Monthly Hardcopy/ Daily Blogs

| image =

| format = 16 page reporter/online articles

| political = Neutral

| foundation = 2004

| owners =

| headquarters = Geneva, Switzerland

| editor = William New

| website = [http://www.ip-watch.org/ www.ip-watch.org]

| ISSN = 1661-7355

}}

Intellectual Property Watch is a Geneva-based publication reporting on policy issues and influences relating to international organizations (IOs), especially those in Geneva such as the World Intellectual Property Organization, World Trade Organization, World Health Organization and International Telecommunication Union. It also follows policy developments outside Geneva, and does some investigative reporting.

Besides almost daily articles and occasional special columns, a monthly reader is published about intellectual property and the policies that affect it.

IP-Watch is an editorially independent news agency whose startup funding came from several sources, the MacArthur Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation,Rockefeller Foundation website, [http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/grants/grants-and-grantees/72d39179-b213-45dd-bf2d-677287ddca70 IP Watch Association]. Consulted on 11 March 2011. and the Open Society Institute.[http://www.soros.org/resources/articles_publications/publications/ar2004_20050718/d_initiatives.pdf 2004 Initiatives Report], p. 132. Consulted on 11 March 2011 Currently{{when|date=July 2012}}, they accept subscription fees for their Monthly Reporter and a subscriber-only online content area, but do not take anonymous donations nor donations from any private corporations, except in the form of subscriptions to their reporting services.IP Watch website, [http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/about/ About Us]. Consulted on 11 March 2011. Most of the online content is open access, published under the Creative Commons license.

Intellectual Property Watch has no formal owner, and their board of directors meets twice a year to discuss business and legal matters.IP Watch website, [http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/about/#governance About Us ("Governance" part)]. Consulted on 11 March 2011.

The website openly presents both industry and industry critics in their "Inside Views" section. They also provide interested developing countries with free copies of their newsletter.

The founder and board chair is Carolyn Deere.