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By Kaitlin Mara This year’s European Patent Forum concluded with a clear consensus on the importance of addressing the problem of climate change but with no clear way forward on how the intellectual property system might help. But leading figures…
By one vote, Francis Gurry of Australia tonight won a hard-fought election to be the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Candidate Votes Francis Gurry (Australia) 35 José Graça Aranha (Brazil) 29 Masood Khan (Pakistan) 19 The final vote is expected this evening.
By William New The field of candidates vying to be the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization dramatically plummeted from the original 15 candidates to three frontrunners on the first day. The race is now between Francis…
By William New With the second official round of voting still open, two more candidates have exited the race to be the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization, and three others face near elimination. All voting results…
Candidate Votes Francis Gurry (Australia) 24 José Graça Aranha (Brazil) 16 Masood Khan (Pakistan) 13 Yoshiyuki Takagi (Japan) 6 Jorge Amigo Castañeda (Mexico) 4 Philippe Petit (France) 4 Alicja Adamczak (Poland) 3…
Candidate First Place Votes Second Place Votes Alicja Adamczak (Poland) 1 2 Toufiq Ali (Bangladesh) 4 5 Jorge Amigo Castañeda (Mexico) 4 13 José Graça Aranha (Brazil) 13 2 Gjorgji Filipov (Macedonia) 1 0…
By William New Just days before the election begins for the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the first candidate has withdrawn, according to official sources. Mauro Masi, a former chief of staff to Italian Prime…
By Catherine Saez
Retaliating against a country found in violation of World Trade Organization rules by sanctioning the country's activities in an unrelated trade sector may be a more effective alternative for developing countries than retaliating under the sector of the violation, especially when such cross-retaliation involves WTO rules on intellectual property rights, an expert told a panel this week.
On 14 April, the candidates to be the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization faced WIPO member governments. The election will take place on 13 May. Here are the candidates’ presentations. Alicja Adamczak (Poland) [doc] Toufiq Ali…
Por William New Todo parece indicar que están listos los procedimientos finales para la tan importante designación del candidato al cargo de director general de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI). El Comité de Coordinación de la OMPI,…
Par William New Les règles de procédures applicables à la nomination, la semaine prochaine, du prochain Directeur général de l’Organisation mondiale de la Propriété intellectuelle (OMPI) semblent avoir été définitivement adoptées. Les 83 pays membres du Comité de coordination de…