In a short videocast, Lammy offers his views on global public policy, patent backlogs, patent pools and the role of WIPO. 
David Lammy, United Kingdom Minister of Intellectual Property and Parliament member, speaks on fixing the IP system, global public policy, patent backlogs, patent pools, technology transfer and the role of WIPO. He spoke with Intellectual Property Watch alongside 13-14 July the World Intellectual Property Organization conference on IP and public policy.
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In short he says that UK does not need WIPO, and UK needs more bilateral/multilateral agreements such as ACTA.
This is what Lammy said on WIPO:
“…we have to get very serious about Intellectual Property, not just as something technical and legal, but as something that is absolutely essential to public policy. Now we will need important multilateral platforms for that. That’s why the WIPO is so important…”
Lammy emphasized the importance of multi-lateral platforms such as WIPO in dealing with mainstream public policy challenges, yet saw bilateral agreements playing a role in enforcement and fighting crime.
For some publications contrasting the merrits of multi-lateralism and bi-lateralism, including in the context of WIPO/WTO, see: http://www.citeulike.org/tag/multilateralism