WIPO Director General Outlines Second Term Vision Amid Controversies

摘要

The leader of the World Intellectual Property Organization touted the organization's work over the past six years and detailed his second term agenda in a Sept. 22 speech delivered at the WIPO Assemblies in Geneva. WIPO Director-General Francis Gurry of Australia urged the organization's 187 member states to ratify two copyright treaties and advance treaties to govern broadcasting rights and intellectual property protection for traditional knowledge systems, including traditional cultural expressions and genetic resources.