Climate change, food security, access to medical technology and healthcare were on the agenda at WIPO's international Conference on Intellectual Property and Public Policy Issues, held on July 13 and 14 in Geneva. WIPO Director General Francis Gurry noted that the pressing nature of the challenges presented by these issues as well as the evolution of technology, involve IP in public policy as never before. WIPO must engage in these issues in new ways, he added, and use that engagement to inform policy development so that the creative process serves the needs of all countries, developed and developing alike.
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