Maintaining relevance in a changing world: an interview with WIPO Director General Francis Gurry

摘要

Ahead of WIPO's annual meeting of member states from October 1 to 9, 2012, Director General Francis Gurry shared his views with WIPO Magazine about some of the key challenges and opportunities that are likely to influence the future evolution of the international intellectual property (IP) system. What are the key priorities for the Organization moving forward? The Organization's priorities lie in four main areas - maintaining relevance, ensuring the viability of WIPO's global IP services, providing effective support to improve the participation of developing countries in the IP system and serving as a major provider and coordinator of global IP infrastructure.