OCTOBER 2008
The most important man in IP
Managing Intellectual Property
This month, Francis Gurry takes over the role of WIPO director general, as the world's only international organisation dedicated to intellectual property begins its recovery from a period of criticism and stagnation. In an exclusive interview, he discusses the challenges WIPO faces, the changes he will make and why he is the right man for the most important job in IP
In 1985, when Francis Gurry started working at the World Intellectual Property Organisation, "IP was a speciality known only to practitioners of IP". Twenty-three years on, as he takes over as director general of the Organisation, he believes the IP world has changed remarkably. "IP is now a subject of recurrent discussion in newspapers on a daily basis," he says.
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