WIPO’s copyright deal: will designs be next? Francis Gurry interviewed

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WIPO’s copyright deal: will designs be next? Francis Gurry interviewed

July 02 2012

Could last week’s successful conclusion of the Beijing copyright treaty herald more multilateral IP deals brokered by WIPO? Francis Gurry, the organisation’s director-general, says it could

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