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Dr. Francis Gurry: Curriculum Vitae

  • Date of Birth: May 17, 1951
  • Nationality: Australian
  • Family: Married, three children

 

Academic Qualifications
1980

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Yorke Prize, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge

 
1976 – 1979 Research Student
Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
(Tapp studentship, Gonville and Caius College, 1978-1979)

 
1976 Master of Laws (LL.M)
University of Melbourne, Australia

 
1975 Admitted Barrister and Solicitor
Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia

 
1974 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B)
University of Melbourne, Australia

 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1985 to present

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland:

Director General (October 2008 to present), World Intellectual Property Organization

Deputy Director General (2003 to 2008)
Responsible for: the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT); patent law and policy and International Patent Classification (IPC); WIPO Standards: WIPO statistics; the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center; Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions, Genetic Resources and Life Sciences

Assistant Director General and Legal Counsel (1999 - 2003)
Legal Counsel’s Office; also responsible for: the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center; electronic commerce; and from 2002, the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), patent law and policy and the International Patent Classification (IPC); Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions, Genetic Resources and Life Sciences

Legal Counsel (1997 – 1999)
Legal Counsel’s Office; also responsible for the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center; electronic commerce 

Office of Deputy Director General (1993 – 1997)
Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center; Acting Legal Counsel (1996-1997) 

Office of the Director General (1990 – 1993)
Special Assistant to the Director General (1991-1993) and Director-Counsellor 

Head, Industrial Property Law Section (1988 – 1990)
Industrial Property Division 

Consultant and Senior Program Officer (1985 – 1988)
Development Cooperation and External Relations Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
 
1984 Attorney-at-Law
Freehills, Sydney

 
(1982 – 1983) Visiting Professor of Law
University of Dijon (France)

 
1979 – 1984 Senior Lecturer in Law
University of Melbourne

 
1974 – 1976 Articled Clerk, then Attorney-at-Law
Arthur Robinson&Company, Melbourne

 
Honorary Positions
2001 to present Honorary Professorial Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne, Australia; Honorary Professor, Peking University; Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts; Doctor honoris causa, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria; Member IP Hall of Fame

 
1996 – 2004 Vice-President, International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions

 
1996 – 1999 Member of the Governing Board, International School of Geneva

 

Member of Advisory Boards

  • Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
  • Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne
  • Indian Journal of Intellectual Property
  • International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law (IIC) (Munich, Germany)
  • SCRIPT‑ed – A Journal of Law, Technology&Society (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

Languages

  • English (mother-tongue), French (fluent) 

Publications

Books

  • International Intellectual Property in an Integrated World Economy (2007) (with Frederick Abbot and Thomas Cottier), Aspen publishers, pp ix-xxix, 1 – 683
  • International Intellectual Property System: Commentary and Materials (1999) (with Frederick Abbot and Thomas Cottier), Kluwer, pp i-xxxi, 1 – 2026
  • Breach of Confidence (1984), Oxford University Press, Clarendon, pp i-xxvii, 1 – 487

Chapters in Books

  • Foreword, DavidLindsay, International Domain Name Law: ICANN and the UDRP, (Hart, Oxford, 2007)
  • Préface, Valérie‑AnneGiscardd’Estaing, Inventions, (Edition 2007) (Michel Lafon)
  • Foreword, Intellectual Property Management in Health and Agricultural Innovation (eds. A. Krattinger et al) (MIHR and PIPR) (2007)
  • “The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy” (2002) XXVII Yearbook Commercial Arbitration 299-304
  • Foreword, Martindale – Hubbell International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Directory (1999) (Martindale – Hubbell, East Grinstead, U.K.)
  • “WIPO Arbitration Center” in American Intellectual Property Law Association, ADR Guide (1994)
  • “Arbitrability of Intellectual Property Disputes” in Swiss Arbitration Association, Objective Arbitrability, Antitrust Disputes, Intellectual Property Disputes (ASA Special Series N/6, 1994)
  • “Institutional Aspects” in PeterRobinson, KarlP.Sauvant and VishwasP.Govitrikar Electronic Highways for World Trade – Issues in Telecommunication and Data Services (Westview Press, 1989)
  • “Liability Issues Affecting Non‑Contracting Parties” in OECD Transborder Data Flows (North Holland, 1985)
  • “Confidentiality” in P.D.Finn (Ed.) Essays in Equity, (Law Book Company, Sydney, 1985)

Articles

  • “The Cambrian Explosion” (2007) 38 International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 255 – 258
  • “Globalization, Intellectual Property and Development” Proceedings of the American Society of International Law 2005
  • “The Growing Complexity of International Policy in Intellectual Property” (2005) 11 (1) Science and Engineering Ethics 13 – 20
  • “The Dispute Resolution Services of the World Intellectual Property Organization” (1999) Journal of International Economic Law 385 – 398
  • “The Evolution of Technology and Markets and the Management of Intellectual Property Rights” in FrederickAbbott et DavidGerber (eds.) Public Policy and Global Technology Integration (Kluwer, 1997)
  • “IP Licensing Disputes: When Courts are not the Answer” (1995) IP Worldwide 13 – 14
  • “Arbitrage et propriété intellectuelle” in Institut de recherche en propriété intellectuelle Arbitrage et propriété intellectuelle (Libraires Techniques, 1994)
  • “Introduction” to 1994 Annual Volume (Volume 5) of the American Review Of International Arbitration 1 – 5
  • “New Television Services – Opportunities for Diversification” (1982) 10 Australian Business Law Review 157 – 173
  • “The Implementation of Policy through Executive Action” (1977) 11 Melbourne University Law Review 189 – 222
  • “The Role of the Permanent Establishment in Double Taxation Agreements” (1976) 5 Australian Tax Review 12-26
  • “Aspects of the Law of Contract in Takeover Offers” (1976) 50 Australian Law Journal 167 – 174

 

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