Director General - Media Articles and Interviews

In the selection of media articles and interviews below, WIPO Director General, Francis Gurry, comments on a range of current issues.  (These articles are available only in the language in which they were published.)

Articles in Arabic

  • Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Arab Business Magazine, Lebanon (October 2009) (credit: Iyad El Dirany and Al Iktissad Wal Aamal)

Articles in English

  • IP Watch, Geneva (June 2010)
  • Francis Gurry’s message on the importance of broadband in his capacity as a Commissioner of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development, Geneva (June 2010)
  • United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna (May 10, 2010) Audio, Interview at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna, May 2010
  • IP Watchdog, United States of America (May 2010)
  • World IP Review Interview with the World IP Review, 2010 - PDF (March/April 2010)
  • The Japan Times, Japan (March 6, 2010) Interview with the Japan Times/The Nikkei, Japan 2010 - PDF (credit: The Japan Times)
  • Asahi Shimbun, Japan (March 2, 2010)
  • "International Patent System in 2009”, Switzerland (February 8, 2010) (Press Conference, Palais des Nations, Geneva) Video, International Patent System in 2009, Press Conference 2010, new windowVideo
  • Lok Sabha TV, India (November 2009) (Interview with Mr. Francis Gurry on the programme "One on One" hosted by Mr. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta) Part 1, 2, 3, 4 (acknowledgement: Lok Sabha TV)
  • The Financial Express, India (November 17, 2009)
  • The Hindu, India (November 10, 2009) 
  • Africa Independent Television, Nigeria (September 1, 2009) (Interview with Mr. Francis Gurry, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama (Assistant Director General, WIPO) and Mr. Adebambo Adewopo (Director General, Nigeria Copyright Commission)) Video, Interview with Africa Independent Television, Nigeria 2009, new windowVideo  (acknowledgements: AIT TV, Africa Independent Television, Nigeria)
  • "The Raffles Conversation": Business Times, Singapore (August 15 and 16, 2009)
  • ABC Radio National Breakfast, Australia (August 11, 2009)
  • Australian Financial Review, Australia (August 11, 2009) (credit: James Eyers and the Australian Financial Review)
  • CPA Global's IP Review Online, United Kingdom (June 2009)
  • World Trademark Review Daily, United Kingdom (February 2009)  
  • Intellectual Asset Management, United Kingdom (January/February 2009 - page 3) 
  • World Media Law Report, Australia (November 27, 2008)  
  • Managing Intellectual Property, United Kingdom (October 2008) (http://www.managingip.com)
  • AWAinformation, Sweden (4th quarter 2008)   (this article first appeared in AWAinformation 4-2008, published by Awapatent)

Articles in French

  • L'Agefi, Switzerland (February 22, 2010)
  • Geopolitis, Switzerland (April 2009)

Articles in Spanish

Articles in other languages

 

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