Francis Gurry

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Dr. Francis Gurry (born May 17, 1951 ^[1]) is a former Australian attorney, ^[2] current Deputy Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and, since May 13, 2008, Director General-elect of WIPO. ^[3]

He was appointed to the post of Deputy Director General of the WIPO in 2003. ^[1] He joined the WIPO in 1985. ^[4] He holds law degrees from the University of Melbourne and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. ^[2] Francis Gurry is also the founder and head of WIPO's Arbitration and Mediation Center. ^[4]

He was nominated as a candidate for the position of Director-General of WIPO in 2008, ^[5] and won the election on May 13, 2008. ^[3] The WIPO General Assembly will appoint him to the position at its next meeting, currently scheduled to take place from September 22 to 30, 2008. ^[3] Dr Gurry will then formally take up the duties of Director General on October 1, 2008, following appointment by the General Assembly. ^[3]

[edit] Published works

Confidential Information, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1981
Breach of Confidence, Clarendon Press, New York, Oxford University Press, 1984, ISBN 0198253788 (re-printed 1990)
with Frederick M. Abbott, Thomas Cottier, The International Intellectual Property System: Commentary and Materials, Kluwer Law International, 1999, ISBN 9041193227
with Frederick M. Abbott, Thomas Cottier, International Intellectual Property in an Integrated World Economy, Aspen Publishers, 2007, ISBN 9780735539587
The Cambrian explosion, IIC, Vol. 38 No. 3, 2007, pp 255-258

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[edit] References

^ ^a ^b WIPO web site, WO/CC/54/2 Corr. Annex II. Curriculum Vitae of Mr. Francis Gurry. Consulted on May 12, 2007.
^ ^a ^b WIPO web site, Francis Gurry, Curriculum Vitae - Mr. Francis Gurry. Consulted on May 12, 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d WIPO web site, Key WIPO Body Nominates Candidate for Director General, Press release, PR/2008/552, Geneva, May 13, 2008. Consulted on May 13, 2008.
^ ^a ^b IP's most important figures, Managing Intellectual Property, July / August 2005.
^ Proposal for the candidacy of Mr. Francis Gurry (Australia) (post of Director of the World Intellectual Property Organization), letter of February 13, 2008 of Stephen Smith, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Mrs Hilde Skorpen, Chair, WIPO Coordination Committee.