Francis Gurry

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Francis Gurry (2015)

Francis Gurry (born May 17, 1951 ) is an Australian lawyer and the fourth and current Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations . He is also the Secretary General of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV).

Career

Gurry graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1974 . In 1975 he became a Barrister and Solicitor in the Supreme Court of Victoria admitted. He worked in Melbourne as a trainee lawyer and solicitor in the law firm Arthur Robinson & Co. In 1976 he received his master's degree from the University of Melbourne. From 1976 to 1979 Gurry was enrolled as a research student at the law faculty of the UK University of Cambridge , where he received his PhD in 1980 with a thesis on breach of trust.

In the following years, Gurry worked as a lecturer at the University of Melbourne, and for a year as a solicitor at the law firm Freehills in Melbourne. At times he was visiting professor at the University of Dijon .

In 1985 Francis Gurry joined the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as a consultant and project manager in the regional office for Asia and the Pacific . In the following years he had various organizational tasks. From 1999 to 2003 he was assistant to the general manager and from 2003 deputy general manager. Areas of responsibility included the Treaty on International Cooperation in the Field of Patents (PCT), patent law and the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, which he helped to establish, as well as traditional knowledge , traditional cultural achievements and genetic resources.

Francis Gurry was elected Director General of WIPO on May 13, 2008. On September 22nd, 2008 it was confirmed by the WIPO General Assembly. On May 8, 2014, Gurry was elected for an additional 6-year term.

other activities

Gurry is a member of the International Gender Champions (IGC) network, which advocates gender equality in international organizations.

Awards

Publications

Books

  • International Intellectual Property in an Integrated World Economy , Wolters Kluwer , New York, 2nd edition 2012 (with Frederick M. Abbott and Thomas Cottier), ISBN 978-0-7355-3958-7 ; 1st edition 2007, ISBN 978-0-7355-3958-7
  • Breach of Confidence , Oxford University Press , Oxford, 1984, ISBN 0-19-825378-8 ; 2nd edition Gurry on Breach of Confidence - The Protection of Confidential Information by Tanya Aplin, Lionel Bently, Phillip Johnson and Simon Malynicz, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012, ISBN 978-0199297665
  • International Intellectual Property System: Commentary and Materials , Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 1999 (with Frederick M. Abbott and Thomas Cottier), ISBN 90-411-9322-7
  • Confidential Information , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1981

Selected items

  • "The Cambrian Explosion," International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law , vol. 38, no. 3 (2007), pp. 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," Science and Engineering Ethics , vol. 11, no. 1 (2005), pp. 13-20
  • "The Dispute Resolution Services of the World Intellectual Property Organization," Journal of International Economic Law , vol. 2, no. 2 (1999), pp. 385-398
  • "The Evolution of Technology and Markets and the Management of Intellectual Property Rights", in Frederick M. Abbott and David Gerber (Eds.) Public Policy and Global Technology Integration , (Kluwer Law International, London, 1997), ISBN 90-411- 0655-3
  • "Arbitrage et propriété intellectuelle", in Institut de recherche en propriété intellectuelle Arbitrage et propriété intellectuelle (Libraires Techniques, Paris, 1994), ISBN 2-7111-2383-9

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WIPO web site, WO / CC / 54/2 Corr. Annex II. Curriculum Vitae of Mr. Francis Gurry . Retrieved May 12, 2007.
  2. ↑ a b c d e WIPO website, Dr. Francis Gurry: Curriculum Vitae . Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  3. ^ WIPO website, Director General - Francis Gurry . Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  4. ↑ https://www.upov.int/about/de/office_of_upov.html accessed on December 9, 2019
  5. ^ Allen's Arthur Robinson, Intellectual Property Bulletin - December 2008, accessed February 21, 2011.
  6. ↑ a b Melbourne Law School website, Professor Francis Gurry . Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  7. ^ Intellectual Asset Management magazine (January / February 2009), Francis Gurry - rebuilding WIPO's shattered reputation . Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  8. ^ IP Australia Media Center, "Dr Francis Gurry visit" . Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  9. ^ "IP's most important figures", Managing Intellectual Property , July / August 2005.
  10. ↑ WIPO website, Key WIPO Body Nominates Candidate for Director General , Press release, PR / 2008/552, Geneva, May 13, 2008. Accessed February 21, 2011.
  11. ^ WIPO website, Francis Gurry of Australia Appointed as WIPO Director General , Press release, PR / 2008/564, Geneva, September 22, 2008. Accessed February 21, 2011.
  12. ↑ WIPO website, Francis Gurry Appointed for Second Term as WIPO Director General , press release, PR / 2014/759, Geneva, May 8, 2014, accessed June 3, 2014.
  13. ↑ https://genderchampions.com/champions/francis-gurry accessed on January 10, 2020

Web links

  • Francis Gurry Short portrait of Francis Gurry on the WIPO website
  • [1] Francis Gurry at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
  • [2] Francis Gurry at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC)
  • [3] Interview with Francis Gurry (WIPO Magazine 5/2010)
  • [4] Interview with Francis Gurry (IPWatchdog, May 4, 2010)
  • Dataset at the DNB
personal data
SURNAME Gurry, Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian lawyer and UN official
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1951