Francis Gurry

WIPO, the United Nations agency for intellectual property. We promote innovation and creativity for the benefit of all.

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Magazine about the major challenges that lie ahead for the international IP community and his experience over the past 12 years at the helm of WIPO.
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What major challenges is the international IP community facing?
What developments at WIPO over the past 12 years stand out most?
Ahead of this year’s WIPO Assemblies, Director General Francis Gurry talked to WIPO

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Implementation of the WIPO Development Agenda
…and many more
Gurry’s full report gives us a comprehensive overview of the work accomplished by the Organization from 2008-2020

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accomplishments of the Organization during this period:
Growth in WIPO’s global IP systems
400+ accessions to WIPO treaties
Beijing and Marrakesh Treaties
Geneva Act revising the Lisbon Agreement

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WIPO has seen many significant achievements over the past 12 years – Francis Gurry’s two terms at the helm of the Organization.
In today’s address to the WIPO Assemblies, Director General Gurry highlighted some major

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Can a patent trial and appeal board invalidate patents which are subject matter of an infringement without the Court’s verdict? New rule in Patents in US is keeping tech companies on its toes

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Multilingual EU wordmark: Can the identical version of a word mark in EN be original and protectable as a trademark, but the version in FR and DE not?
Plaintiff Teva claimed in vain that the principle of equal treatment had been violated.

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Secretary, Niti Aayog, The Government of India.
We are thrilled to have him on board for sharing his insights on Engineer's Day and to have him as the Chief Guest for the Conference.
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autonomous society of Confederation of Indian Industry is excited to announce the Chief Guest to our conference, Mr. Ramanan Ramanathan, the Mission Director for Atal Innovation Mission and Additional

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Amazon and its companies are not responsible and are not to be regarded as clients for unfair advertising in Amazon affiliates, the OLG Mannheim ruled.

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The patent application for a process for an aphrodisiac and for enhancing the aphrodisiac effect of artichokes was rejected by the German BPatG - because a therapeutic procedure is not patentable. But is an aphrodisiac effect a healing treatment?

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notice of intervention shall not be deemed to have been filed until the opposition fee has been paid.
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Notice of intervention shall be filed in a written reasoned statement; Rules 76 of the EPC IR (regulating form and content of the opposition) and 77 of the EPC IR (regulating rejection of opposition as inadmissible) shall apply mutatis mutandis. The

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Notice of intervention shall be filed within three months of the date on which proceedings are initiated in which any third party may, in accordance with the EPC Implementing Regulations, intervene in opposition proceedings after the opposition period has expired, .
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European patent - Intervention of the assumed infringer
According to Rule 89 and other rules of the European Patent Convention (EPC) Implementing Regulations (IR),
(1)

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I am heartened by this decision. Neither national security nor freedom from oppressive governmental surveillance are served by unconstitutionally broad executive orders that irrationally restrict the ability of a specific ethnicity’s fundamental right to communication.

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Tesla, has infringed the asserted patents by using cellular connectivity in its vehicles.
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Tesla Sued For Patent Infringement
Optis Wireless Technology, LLC et al. filed a complaint against Tesla Inc. for patent infringement on Sunday in the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that the defendant,

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EUIPO is now participating in the digital WIPO DAS system.
This simplifies digital applications for IP protection: