Posts Tagged ‘Director General’

Philip Noonan live interview

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
From Peter Ollie at Managing IP:

Managing IP magazine’s Asia editor Peter Ollier will be conducting a live online interview with IP Australia director general Philip Noonan on Friday March 6 at 4pm Australian Eastern Standard Time.

The one-hour interview will cover topics such as the recommendations in Terry Cutler’s venturousaustralia report, innovative step and inventive step in Australia’s patent law, the controversial Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and the impact of the credit crunch on patent and trade mark applications in Australia.

Registration for this event is free. To register please go to www.managingip.com/webseminars. Registered participants will also be able to submit questions.  

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Australian on top

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
On 22 September, Dr Francis Gurry's election as the next Director General of WIPO was unanimously confirmed by the General Assembly.  His term starts on 1 October.  His appointment runs until 2014. WIPO Press Release here.  Dr Gurry's acceptance speech and his plans here. Congratulations, Dr Gurry! Brazil apparently took the opportunity to point out that one of the challenges lying ahead is centralising control over enforcement issues.  For this and a summary of events see William New at Intellectual Property Watch.

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