2020 Francis Gurry Lecture on Intellectual Property

Melbourne Law School Public Event

Presented in conjunction with

In conversation with Francis Gurry - Intellectual Property's past, present and future

Dr Francis Gurry

In October 2020, Francis Gurry concluded About Francis Gurry 35 years of service with the World Intellectual Property Organization - the last After completing a LLB degree at the University WEBINAR DETAILS 12 as Director General. of Melbourne, Francis Gurry commenced legal practice in Melbourne in 1975. He Date: subsequently completed an LLM degree at the His achievements with WIPO include the Wed. 25 November 2020 University of Melbourne and practiced law in design and implementation of the domain Sydney, before undertaking a PhD at the name dispute resolution system, the Beijing Time: University of Cambridge (for which he was and Marrakesh copyright treaties, and the 6:00pm AEDT (NSW Tas Vic) awarded the Yorke Prize). establishment of on-going programs on IP 5:30pm ACDT (SA) data collection and analysis, the world 5:00pm AEST (Qld) From 1979-1984 he was an academic member digital market, the challenges raised by 3:00pm AWST (WA) of staff at Melbourne Law School. He is the artificial intelligence, and implementation 8:00pm NZDT (NZ) Breach of Confidence of the Development Agenda. author of (OUP, 1984), (duration 1h 30m) now published as Gurry on Breach of In a free-flowing and candid discussion with Confidence (2nd ed, OUP, 2012). Registration: Andrew Christie and Michael Caine, Dr Gurry http://go.unimelb.edu.au/p7qj will reflect on his 35 years of work within Francis Gurry joined the Secretariat of WIPO in Enquiries: the United Nation's multilateral system - 1985, and held various positions including [email protected] and what the future holds for IP. Legal Counsel, Assistant Director General, and Deputy Director General. In 2008 he was Booking at the above link is required elected Director General - a position he held for this event. for two terms, concluding in 2020.

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