Gurry Nominated to Be Next WIPO Director General
Francis Gurry has been nominated to be the next Director General of World Intellectual Property Organization, according to an announcement released today by that organization. Gurry, presently WIPO's Deputy Director General, will have to be officially appointed by the WIPO General Assembly this fall.
Gurry should be well-known to cyberlaw attorneys, having lobbied hard for the creation of ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, a quick-justice remedy against cybersquatters, way back in 1999. While at WIPO, Gurry built WIPO's Arbitration and Mediation Center into the leading provider of UDRP dispute resolution services.
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