WIPO General Assembly Twenty-Sixth (12th Extraordinary) Session

WO/GA/26/4

Annex I

President

Arab Society for the Protection of

Intellectual Property

Egypt

 

European Patent Attorney

Bardehle Pagenberg Dost

Germany

 

Chairman

Silicon Graphics World Trade Corporation

Switzerland

 

Director

AT&T

United States of America

 

Executive Director for Europe, Africa

and the Middle East

Glaxo Wellcome

United Kingdom

 

Executive Director

American Intellectual Property

Law Association (AIPLA)

United States of America

 

 

Conseiller d’Etat

France

 

Deputy Commissioner

State Intellectual Property Office of the

People’s Republic of China

China

 

President

Intellectual Property Counsel

Richemont International Ltd.

United Kingdom

 

Vice Chairman

Fujitsu

Japan

 

President

Patent Attorney

Nitto International Patent Office

Japan

 

Executive Chairman

Multimedia Development Corp

Malaysia

 

Senior VP and General Counsel

Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) Entertainment

United States of America

 

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

MindTree Consulting

India

 

 

Halverhoogt

De Leersum

The Netherlands

 

 

[Annex II follows]

 

WO/GA/26/4

 

 

ANNEX II

 

WIPO INDUSTRY ADVISORY COMMISSION

 

REPORT OF THE THIRD MEETING

GENEVA, MAY 4 AND 5, 2000

 

 

1.         The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Industry Advisory Commission (IAC) held its third meeting at WIPO Headquarters in Geneva on May 4 and 5, 2000.  The list of participants is attached.

 

2.         The meeting was opened on behalf of the Director General by Mr. Francis Gurry, Assistant Director General.  He welcomed the Members of the IAC and thanked them for their participation in the IAC and their support for the Organization.  He in particular welcomed a new member to the IAC—Mr. Achi Atsain, President of the West African Economic Association, Côte d’Ivoire.  He observed that the discussions of the IAC in its first two sessions had helped the WIPO Secretariat gain a clearer understanding of ways in which industry could work with WIPO to best implement the program of activities of WIPO.  The IAC was also thanked for having fulfilled its role in looking over the horizon and appraising WIPO of where industry is headed—both in terms of changing technology and changing business models.

 

 

 

8.         Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh presented a proposed mission statement for WIPO which was welcomed as a valuable and useful expression of the image that WIPO ought to seek to project.  The image statement adopted encouraged WIPO “to promote the economic, social and cultural progress of mankind, through the development and monitoring of global disciplines and treaties of intellectual property rights that encourage innovation and knowledge creation.”

 

 

9.         An extensive discussion took place on the working methods of the IAC.  Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh expressed the view that presentations should be made by, rather than to, members of the IAC.  A number of members of the IAC shared this view.  For some, this objective could best be achieved by selecting a limited number of well-defined topics in advance, which could then form the basis of reflection and research on the part of members of the IAC in the lead up to a meeting.  For others, the objective was best achieved by assigning specific topics to particular members of the IAC in order for them to prepare background policy briefings.

 

[List of Participants follows]

 

President

Arab Society for the Protection of

Intellectual Property

23 Wadi El Nil

Mohandessen

Egypt

 

President

West African Economic Association

Abidjan

Côte d’Ivoire

 

European Patent Attorney

Bardehle Pagenberg Dost

Altenburg Geissler Isenbruck

Galileiplatz 1

81679 Munich

Germany

 

Director

AT&T

Suite 1000

1120 20th Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20036

United States of America

 

Executive Director for Europe, Africa

and the Middle East

Glaxo Wellcome

Glaxo Wellcome House

Berkeley Avenue

Greenford, Middlessex UB6 ONN

United Kingdom

 

Executive Director

American Intellectual Property

Law Association (AIPLA)

Law Association

2001 Jefferson Davis Highway – Suite 203

Arlington

Virginia 22202-3694

United States of America

 

Conseiller d’Etat

43 bd Victor Hugo

92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine

France

 

Deputy Commissioner

State Intellectual Property Office of the

People’s Republic of China

No. 6 Xitucheng Road

Jimen Bridge

Haidian District

Beijing 100088

China

 

First Vice-President

Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo/

Center of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo

Brazil

 

Vice Chairman

Fujitsu

6-1, Marunouchi 1-Chome

Chiyoda-ku

Tokyo 100-8211

Japan

 

President

Patent Attorney

Nitto International Patent Office

9-8, Nihonbashi-kayabacho, 2-Chome

Chuo-Ku

Tokyo 103-0025

Japan

 

Executive Chairman

Multimedia Development Corp

MSC Headquarters

63000 Cyberjaya

Selangor Darul Ehsan

Malaysia

 

Senior VP and General Counsel

Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) Entertainment

1540 Broadway

New York, NY 10036-4098

United States of America

 

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

MindTree Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

88, Mahatma Gandhi Road

Bangalore, 560 001

India

 

Member of the Executive Board

Elsevier NV

Van de Sande Bakhuyzenstraat 4

1061 AG Amsterdam

Netherlands

 

Public Policy, Economics and Law

University of Chicago

United States of America

 

[Annex III follows]