'Rethinking the Role of Intellectual Property' presented by Dr Francis Gurry

Dr Francis Gurry, Director General of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) at Melbourne Law School on 22 August, 2013. This lecture explored the major economic, social, and political developments affecting intellectual property. It also examined how innovation and intellectual property are increasingly central to economic strategy and competitive advantage, and showed how the knowledge economy is causing an adjustment to the way in which we think of the role of intellectual property. Dr Francis Gurry is the highest-ranking Australian official in a United Nations agency. Dr Gurry is a distinguished alumnus, and a Professorial Fellow, of Melbourne Law School. He holds an LLB and LLM from the University of Melbourne, and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He practised as a solicitor in Melbourne and Sydney prior to joining WIPO in 1985 To learn more about the Melbourne Law School Master of Intellectual Property Law go to http://law.unimelb.edu.au/study/maste... To learn more about studying at the Melbourne Law School go to http://law.unimelb.edu.au