Director General of WIPO

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executive position head of international organization leadership role

The Director General of WIPO is the chief executive officer of the World Intellectual Property Organization, responsible for leading its global intellectual property policy, administration, and strategic direction.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization	4
WIPO Director General	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive position ⓘ head of international organization ⓘ leadership role ⓘ
appointedBy	WIPO General Assembly ⓘ member states of WIPO ⓘ
canBeReelected	true ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
createdBy	WIPO Convention ⓘ
employer	World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
fieldOfWork	innovation policy ⓘ intellectual property ⓘ international law ⓘ technology transfer ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	WIPO Secretariat ⓘ surface form: WIPO International Bureau
headOf	World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Geneva ⓘ
inception	1970 ⓘ
isChiefExecutiveOf	World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
jurisdiction	member states of WIPO ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
locatedIn	Geneva ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
nativeLabel	Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
officeHolder	Daren Tang ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime	1 October 2020 ⓘ
officeTermLength	six years ⓘ
oversees	Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs ⓘ surface form: Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration ⓘ surface form: Lisbon System for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks ⓘ surface form: Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks Patent Cooperation Treaty system ⓘ WIPO-administered IP registration systems ⓘ
partOf	United Nations system ⓘ
positionInOrganization	World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
precededBy	Francis Gurry ⓘ
reportsTo	WIPO General Assembly ⓘ member states of WIPO ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of WIPO treaties ⓘ global intellectual property policy leadership ⓘ implementation of WIPO programs ⓘ management of WIPO budget ⓘ overall management of WIPO ⓘ oversight of WIPO staff ⓘ representation of WIPO externally ⓘ strategic direction of WIPO ⓘ
seat	World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ surface form: WIPO headquarters, Geneva
shortName	Director General of WIPO self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WIPO Director General

Referenced by (10)

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Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs → depositary → Director General of WIPO ⓘ

Madrid Agreement → depositary → Director General of WIPO ⓘ

this entity surface form: Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization

Nice Agreement → depositary → Director General of WIPO ⓘ

Patent Cooperation Treaty → depositary → Director General of WIPO ⓘ

WIPO Convention → depositary → Director General of WIPO ⓘ

this entity surface form: Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization

Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks → depository → Director General of WIPO ⓘ

this entity surface form: Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization

WIPO Copyright Treaty → depository → Director General of WIPO ⓘ

this entity surface form: Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization

World Intellectual Property Organization → executiveHead → Director General of WIPO ⓘ

WIPO General Assembly → hasAuthorityOver → Director General of WIPO ⓘ

this entity surface form: WIPO Director General

Director General of WIPO → shortName → Director General of WIPO self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: WIPO Director General