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10/29: An Update from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
 

Speakers:

Honorable Daren Tang, Director General-Elect, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Moderator:

Barbara A. Fiacco, AIPLA President, Foley Hoag, Boston, MA

Speakers

• Tang, Daren

  World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | Director General - Elect

  Mr Daren Tang, Chief Executive of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has been officially appointed as the next Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). WIPO is a specialised United Nations (UN) agency based in Geneva, Switzerland, with 193 member states and an annual revenue in excess of S$600 million. Mr Tang will take over the helm of WIPO on 1 October 2020 for a term of six years. This marks the first time a Singaporean will lead a UN agency, and WIPO’s first Director General from Asia.
• Fiacco, Barbara A.

  Foley Hoag, LLP | Co-Chair, Patent Litigation Practice

  Barbara Fiacco is a Partner, co-chair of the Intellectual Property Department and co-chair of the Patent, Trade Secrets, and Related Rights Litigation Practice at Foley Hoag LLP. In her practice, Barbara handles complex intellectual property and business disputes in the life sciences industry. She has successfully litigated patent, trade secret, and inventorship disputes for global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, medical device manufacturers and research institutions.