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Thursday, September 20, 2007

WIPO Director Under Pressure To Resign.

Mr William New of

Intellectual Property Watch is reporting:

"[...] An effort has been made by some countries, led by the United States, to hold a discussion at the high-level assemblies on questions around WIPO Director General Kamil Idris' alleged decades-long misreporting of his age on official documents.

On Thursday, the European Union requested a meeting with Idris to suggest he step down, an EU government official told Intellectual Property Watch. Last week, another developed country ambassador informed Idris of a loss of confidence in his ability to head WIPO. [...]"

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[UPDATE 2007-09-24] See this

further report on IP Watch; in particular this

Official WIPO paper defending the issue.

[UPDATE 2007-09-25] See this

further report on IP Watch.

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