Peru nominates its candidate for WIPO’s Director General post

By Espinosa Bellido Abogados

Ten candidatures for the post of Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) were received on December 30, 2019, the deadline fixed for the submission of names. The WIPO Coordination Committee, which is composed of 83 member states, will meet on March 5 and 6, 2020, to nominate a candidate for appointment to this position by the WIPO General Assembly, which is scheduled on May 7 and 8, 2020.

Among the ten candidatures is Mr. lvo Gagliuffi Piercechi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Institute for the Defense of the Competition and the Intellectual Property of Peru (INDECOPI). In a letter sent to the WIPO, Peru’s government highlights the qualities of Mr. Gagliuffi and the conviction that he is the needed professional to lead the UN agency.

“Thanks to his training , experience and qualities, Mister Gagliuffi Piercechi is the right person to contribute to the work of WIPO in order to provide member states with services that expedite the use of the intellectual property system, as well as to reinforce the organization's role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, with the purpose of promoting the innovation, competitiveness and creativity necessary to be able to achieve those goals for the benefit of all,” stated Gustavo Meza-Cuadra Velasquez Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Gagliuffi Piercechi is a professional lawyer with more than 20 years of experience, in the public and private sectors, within subjects such as intellectual property, competition, consumer protection, advertising law, dumping and subsidies, bankruptcy law, as well as general administrative law. From his position in the public sector, Mr. Gagliuffi Piercechi has participated in several high-level projects in international forums. He is especially recognized for his leadership and consensus building skills, as well as for his accomplishments in formulating public policies and regulations that have improved the procedures of the INDECOPI.