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What's happening at WIPO?

By Johanna Gibson, David Pearce, Jeremy Phillips and Ilanah Simon.

The IPKat was intrigued to read earlier this week (see here, here and here) of mysterious goings-on at WIPO, involving the apparent removal of diplomatic immunity from a number of employees and police investigators entering WIPO headquarters in Geneva to take DNA samples.

All this apparently has something to do with an alleged smear campaign relating to the director general elect, Francis Gurry. Whether it also has anything to do with the various allegations (still unproven either way) against the current head Kamil Idris, is unknown. More than this, the IPKat would not like to comment. What he would, however, like to know is why Intellectual Property Watch, which is usually the closest to WIPO goings-on, has so far said nothing about it.

Full post as published by IPKat on May 30, 2008 (boomark / email).