GENEVA: Singapore’s Daren Tang was reappointed on Tuesday (Apr 21) for a second six-year time period answerable for the United Nations’ patent and innovation company.
The World Mental Property Group’s 194 member states reappointed Tang, who was the only nominated candidate, through the company’s common meeting.
Established in 1967, Geneva-based WIPO helps creators and entrepreneurs defend their mental property (IP) throughout borders.
“In my first time period, I labored with member states to rework IP from a technical and authorized matter right into a enterprise, financial and monetary asset that helps drive innovation and creativity, and serves as a catalyst for jobs, investments, development and growth,” Tang stated in an announcement.
“For the second time period, this work will proceed, in order that WIPO’s IP methods are environment friendly and efficient in serving customers, world IP requirements proceed being up to date to satisfy the wants of innovators and creators in a quick altering world pushed by AI, IP continues to be protected and utilized by hundreds of thousands all over the world and harnessed to deal with world challenges, and IP strikes from the periphery to the centre.”
Tang, who was beforehand the top of Singapore’s nationwide patent company, will start his second time period as WIPO chief on Oct 1.
Final month, WIPO stated worldwide patent functions had risen 0.7 per cent in 2025 to 275,900 filings worldwide.
China filed probably the most, with 73,718, forward of america, Japan and South Korea.
Chinese language tech big Huawei has been the highest filer since 2017, forward of Samsung, Qualcomm and LG Electronics.
