ABSTRACT
To commence with brief details on author's own background, of the 25 years that he has spent at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the first four were spent as a program officer for Asia and the Pacific. He then spent 12 years in the office of the director general (DG), and the last six as a director of the office of Director General Arpad Bog, who was the predecessor, but one, of current DG Francis Gurry an Australian national and the fourth and current Director General of the WIPO. In addition, author oversaw WIPO's overall relationship with all the developing member states. That means essentially, for 21 years he had a global view of the entire organization and that gave him a very special perspective on the way it had evolved over the years. This comment will supplement and focus on the structures, procedures, systems, and processes within WIPA, with a discussion on the people.
