WIPO is honored to welcome ten distinguished judges from as many countries, who comprise the new membership of the WIPO Advisory Board of Judges for the 2025-2027 term.
This term’s Advisory Board will be led by Prathiba M. SINGH, Justice of the High Court of Delhi in New Delhi, India, as its Chair.
Justice Singh is joined by the following leading judges from across the world:
- Luis Antonio CAMARGO VERGARA, Judge, Third Tribunal Specialized in Competition and Intellectual Property, First Judicial District, Panama City, Panama
- DU Weike, Deputy Chief Judge, Intellectual Property Court, Supreme People’s Court, Beijing, China
- Zhanar DUISENOVA, Judge, Specialized Interdistrict Administrative Court of Astana, Kazakhstan
- Mohammad ELZEND, Appellate Judge, Tanta High Court of Appeals; Senior Advisor, International and Cultural Cooperation Department, Ministry of Justice, Cairo, Egypt
- Jean-Christophe GAYET, Presiding Judge, Third Section, Third Chamber, First Instance Court of Paris, France
- Michael MANSON, Justice, Federal Court of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- Mustapher Mohamed SIYANI, Principal Judge, High Court of Tanzania, Dodoma, United Republic of Tanzania
- Savvas PAPASAVVAS, Vice-President, General Court of the European Union, Luxembourg
- WOO Sungyop, Presiding Judge, Fourth Division, Intellectual Property High Court of Korea, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
The Advisory Board provides guidance and direction to WIPO’s work with judiciaries, ensuring that this work meaningfully serves the needs of judges across diverse judicial systems and traditions. Members of the Advisory Board serve in their personal capacity for a defined term.
WIPO is very fortunate to benefit from the invaluable support of all the judges who have generously served on the Advisory Board. In particular, WIPO is deeply grateful for the outgoing members of the Advisory Board, whose contributions have been vital in the continued growth of the WIPO Judicial Institute as a global center for transnational judicial dialogue, capacity building and resources on IP for judiciaries.