Honorable Director General, Mr. Gurry, dear Colleagues!
July 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). On this occasion, on behalf of Ukrpatent, we send the most sincere congratulations to the Director General of WIPO, Francis Gurry, to all the employees and international partners of the Organization, to the representatives of the professional community of the WIPO member states.
The WIPO Convention, signed in Stockholm in 1967, affirmed the prominent role of intellectual property in the opinion of the modern world. Today WIPO's activity helps to keep pace with the global processes that determine the key vectors of technological and cultural development, accompanies Ukraine in the complex transition process to a knowledge-based economy.
We thank the WIPO professionals for many years of fruitful cooperation, support for educational activities, establishing strong international relations in the field of IP, and we hope that our joint efforts will continue to contribute to building a solid foundation for the growth of new generations of Ukrainian inventors, innovators and creators.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew V. Kudin
Director General