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Daren Tang – Media Articles and Interviews

2024

Title Source Country/date

Interview with WIPO Director General Daren Tang Lianhe Zaobao - Interview with WIPO Director General Daren Tang, PDF

Lianhe Zaobao

Singapore, August 2024

CNA Interview with Director General Daren Tang: More than 190 nations agree landmark biopiracy treaty

Channel New Asia - CNA

Singapore, May 2024

CNA: Agreement reached at UN on biopiracy treaty

Channel New Asia - CNA

Singapore, May 2024

BBC Interview with Director General Daren Tang

BBC

London, April 2024

2023

Title Source Country/date

Director General Tang appears on Namibian Television

Good Morning Namibia

Namibia, November 2023

A Conversation with WIPO Director General Daren Tang

INTA’s 2023 Annual Meeting Live+ Daily News

United States of America, May 2023

“Issues and Insiders” interview

Arirang News

Republic of Korea, February 2023

2022

Title Source Country/date

News coverage telejournal of visit to Monaco

MonacoInfo

Monaco, November 2022

Intellectual Property body gives artisanal businesses a boost IP: The new competitive edge in an ever-changing world (OPED), PDF

Straits Times

Singapore,September 2022

Happy to see SMEs have a stronger awareness of defending their patent rights (in Chinese) IP: The new competitive edge in an ever-changing world (OPED), PDF

Lianhe Zaobao

Singapore, September 2022

The Importance of IP for Businesses

CNA

Singapore, September 2022

Intellectual property: The new competitive edge in an ever-changing world (OPED) IP: The new competitive edge in an ever-changing world (OPED), PDF
(first published in The Straits Times)

Straits Times

Singapore, September 2022

57 manufacturing companies to receive IP training, tools from UN agency under MOU

The Business Times

Singapore, August 2022

Singapore Manufacturing Federation inks agreement with World Intellectual Property Organisation

Channel News Asia

Singapore, August 2022

A Balancing Act: WIPO’s Role in the Global IP System

INTA’s 2022 Annual Meeting Live+ Daily News

United States of America, May 2022

"¡Salid a conquistar al mundo, dejad de ser tan tímidos!": el director general de la Oficina Mundial de Propiedad Intelectual reivindica el potencial de España en innovación

Business Insider España

Spain,
February 2022

World Insight with Tian Wei – Exclusive Interview with WIPO Director General Daren Tang

China Global Television Network (CGTN)

China,
February 2022

2021

Title Source Country/date

Pour Daren Tang, DG de l’OMPI, « l’innovation et l’esprit d’entreprise français ont le potentiel de changer le monde »

National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)

France,
November 2021

IPKat in conversation with Mr. Daren Tang, Director General of WIPO: "We are on the cusp of something different"

The IPKat

August 2021

Interview, Channel News Asia
Channel News Asia and Channel News Asia Youtube

 Channel News Asia August 2021
Harnessing IP to Build Back Better (OPED) Harnessing IP to Build Back Better (OPED), PDF
(first published in The Straits Times)		 Straits Times Singapore/August 2021
"Trademarks are the bread and butter of the IP world": WIPO Director General calls on brand professionals to take message to the masses Looking Beyond the Horizon: Reimagining Intellectual Property, Daren Tang, PDF World Trademark Review March 2021
Looking Beyond the Horizon: Reimagining Intellectual Property Looking Beyond the Horizon: Reimagining Intellectual Property, Daren Tang, PDF Experience Singapore - Issue 72 Singapore, February 2021

2020

Title Source Country/date
The Global Innovation Champion, Daren Tang '97 The Global Innovation Champion, Daren Tang '97, PDF Law Link (page 3-7) Singapore, December 2020

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