Michele Woods

Michele Woods

Michele is the Director of the Copyright Law Division at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). She has over 30 years of experience in copyright law, and joined WIPO in 2012. She leads the Division’s assistance to Member States with updating national copyright and related rights laws, as well as joining and implementing WIPO copyright and related rights treaties. She also serves as Secretary to the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), overseeing the work of the Secretariat for the Committee.

Before joining WIPO, Michele was the Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs in the United States Copyright Office. Prior to joining the United States Copyright Office, Michele practiced intellectual property law with a focus on copyright as Counsel in the Intellectual Property and Technology Group at the law firm Arnold & Porter LLP, in Washington, D.C.

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    World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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    Director, Copyright Law Division
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