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22 – 25 March 2010
Felix Addor, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Frederick Abbott, Florida State University College of Law
Lectures and studies on the international intellectual property system, in particular the TRIPS agreement, and recent important developments of a legal and/or policy nature in the WTO, in other international fora, and in bilateral and plurilateral agreements. Discussions of prospects and future developments, such as patenting of life forms, patents and access to health, the disclosure of the source of traditional knowledge and genetic resources, the protection of test data, or the protection of geographical indications. Of special interest to all parties who work in or with intellectual property or competition law, as well as civil society groups who wish to deepen their understanding of intellectual property and its relation with health, development and environmental issues.
Lecturers:
Felix Addor serves as the Deputy Director General and Chief Legal Counsel at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (Swiss Department of Justice), the federal agency in charge of all intellectual property matters in Switzerland (www.ige.ch). In his capacity as Director of the Division of Legal & International Affairs, he is responsible for legal and policy matters regarding all fields of intellectual property at the national and international level since 1999, and he heads Swiss negotiating delegations to the relevant international fora, such as the World Trade Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization, and to bi- and plurilateral negotiations. Mr. Addor is also a part-time Professor of Law at the University of Bern, School of Law. He lectures on topics of international negotiations, global governance and international intellectual property law at the University of Bern, the World Trade Institute and on the LL.M. Program in Cross-Cultural Business Practice of the University of Fribourg. Besides, Mr. Addor is the Vice-President of STOP PIRACY - the Swiss Anti-Counterfeiting and Piracy Platform, a Member of the Boards of the Swiss Forum for Communication Law and of the Swiss Association for Competition Law, and a Member of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property. Mr. Addor has authored numerous articles and he is a regular lecturer on various issues of intellectual property, civil procedure and enforcement law, international arbitration and negotiation. He received an M Law (magna cum laude) and a Dr. iur. (summa cum laude - awarded by the Prof. Walther Hug Foundation Prize) from the University of Bern, and he has been admitted to the Canton Bern State Bar since 1990.
Frederick Abbott is Edward Ball Eminent Scholar Professor of International Law at the Florida State University College of Law. He is Rapporteur for the Committee on International Trade Law of the International Law Association, consultant to the UNCTAD/ICTSD Project on Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development, to the World Health Organization, World Bank and the Quaker United Nations Office (Geneva). He is on the Panel of Experts of UNCTAD’s Program on the Settlement of Disputes in International Trade, Investment and Intellectual Property. Professor Abbott serves as arbitrator for the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of International Economic Law (Oxford). He is former Chair of the American Society of Law Intellectual Property Interest Group and the International Law Section of the American Association of Law Schools, and former Director of the American Society of International Law Research Project on Human Rights and International Trade. He is Chair of the Intellectual Property Advisory Committee of the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics.
Professor Abbott is the author of numerous books and articles in the fields of international economic law, international intellectual property rights law, and public international law. His books include International Intellectual Property in an Integrated World Economy (with Thomas Cottier and Francis Gurry)(2007), UNCTAD-ICTSD Resource Book on TRIPS and Development (Principal Consultant with Carlos Correa)(2005), The International Intellectual Property System: Commentary and Materials (with Thomas Cottier and Francis Gurry) (1999), China in the World Trading System: Defining the Principles of Engagement (1998), Public Policy and Global Technological Integration (1997), and Law and Policy of Regional Integration (1995). His book on treaty-making, Parliamentary Participation in the Making and Operation of Treaties, edited with Stefan Riesenfeld, was awarded the American Society of International Law Certificate of Merit. He has served as Visiting Professor at University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) School of Law, as Jean Monnet Professor at the University of Bonn, Visiting Professor and Weickert Fellow at the University of Berne, Visiting Professor at University of California, Hastings College of the Law and at Vanderbilt Law School, and was Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. Professor Abbott regularly teaches on the faculties of the World Trade Institute in Berne and the Central European University in Budapest. Professor Abbott holds BA and LLM degrees from UC Berkeley, and a JD from Yale Law School.
Cost: CHF 1’500 (2’700 together with II/11 IPR I)
Registration date: 15 March 2010
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Master Programme (MILE) 
