International Law

Copyright and wrongs

By Handakte

PROFESSOR WILLIAM FISHER
Wilmer Hale Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Harvard Law School

Professor William Fisher received his undergraduate degree (in American Studies) from Amherst College and his graduate degrees (JD and PhD in the History of American Civilization) from Harvard University. He served as a law clerk to Judge Harry T. Edwards of the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit and then to Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court. Since 1984, he has taught at Harvard Law School, where he is currently the Wilmer Hale Professor of Intellectual Property Law and the Director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. His academic honours include a Danforth Postbaccalaureate Fellowship and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

PROFESSOR JUSTIN HUGHES
Professor of Law, Cardozo Law School, New York

Professor Justin Hughes teaches intellectual property (IP) and international trade at Cardozo Law School in New York. Formerly a policy expert in the US government, his areas of expertise include domestic and international copyright, trade and IP issues at the World Trade Organisation, database protection, trademarks, geographical indications and intellectual property in developing countries.

Educated at Oberlin and Harvard, Professor Hughes practised international arbitration in Paris and, as a Henry Luce scholar, clerked for the Lord President of the Supreme Court of Malaysia. He has been a visiting professor at UCLA and DePaul.

Professor Hughes has worked often in election monitoring and democracy development. He also serves as chairman of the Thomson Foundation for Film and Television Heritage, based in Paris.

Quelle: Economist may the 07th

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