At the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ficsor is a member of the roster of intellectual property experts for dispute settlement panels. At present, Dr. Ficsor is President of the Hungarian Copyright Experts Council (a 200 member advisory and arbitration body appointed by the Minister of Justice – in agreement with the Minister of National Heritage and linked to the Patent Office), Chairman of the Hungarian Copyright Forum Association, a member of the Executive Committee of the International Intellectual Property Association (ALAI), and Chairman of the Central and Eastern European Copyright Alliance (CEECA), the latter with permanent observer status at WIPO). Dr. Ficsor holds a doctor’s degree in law and political sciences from the Law Faculty of the Eötvös Lóránd University of Budapest. He has had courses on intellectual property and, in particular on copyright and related rights at that university as well at the Pázmány Péter University of Budapest.

He has written numerous articles and books on various copyright issues, particularly on the impact of new technologies (especially digital technology and the Internet) on copyright and on collective management of copyright and related rights, and participates in a number of seminars, symposiums, workshops as a speaker throughout the world.

· His three most recent books are:

· "The Law of Copyright and the Internet - The 1996 WIPO Treaties, their Interpretation and Implementation", Oxford University Press, 2002;

· "Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights", WIPO publication, 2003;

· "Guide to the Copyright and related Rights Treaties Administered by WIPO and Glossary of Copyright and Related Rights  Terms", 2004.

STEF VAN GOMPEL

LUCIE M.C.R. GUIBAULT

 

Her interests further include database protection, computer software and Internet issues, as well as contractual matters relating to information. She recently published an article in the e-Copyright Bulletin (April-June 2005) on collective rights management in Europe. Further work on collective rights management currently includes the preparation of a paper, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, on the co-existence of Creative Commons licenses and collective rights management. In 1997, Ms. Guibault wrote a study sponsored by ALAI Canada entitled “Les ententes entre les auteurs ou artistes interprètes et les sociétés de gestion de droits dans le monde: analyse comparative de certaines dispositions”.Besides her research activities, Ms. Guibault is also in charge of the coordination of the annual IViR International Copyright Law Summer Course.

She is a member of the Dutch Group of the Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale and correspondent for Canada and the Netherlands for the German legal periodical Computer Law Review International (formerly Computer und Recht International). Before joining the Institute for Information Law in 1997, Ms Guibault worked in private practice in Montreal, in the intellectual property section of one of the major Canadian law firms. Prior to that, she also gained experience as a policy analyst for the Canadian Government at the Intellectual Property Policy Directorate of the Department of Industry in Ottawa.

Lucie Guibault is Senior Researcher in copyright law at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Born and raised in Montréal, Canada, she studied law at the Université de Montréal [LL.B. (1988) and LL.M. (1995)] and received in January 2002 her doctorate’s degree from the University of Amsterdam, where she defended her thesis on Copyright Limitations and Contracts: An Analysis of the Contractual Overridability of Limitations on Copyright [The Hague, London, Boston, Kluwer Law International, 2002]. Ms. Guibault specializes in international and comparative copyright and intellectual property law, and takes part in national and international conferences.

At the end of his studies, he wrote his master’s thesis on the regulation of collective management societies in Europe. Before his law education, he studied Music Management at the Fontys business college of higher education in Tilburg, where he graduated in 1999. During an internship at the Dutch collective management society SENA (the Foundation for the Exploitation of Neighbouring Rights) he conducted research in the legal framework and the distribution regulations of collective management societies in 7 EU Member States (the Netherlands, France, the UK, Spain, Italy, Denmark and Sweden) with respect to the right to equitable remuneration for performing artists. Currently he is a doctoral researcher at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) of the University of Amsterdam and fellowship holder at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Taw Law in Munich. His doctoral (Ph.D.) research project focuses on the prohibition on copyright formalities.

Prof. LAURENCE HELFER

              

During the 2003-2004 academic year, he was a research fellow and visiting professor at Princeton University in the Program in Law and Public Affairs, where he pursued a research project on “Exit, Escape, and Commitment in International Governance.”
Professor Helfer has published numerous law review articles and lectured widely on international human rights, international intellectual property law, and international litigation and dispute settlement. He serves as an expert advisor to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, which recently published his monograph, Intellectual Property Rights in Plant Varieties: International Legal Regimes and Policy Options for National Governments. Professor Helfer also provides advice and assistance to numerous non-governmental organizations that engage in human rights advocacy.

 TARJA KOSKINEN –OLSSON

 

              

Mrs. Tarja Koskinen-Olsson works as an international intellectual property consultant specialized in rights management. She currently lives in Sweden. She was elected as President of IFRRO (the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations) in 1993 which post she held till 1999. She was nominated as Honorary President of IFRRO in 2001. Tarja Koskinen-Olsson is actively engaged in development cooperation throughout the world. She lectures at the Sweden/WIPO Training Course on Copyright and Related Rights in the Global Economy, organised by the Patent and Registration Office (PRV) and financed by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).

From 1987 to 2003, Mrs. Koskinen-Olsson served as the Chief Executive Officer of KOPIOSTO (Joint Finnish Copyright Organization); multidisciplinary organisation dealing with reprography and secondary use of audiovisual works.

From 1972 to 1986, she held several posts in TEOSTO (the Finnish Composers’ Copyright Bureau), including the local representative of NCB (Nordisk Copyright Bureau). Tarja Koskinen-Olsson is a co-founder of the Anti-Piracy Center in Finland and a Member of its Board in 1979 – 2003. She has been an active member of the Finnish copyright community, as Member of the Board of the Finnish Copyright Association (Member of ALAI) and the Finnish Copyright Institute in 1989 - 2004.

Prof. GLYNN LUNNEY

Glynn S. Lunney is a Professor of Law at Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University, his Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School, and is presently working to complee his Ph.D. in Economics at Tulane. Professor Lunney is an internationally recognized scholar in the field of intellectual property who has written extensively on copyright, patents, and trademarks, as well as the Just Compensation requirement of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

 

KOJI OKMURA

LL.B. (Kyoto University), LL.M. (Harvard Law School), Associate Professor of Law at Kanagawa University, Admitted to the New York State Bar Mr. Koji Okumura is Associate Professor of Law in the Faculty of Business Administration at Kanagawa University, where he teaches courses in intellectual property law, international business law and business ethics.

Prior to becoming a member of the Faculty, Prof. Okumura worked for Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic) as a member of Legal Affairs Department, and, during his career at Panasonic, worked on legal matters including copyright, trade secrets, internet technology, high-tech licensing and Digital Rights Management (DRM).

He received his LL.B. degree from Kyoto University in 1991 and LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School (HLS) in 1998. After graduation from HLS, he was a Visiting Scholar at East Asian Legal Studies at HLS for 1998 -1999. Prof. Okumura also served as a member of International Affairs Subcommittee, Copyright Committee of Cultural Council of Japan for 2004 to 2005.

Karina Correa Pereira is an LLD candidate at the University of Ottawa. She has earned her LL.L. from the Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in São Paulo, Brazil; a Specialization in Business Law from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica, São Paulo; and a Master of Laws (LL.M) with concentration in Law and Technology from the University of Ottawa. She has also completed continuing education courses on tax law and telecommunications law, both at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo. She is a member of the Brazilian Bar Association, Section São Paulo.

KARINA CORREA PEREIRA 

     

NATHALIE PIASKOWSKI

 

     

Nathalie Piaskowski est titulaire de deux DEA, l’un en droit commercial obtenu à l’université de Paris I, l’autre en droit international public à l’université de Genève. Elle a commencé sa carrière comme conseiller juridique à LA CINQ en 1987 dans le secteur du droit des médias, puis l’a poursuivi à France 2 dans le secteur du droit d’auteur et des droits voisins. Elle a ensuite exercé ses fonctions dans la production cinématographique, successivement au sein de PATHE CINEMA puis au niveau international à la FIAPF en qualité d’adjointe au directeur général. Nathalie Piaskowski a également exercé les fonctions de directrice juridique d’une société de gestion des droits de producteurs de phonogrammes (la SCPP), fonctions dans lesquelles elle a notamment développé de nouveaux secteurs de perception , en particulier concernant l’utilisation de phonogrammes par les exploitants de nouveaux médias (sites internet, bornes interactives, etc.) et superviser une structure antipiraterie.

Elle est aujourd’hui installée comme consultante à Genève et a fourni ses services à de nombreuses entreprises du secteur culturel, parmi lesquelles l’UER (Union Européenne de Radio-Télévisions) et l’UIE (Union Internationale des Editeurs). Parallèlement, Nathalie PIASKOWSKI a été secrétaire général du département audiovisuel du CREDA ( Centre de Recherche de Droit Audiovisuel de l’Université de Paris I). Dans ce cadre, elle a notamment dirigé la chronique trimestrielle de droit audiovisuel des « Petites Affiches ». Elle a également coordonné la troisième édition du Lamy Audiovisuel et participé à de nombreux colloques portant sur le droit d’auteur et les droits voisins.

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Prof. PAUL TORREMANS  Current position

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Dr. MIHALY  FICSOR

Karina practiced law in Brazil for four years. During this period, she focused particularly on intellectual property and telecommunications law, mainly representing private companies before governmental authorities with regards to administrative and competition issues. In Canada, she conducted researches for various professors at the University of Ottawa and worked on a project for the use and reuse of learning objects for Creative Commons Canada.

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