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 The lecture will discuss developments in all areas of Intellectual Property law at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In particular, issues relating to WIPO's role generally will be examined, including it's role in areas such as development, substantive patent law harmonization, and the formulation, adoption and implementation - as well as interpretation - of international intellectual property law treaties.
Edward Kwakwa is Legal Counsel at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva. He holds an LL.B degree from the University of Ghana, an LL.M from Queen’s University in Canada, and an LL.M and a J.S.D. from Yale University in the USA.
Before joining WIPO, Edward practiced corporate and international trade law and investment with the law firm of O’Melveny and Myers in Washington, DC, worked as International Legal Adviser at the Commission on Global Governance in Geneva, as Senior Legal Adviser at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, and as Legal Affairs Officer at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. His publications include two books and numerous articles on international law.
Edward is currently serving as a Vice-President of the African Foundation for International Law, Member of the Governing Council of Africa Legal Aid, Member of the International Law Association’s Committee on the Accountability of International Organizations and its Study Group on the Responsibility of International Organizations, and Chair of the Editorial Advisory Board of the African Journal of International and Comparative Law. He served from 2001 to 2004 on the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law. He also serves on the Editorial Boards of several international law Journals and has been an Adjunct/Visiting Professor of Law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the University of Denver College of Law, the International Law Institute in Uganda, and the University of Pretoria, South Africa, where he has recently been appointed Extraordinary Professor in Law.
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