WTO official to speak at Case School of Law on effect of agreement on intellectual property rights
Adrian Otten, director of WTO Intellectual Property Division, will examine impact of TRIPS ten years after enactment
December 27, 2004 | For more information: Jeff Bendix (216)-368-6070
 The “Uruguay Round” of trade talks among members of the World Trade Organization concluded a decade ago with the Trade Agreement on Protecting Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), bringing rules for protecting intellectual property into international trade agreements for the first time.
Adrian Otten, director of the Intellectual Property Division of the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization, will examine the impact of TRIPS in the 10 years since its enactment during an upcoming lecture at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Otten’s talk, “The TRIPS Agreement Ten Years On” will take place Wednesday, February 2, 2005, from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in room A59 of the law school, 11075 East Blvd., Cleveland. It is part of the Distinguished Intellectual Property lecture series sponsored by the law school’s Center for Law, Technology and the Arts. One hour of CLE credit is available; the talk will be followed by a reception.
“We are delighted to be hosting Adrian Otten,” said Gerald Korngold, dean and McCurdy Professor of Law. “His intimate knowledge of TRIPS will give our students unique insights into this historic agreement.”
Otten is a graduate of Cambridge University. He served with the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, where he worked on international trade questions, and with the Swaziland government in Brussels, assisting them in their negotiations with the European Economic Community in the context of the first Lomé Convention.
He joined the Secretariat of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1975, where he held a variety of posts. Between 1986 and 1993 he was secretary of the Uruguay Round Negotiating Group on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. Since 1993 he has been director of the Intellectual Property Division.
The Center for Law, Technology and the Arts focuses on innovative teaching, research and programs on intellectual property, technology development and transfer, the intersections between science and the legal system, legal issues of the emerging biotech field and computer technologies, and the law relating to the creative arts. Professor Craig Nard serves as the Center’s director.
For further information call (216) 368-3304 or 800-492-3308.
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