How does investment law affect intellectual property protection?

At the seminar, you will learn what international investment treaties (IIAs) mean for the protection of intellectual property (IP). Modern IIAs cover IP as a protectable investment. New important arbitral awards have been recently issued in investor-to-state dispute settlement concerning trademarks and patents.

You can download Tuomas Mylly’s recent book chapter on Human Rights and Intellectual Property in Investor to State Dispute Settlement from SSRN https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3474832.

You can find Ahmad Ghouri’s several articles on investment law from the same SSRN research portal by searching with his name.

Students: Please check with your own university’s professor if you may collect study credits based on our lecture series.

Experts:

Professor Tuomas Mylly, University of Turku

Gollegium Researcher Ahmad Ghouri, University of Turku

Moderator: 

Senior Associate Tero Kovanen, Borenius Attorneys Ltd

Tero is a Senior Associate with Borenius Attorneys Ltd in Helsinki and New York. He is also the past President of AIJA’s International Arbitration Commission. He practices both as counsel and arbitrator mainly in international context. Tero is also a frequent lecturer on international dispute resolution and has published a commentary and several academic articles on the same subject.