University Operating Status - AU to conduct all spring semester classes online for the remainder of the semester. Washington College of Law classes moved online beginning on Monday, March 23. Pence Law Library is physically closed until April 3.
International Rule Making and Dispute Settlement - WTO, WIPO and the Multilateral System
June 7 - June 20, 2020
Professor Padideh Ala’i and Professor Christine Haight Farley
This program has been suspended for Summer 2020.
This two week course focused on the World Trade Organization and World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, and offers students an in-depth look at international issues in IP and trade. The unit on the WTO provides an overview of the substantive areas of international economic relations that are covered in the text of the WTO Agreements and look at the workings of the different WTO divisions. The unit on Intellectual Property in the Multilateral System includes comparative study of international treaties on intellectual property. The course will cover contemporary debates around the role of intellectual property in development. (Full course description.)
As part of our partnership with the World Intellectual Property Organization Academy, American University is pleased to offer five full-tuition scholarships to the Rulemaking and Dispute Resolution course for employees of government delegations of developing countries. **Applications for 2020 will be available in March 2020.