Study Abroad

Geneva: International Trade and IP

International Rule Making and Dispute Settlement - WTO, WIPO and the Multilateral System

June 11 - June 24, 2023

Professor Padideh Ala’i and Professor Christine Haight Farley

This two-week course features lectures and activities at the World Trade Organization and World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. The course offers students an in-depth look at international issues in IP and trade over two consecutive weeks in Geneva, Switzerland. The unit on Intellectual Property in the Multilateral System, June 11-16, includes comparative study of international treaties on intellectual property, with a particular emphasis on treaties administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization and contemporary debates around the role of intellectual property in development. The unit on the WTO, June 19-24, provides an overview of the substantive areas of international economic relations that are governed by the WTO Agreements and look at the workings of the different WTO divisions. The course may be taken for a certificate of completion or transferable academic credit from American University Washington College of Law.