Autor: Carlos M. Correa

Prof. Dr. Carlos María Correa is executive director of the South Centre, Geneva. He is a renowned international authority on intellectual property and technology issues. Professor Correa has worked with the Argentine government and has been the director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies on Industrial Property and Economics (CEIDIE) in the Law Faculty at the University of Buenos Aires.  He was a member of the UK Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health established by the World Health Assembly, and of the FAO Panel of Eminent Experts on Ethics in Food and Agriculture.Professor Correa has been a visiting professor in postgraduate courses of several universities and consultant to various regional and international organisations. He has advised several governments on intellectual property, innovation policy and public health. He is the author of several books and numerous articles. Professor Correa is both a lawyer and economist from the University of Buenos Aires and holds a Ph D in Law from the University of Buenos Aires.   Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Reto M. Hilty is director at the Max Planck Institute for Competition and Innovation Munich and full professor ad personam at the University of Zurich.