Jacques DE WERRA
Professor of Law
University of Geneva
Professional Appointments
Jacques de Werra is ordinary/full professor of the law of obligations (contract law) and of intellectual property law at the Faculty of Law. He is the founder and was the first Director of the Digital Law Center. He is also a member of the Master of International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) Committee.
Research Areas
Jacques de Werra is involved in various research and legal training institutions inside and outside the University in the fields of intellectual property law, information and communication technology law and digital law. He is a member of the editorial board of the Swiss journal of intellectual property, information and competition law, he is a French-speaking editor of the Jusletter, for Internet law and the law of new technologies, and a member of the International Editorial Board of the Cahiers de propriété intellectuelle (Canada) and of the scientific committee of the French law journal Propriétés intellectuelles. He was Faculty Fellow and Associate Faculty at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University (2012-2014).
Jacques de Werra is also active in the field of sports law, particularly from a contract law and an intellectual property law perspective. He has written a report for WIPO on sport and intellectual property. He is member of the board of the International Academy of Sport Science and Technology (Académie Internationale des Sciences et Techniques du Sport/AISTS) which offers one of the world's best Master degrees in sport management in which Jacques de Werra teaches sports & intellectual property.
Jacques de Werra is also active in the field of alternative dispute resolution/arbitration (particularly for technology disputes) and is on the list of experts of the World Intellectual Property Organization for the resolution of disputes concerning domain names. He is also a member of various professional associations related to his fields of activity, including the Swiss group of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) and the International Literary and Artistic Association (ALAI), the International Association for the Promotion of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) and the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA).
