Daniel Gervais#
| Membership Number: | 3165 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | LAW |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://works.bepress.com/daniel_gervais |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2011 - present FedEx Research Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School (Nashville, Tennessee, USA)
- 2008 - 2011 Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School
- 2007 - 2008 Acting Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa (Canada)
- 2004 - 2008 Full Professor ("Titulaire"), Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
- 2001 - 2004 Associate Professor ("Agrégé"), Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
- 1997 - 2001 Vice-President, International, Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (Danvers, Massachusetts, USA)
- 1996 - 1997 Deputy Secretary General, International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (Paris, France)
- 1993-1996 Head of Section, World Intellectual Property Organization (Geneva, Switzerland)
- 1990-1992 Legal Officer, GATT (now World Trade Organisation), (Geneva, Switzerland)
Fields of Scholarship
- Intellectual property law & policy
- International intellectual property
- Copyright and Authors' Rights
- Patent law
- The law of geographical indications
- Law & innovation
Honours and Awards
- 2012 Gide Loyrette Nouel Chair, Institut d’Études Politiques (Sciences Po) Law School, Paris
- 2011 FedEx Research Professorship, Vanderbilt University
- 2006 University Research Chair, University of Ottawa
- 2005 Ontario Research Excellence Award (ex PREA)
- 2004 Osler Professorship, University of Ottawa
- 1985 Quebec Bar Award
- 1985 Quebec Young Bar Award
- 1985 Paris Bar Prize
- 1984 Two excellence awards, Faculty of Law, University of Montreal
