Daniel J. Gervais
Full Professor (on leave)
57, Louis Pasteur, office 394
Ottawa,
Ontario
Canada
K1N 6N5
Daniel.Gervais@uOttawa.ca
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LL.B. (McGill/U. of Montreal), LL.M. (Montreal), Diploma of Graduate International Studies (Geneva), Doctorate (Nantes). Of the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Bar of Quebec.
Dr. Daniel J. Gervais is University Research Chair in Intellectual Property and Osler Professor of Law. Dr. Gervais is Acting Dean of the Common Law Section. He also served as Acting Dean from February 1, 2006 until July 31, 2006, and as Vice-Dean (Research) from 2003 until 2006.
Professor Gervais is General Editor of the Journal of World Intellectual Property (Blackwell/John Wiley). He currently chairs the sectoral work on culture, communications and information at the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.
Dr. Gervais practiced law in Montreal from 1985 to 1990. In 1990, he became Consultant-Legal Officer at the World Trade Organization (GATT) and was actively involved in the TRIPS Agreement negotiations. In 1992, in joined the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and was promoted the following year to Head of the Copyright Projects Section, where he prepared WIPO studies and international meetings on the impact of digital technology on copyright and neighbouring rights. In 1995, Dr. Gervais joined the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) as Assistant Secretary General and in 1997 moved to the United States to become Director of International Relations at Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), the largest reprographic rights organization in the world (revenue of C$150 million in 2002). He was promoted to Vice-President in 1998. During his three years at CCC, international revenue grew from US$4 million to more than US$10 million. In 2001, Prof. Gervais joined the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa . Dr. Gervais is also an active panellist (domain name) at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre. He was also a consultant with the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
In 2004, Prof. Gervais was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford Law School. He is also the 2004 Trilateral Distinguished Scholar at Detroit College of Law (Michigan State University). Dr. Gervais lectured as Visiting Professor at the Universities of Nantes and Grenoble and Montpellier (France), Haifa, and the University of Puerto Rico. He also taught postgraduate courses in intellectual property law at the University of Amsterdam and advanced intellectual property course at the Institute of European Studies of Macau.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS (see list below)
Prof. Gervais has published several peer-reviewed articles, in six languages, on various intellectual property topics. He is also the author of the reference book on the TRIPS Agreement published by Sweet & Maxwell in London (1st edition 1998; second edition 2003). He was awarded the Charles B. Seton Award by the Copyright Society of the USA (best paper of 2002-03 by author under 40).
In 2005, Dr. Gervais coauthored textbook on intellectual property law in Canada (Carswell), edited a book on the worldwide collective management of copyright (Kluwer) and published articles on a reform of Canadian copyright law. His research is financed by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Bell University Labs and the Ontario Research Network on Electronic Commerce (ORNEC).
EDUCATIONAfter studies in science and his LL.B. (several awards), Prof. Gervais obtained an LL.M. degree from the University of Montreal, a Diploma magna cum laude of Advanced International Studies from the IUHÉI in Geneva (Switzerland) and a doctorate magna cum laude from Nantes University (France). He became a member of the Bar of Quebec in 1985, where he finished first overall and obtained all available awards.
Prof. Gervais speaks, writes and teaches in English, French and Spanish and has functional knowledge of German.
Upcoming Publications
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Books:
- L'Accord ADPIC (TRIPS) (Larcier, 2009)
- Making Copyright Whole (2008) Univ of Ottawa L & Tech J.
- Intellectual Property: The Law in Canada. 2nd ed. (Carswell)—with Prof. Elizabeth Judge.
Published texts --sorted by language (see also the boxes in the upper right corner)
English
The Protection of Databases, (2007) 82:3 Chicago-Kent Law Review 1109-1169;
Intellectual Property, Trade & Development (Oxford Univ. Press, 2007) 564 p.
"A Canadian Copyright Narrative," in P. Torremans (ed) Copyright Law: A Handbook of Contemporary Research (E. Elgar, 2007) 49-82;
Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights (Kluwer Law International, 2006)
"The TRIPS Agreement", in Peter Yu (ed), Intellectual Property and Information Wealth. (Praeger, 2006).
<!-" "The Role of International Treaties in the Interpretation of Canadian Intellectual Property Statutes”, in O. Fitzgerald (ed), The Globalized Rule of Law: Relationships Between International and Domestic Law. (Irwin Law, 2006), 549-572;<!--[endif]-->
<!-'“ "Border Measures in TRIPS”, in O. Vrins et al (ed.) The Fight Against Counterfeiting and Piracy at the Borders of the European Communities (Oxford Univ. Press, 2006), 37-62;
The Purpose of Copyright Law in Canada (2005), 2:2 Univ. Ottawa L & Tech. J. 315-356;
Intellectual Property, Trade and Development: The State of Play (2005), 74 Fordham L. Rev. 505-535;
The Changing Landscape of International Intellectual Property, (2006) J. Intell.l Prop. L. & Practice (Oxford)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: THE LAW IN CANADA (Carswell, Sept. 2005)—with Prof. Elizabeth Judge.
"Use of Copyright Content on the Internet: Considerations on Excludability and Collective Licensing", in M. Geist (ed). In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law (Irwin Law, 2005), 517-549;
Review of Teresa Scassa and Michael Deturbide. Electronic Commerce and Internet Law in Canada (Toronto: CCH, 2004), (2005) 42 Can. Bus. L.J. 292-310.
International Intellectual Property and Development : A Roadmap to Balance?, (2005) 2:4 J. of Generic Medicines, 327-334;
"The Evolving Role(s) of Copyrights Collectives”, in C. Beat Graber et al (ed.) Digital Rights Management: The End of Collecting Societies? (Berne: Staemplfli; Bruxelles: Bruylant, 2005), 27-56;
Traditional Knowledge & Intellectual Property: A Trips-Compatible Approach, [2005] Mich. St. L. Rev. 137-166;
Towards A New Core International Copyright Norm: The Reverse Three-Step Test (2005), 9 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 1-37;
reprinted in Edson Beas Rodrigues Jr and fabricio Polido, Propriedade Intelectuale. (Rio de Janiero: Elsevier, 2007), 201-232;
The Price of Social Norms: Towards a Liability Regime for File-Sharing (2004), 12:1 J. of Intellectual Prop. L. 39-73.
Canadian Copyright Law Post-CCH (2004), 18:2 I.P.J. 131-167;
THE TRIPS AGREEMENT: DRAFTING HISTORY AND ANALYSIS. 2nd ed. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2003). 580 pages.
The Compatibility of the 'Skill and Labour' Originality Standard with the Berne Convention and the TRIPs Agreement, (2004) 26:2 Eur. Int. Prop. Rev. 75-80
Spiritual But Not Intellectual? The Protection of Sacred
Intangible Traditional Knowledge, 11 Cardozo J. of Int'l & Comp. Law 467-495 (2003)
TRIPS, Doha & Traditional Knowledge : A Proposal, (2003) 6J. of World Int. Prop. 403-419;
Fragmented Copyright, Fragmented Management: Proposals to Defrag Copyright Management, (2003) 2 Can .J. of L. & Tech 15-34 (with Prof. Alana Maurushat)
"Copyright and the Use Paradigm", in Zentaro Kitagawa (ed.) Copymart: The Product and Its Prospects: Proceedings of the Berlin Symposium. Kyoto: IIAS, 2003);
“The Changing Face of Copyright”, (2003) 7:4 Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter (3 pages);
Application of an Extended Collective Licensing Regime in Canada: Principles and Issues Related to Implementation. Report prepared for Heritage Canada (2003)
Feist Goes Global: A Comparative Analysis of the Notion of Originality in Copyright Law, 49:4 J. of the Copyright. Society of the USA, 949-981 (2002)*
(*Winner of the Charles B. Seton Award for 2002-03)
The Internationalization of Intellectual Property: New Challenges from the Very Old and the Very New, 12 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 929 (2002)
Collective Management of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights in Canada: An International Perspective, (2002) 1 Canadian Journal of Law & Technology 21-50
“A Viable Digital Rights Clearance Scheme”, (2002) 6:2 Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter (3 pages);
“Transmissions of Music on the Internet: an Analysis of the Copyright Laws of Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States”. 34 Vanderbilt J. of Transnational L. 1363 (2001)
"Copyright and eCommerce", chapter in Melvin Simensky, Lanning Bryer, Neil J. Wilkof, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE. 2001 SUPPLEMENT. (New York: Wiley, 2002)
“Traditional Knowledge: A Challenge to the International Intellectual Property System”, in H. Hansen, (ed), International Intellectual Property Law And Policy, vol. 7. New York: Juris, 2002. p. 76-1
Collective Management of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights in Canada: An International Perspective. Report prepared for the Department of Canadian Heritage
“The TRIPS Agreement: Life After Seattle?”, in H. Hansen, (ed), International Intellectual Property Law And Policy, vol. 6. New York: Juris, 2001. pp. 40.1-40.10
“E-Commerce and Intellectual Property: Lock-it Up or License?”, in H. Hansen, ed International Intellectual Property Law And Policy, vol. 6. New York: Juris, 2001. pp. 87-1-87.19
The TRIPS Agreement After Seattle: Implementation and Dispute Settlement Issues, (2000) 3:4 J. World. Int. Prop. 509
Electronic Rights Management Systems, 3 J. World. Int. Prop., 1 (2000).
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PRACTICES IN THE FIELD OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. Report prepared for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (Paris, 1999)
"An Overview of TRIPS: Historical and Current Issues". In International Intellectual Property Law and Policy, vol. 5,. New York: Juris, 1999
"Digital Distance Education: Exemption or Licensing?". In International Intellectual Property Law and Policy vol. 5. New York: Juris, 1999
The TRIPS Agreement: Interpretation and Implementation, [1999] Eur. Int. Prop.Rev. 156
Intellectual Property in the MAI: Lessons to Be Learned", (2000) 2:2 J. World. Int. Prop. , 257 (with Vera Nicholas)
The TRIPS Agreement: A Solution to Online Liability?, 89 Copyright World.
Electronic Rights Management and Digital Identifier Systems, 4:3 J. of Elec. Publishing (online only), March 1999
THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF DIGITAL ENCRYPTION. University of Amsterdam, 1998. 64 p. (Available in PDF at http://www.imprimatur.net/legal.htm)
THE TRIPS AGREEMENT: DRAFTING HISTORY AND ANALYSIS. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1998. 444 p.
"ECMS: From Rights Trading to Electronic Publishing", in THE PUBLISHER IN CHANGING MARKETS: PROCEEDINGS OF THE IPA FOURTH INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT SYMPOSIUM. Tokyo: Ohmsha, 1998
"The TRIPS Agreement: Enforcement and Dispute-Settlement Provisions", in THE PUBLISHER IN CHANGING MARKETS: PROCEEDINGS OF THE IPA FOURTH INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT SYMPOSIUM. Tokyo: Ohmsha, 1998
"ECMS: The Policy Issues", in IMPRIMATUR CONSENSUS FORUM. 21-22 November 1996. London: Imprimatur, 1996. Available in PDF at http://www.imprimatur.net/download.htm)
Digital Technology and the Copyright Industries, Copyright World, August 1996
The Protection of Copyright on the Information Superhighway. IPA Bulletin, 1996
"Electronic Publishing", in PROCEEDINGS OF EP'94. Beijing: The Science Press, 1994
Protection of Intellectual Property : The role of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), (1993) 6 Learned Publishing 21
International Trade and the Environment: An Outline of the Main Issues, (1992) Quarterly Review of the International Economic Law Society (SDIE, Canada)
The Protection Under International Copyright Law of Works Created with or by Computers, (1991) 5 IICInternational Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law (Munich).
Français
La copie privée face au test en trois étapes, (2007) 133-135, Gazette du Palais, 15-18;
Le droit de la propriété intellectuelle au Canada (Yvon Blais, 2006), avec les professeures Elizabteh Judge et Mistrale Goudreau. 707 pages.
« Le droit d’auteur au Canada après CCH » (2005), 203 Rev.Int. Dr. Aut. 2-61;
Essai sur la fragmentation du droit d'auteur, 2e partie (2004) 16 Cahiers de propriété intellectuelle.
Droit du commerce électronique (Vincent Gautrais, ed., 2003). Recension. (2003) , 33 Rev. Gén. Droit 489-505;
Être au parfum : protéger la marque olfactive au Canada?, (2003) 15 Cahiers de propriété intellectuelle, 865-904;
Application d'un régime de licence collective étendue en droit canadien : principes et questions relatives à la mise en œuvre. Étude établie pour Patrimoine Canada (2003)
Essai sur la fragmentation du droit d'auteur, (2003) 15 Cahiers
de propriété intellectuelle 501-536.
L'affaire Théberge (2002), 15 Cahiers de propriété intellectuelle 217-240
La propriété des auteurs: Un droit pour des voleurs?, Le Monde Diplomatique, octobre 2002
"Le droit d'auteur au Canada: fragmentation ou gestion fragmentaire", in Y. Gendreau (éd.). Institutions administratives du droit d'auteur. Cowansville, Yvon Blais, 2002, pp-459-477.
Gestion collective du droit d'auteur et des droits voisins au Canada : Perspective internationale. Rapport établi pour le ministère du Patrimoine canadien.
LA NOTION D'OEUVRE DANS LA CONVENTION DE BERNE ET EN DROIT COMPARÉ. Genève, Droz, 1998. 276 p.
L'état des lieux: la gestion collective dans le monde, en Europe et en France. Paris, SACEM, 1996.
Gestion des droits, in Actes du colloque Les autoroutes de l’information : Enjeux et défis", Huitièmes Entretiens du Centre Jacques Cartier Rhône-Alpes - 5 au 8 décembre 1995. Université de Lyon-2, 1996.
« Les "oeuvres multimédia" : le point de vue de l'OMPI », in Le multimédia : Marché, droit et pratiques juridiques. Actes du Juriscope 94. Paris, P.U.F., 1995.
« La Protection des artistes interprètes ou exécutants et des producteurs de phonogrammes: un nouvel instrument international de l’OMPI », (1993) 6 Cahiers de propriété intellectuelle 37-47;<!--[endif]-->
Les négociations TRIPS et l'Uruguay Round : le point à dix semaines de Bruxelles. (1990) 5 Cahiers juridiques et fiscaux de l'exportation.
La protection des artistes interprètes ou exécutants et des producteurs de phonogrammes: un nouvel instrument international de l’OMPI, (1993) 6:1 Cahiers de propriété intellectuelle
La protection par le droit d’ auteur international des créations assistées ou réalisées par ordinateur, Institut universitaire de Hautes Études Internationales, Genève, 1989
Pacta ex machina. Un système de conception assistée du contrat d'utilisation de progiciel, in Systèmes experts et droit. Namur, Story-Scientia, 1988.
Le droit de refuser un traitement psychiatrique au Québec, (1985) Les Cahiers de Droit.
German
Was ist die CISAC? GEMA Nachrichten. Ausgabe 152. München, GEMA, 1996.
Urheberschutz am Datenhighway, 3/95, Österreichische Autoren, 1995.
Español
"Los sistemas básicos de derecho de autor y copyright: La noción de obra y la gestión de ls derechos de autor", (2001) 26 Revista de derecho privado (Colombia), 15.
Identificación de las obras utilizadas en sistemas digitales. cap. en NUM NOVO MUNDO DO DIRETITO DE AUTOR. Lisbonne, COSMOS/Arco-Iris, 1994.
El principio del trato nacional en los acuerdos internacionales de propiedad intelectual. (en el mismo libro)