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François O. Dessemontet

Address: 

University of Lausanne
CEDIDAC
BFSH 1
CH – 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Phone Number: 
+41 (0)21/692.28.51
Fax Number: 
+41(0)21/692.28.55
Email: 
françois.dessemontet@droit.unil.ch
Born: 
Switzerland, 1948
Languages: 
German English French
Nationalities: 
Swiss
Education: 
University of Lausanne (Switzerland) Law School, 1970, doctorate 1974
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Bar of Lausanne, 1975
Present Position: 
Professor, Lausanne University, Law School, for Law of Obligations, Intellectual Property and e-commerce; Permanent visiting Professor at Fribourg University, Law School, for intellectual property law
Professional Associations: 

Chairman, Société Suisse des Juristes (2000 to 2003); Expert Committee (consisting of three persons) on Corporate Governance (est. by the Swiss Government 2002); Member, Executive Committee of the Swiss Arbitration Association; Member, AIPPI, ALAI, LICCD; Guest of honour of the Swiss Auditors Association

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ICC; Panelist under WTO Dispute Settlement procedure; Panelist for WIPO

Arbitration Experience: 

Chairman, or single arbitrator or co-arbitrator in approximately 50 panels of arbitration plus a number of ICANN Domain name cases.

Areas of Specialization: 
Commercial Law
Contracts
Intellectual Property
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Intellectual Property Law in Switzerland (Boston, Berne 2000); The European Approach to E-Commerce and Licensing (Brooklyn 2000); Conflict of Laws for Intellectual Property in Cyberspace (Journal of International Arbitration,2001); Use of the UNIDROIT Principles to Interpret and Supplement Domestic Law (Special Supplement 2002, ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin).