**About the Editor**

**Michael Blakeney** is Professor of Law at the University of Western Australia and holds visiting professorships in intellectual property (IP) at The University of Ferrara, Queen Mary University of London and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan. He formerly worked in the Asia Pacific Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He is an IP arbitrator with the International Court of Arbitration. He has directed a number of EC projects concerned with the establishment of an IP infrastructure in a number of new EU Member States and EU Applicant States. He has also directed and been a short-term expert (STE) in a number of projects to assist the development of countries in their accession to the World Trade Organization. He has been a STE in a number of EC projects for ASEAN and in a number of ASEAN member states. Professor Blakeney has advised the Asian Development Bank, the Consulting Group for International Agricultural Research, European Commission (EC), European Patent Office, Food and Agricultural Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, and a number of university and public research institutes on intellectual property management.
