Dr. Wissam Aoun

Biography

Wissam Aoun is an Associate Professor at the University of Windsor's Faculty of Law since July 2019. He previously served as an Assistant Professor and held a three-month term as Acting Associate Dean (Academic) in April 2021. His primary research interests are in intellectual property law, particularly patent law, professional regulation, and governance. He has extensive teaching experience in areas including copyright law, trademark law, and corporate law, and has developed experiential courses in corporate practice and contract drafting. Aoun is a highly accomplished intellectual property clinician with ten years of international experience in the field. He is the founding Director of the International Intellectual Property Clinical Program and is associated with the USPTO Certified Patent Trademark Clinic, which is regarded as one of the world's leading international intellectual property clinics. Before joining Windsor Law, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Detroit Mercy Law, where he also served as the IP clinical director. Aoun has received multiple teaching and scholarly awards, including the Hon. Justice Robert Abbey Award for Outstanding Special Lecturer at Windsor Law and the University Faculty Achievement Award from the University of Detroit Mercy in 2018. He has collaborated on various research and education projects involving international IP institutions like the USPTO, European Patent Office, and World Intellectual Property Organization. He has also been a visiting researcher at Oxford University and the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. Wissam holds a JD and an LLM from the University of Windsor Faculty of Law and completed his PhD at Osgoode Hall Law School under the supervision of Professor David Vaver.

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