Final Reminder: Today — From Trademark Law to Public Health Governance
Today, Wednesday, August 12, 2026, the ESIL Interest Group on European and International Rule of Law will convene the second event in its Webinar Series:
From Trademark Law to Public Health Governance: Intellectual Property, International Treaties, and the Rule of Law in a Changing Global Order
Time:
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Eastern Time
10:00–11:30 a.m. Central Time
5:00–6:30 p.m. Central European Summer Time
This conversation brings together recent scholarship examining the evolving relationship between intellectual property, international treaties, trade, public health, development, and global governance.
The webinar places into dialogue:
Shujie Feng
Chinese Trademark Law from the Perspective of International Treaties (Springer Nature, 2026)
Shujie Feng
Le Droit Chinois des Marques au Regard des Traités Internationaux (Éditions Pedone, 2024)
Srividhya Ragavan and Swaraj Paul Barooah
Fractures in IP, Trade, and Health: Centering a Public Health Framework (Oxford University Press, 2025)
The discussion will explore how international intellectual property law should respond when treaty commitments, domestic priorities, economic development, technological change, and public health objectives do not point in the same direction.
Among the broader questions to be considered are the relationship between international treaty obligations and domestic regulatory autonomy; the role of intellectual property institutions in shaping access, development, and public welfare; the interaction between trademark law, trade law, and health governance; and the implications of these tensions for the rule of law in a changing global order.
The conversation will be chaired and moderated by Paolo Davide Farah, Chair of the ESIL Interest Group on European and International Rule of Law, who will also serve as discussant. Edward Kwakwa, Assistant Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), will participate as discussant.
Participation is free and open to all.
Further background, including the complete event description and preparatory materials, is available here:
We very much look forward to welcoming participants from around the world later today and continuing the ESIL Interest Group on European and International Rule of Law Webinar Series.
Paolo Davide Farah, Paolo Farah