Jeremy de Beer is a law Professor at the University of Ottawa, working on technological innovation, intellectual property, and international trade and development. Many of his refereed publications on intellectual property issues relating to innovation and creativity appear in top-ranked journals recognized across the disciplines of law, business, communications, and political science. He has authored numerous other papers, studies, and commissioned reports, and published four books, including Access to Knowledge in Africa: The Role of Copyright. Professor de Beer teaches multidisciplinary seminars on intellectual property policy, the digital music business, and sustainable international development, and an introduction to the fundamentals of property law. With academic qualifications including a graduate degree in law from the University of Oxford and undergraduate degrees in business and in law from the University of Saskatchewan, he is also a practicing lawyer and an experienced strategy consultant to technology companies, creator groups, law firms, think tanks, governments, and international organizations. After working at MacLeod Dixon LLP and clerking at the Federal Court of Appeal, he was legal counsel to the Copyright Board. He has appeared as counsel before the Federal Court of Appeal and, most recently, in landmark copyright cases before the Supreme Court of Canada.