Prof. Dr. iur. Christoph Beat Graber
Professor of Communications and Art Law, International Economic Law, and Legal Sociology
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christoph-beat.graber@unilu.ch
Christoph Beat Graber, Ph.D., Professor of Law, studied law at the Universities of
He is a founding member of the Faculty of Law at the
In 2000 he was Visiting Fellow at the
He teaches in the fields of media law, intellectual property (IP) and art law, international trade law and legal sociology. His main research interests relate to legal challenges of globalisation and a digital networked environment at the intersection of IP, cultural diversity, cultural heritage, human rights and international trade regulation, including issues of indigenous peoples.
Christoph is a member of the Swiss Federal Arbitration Commission for the Exploitation of Author’s Rights and Neighbouring Rights and advisor to various branches of the Swiss Government in the fields of IP, trade and culture.
He is author of numerous publications, including Handel und Kultur im Audiovisionsrecht der WTO (Staempfli, 2003), and co-editor of Free Trade versus Cultural Diversity: WTO Negotiations in the Field of Audiovisual Services (Schulthess, 2004), Digital Rights Management: The End of Collecting Societies? (Staempfli, 2005), Interdisziplinäre Wege in der juristischen Grundlagenforschung (Schulthess, 2007), and Intellectual Property and Traditional Cultural Expressions in a Digital Environment (Edward Elgar, 2008). He is editor of medialex, the Swiss journal of media law, and member of the management board of the Solothurn Film Festival.
