Biography:

Ms. Essalmawi is a Principal Attorney, and Intellectual Property Rights expert. She is the Project Lead for Creative Commons in Egypt. In addition, she is a Head Tutor at WIPO Academy, distance learning courses.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree, and a Master?s of Law from the Faculty of Law, University of Alexandria. She obtained a postgraduate diploma in International Law and Development, the Institute of Social Studies, the Hague, Netherlands; and an LL.M in Intellectual Property, Turin University, Italy. Currently, she is a PhD candidate in the field of commercial law at Helwan University, Cairo. Her thesis is about access to knowledge under the intellectual property laws and consumer protection laws.

Her areas of interest include law and development, intellectual property rights, access to knowledge, consumer protection and microfinance.

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