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Justin Hughes
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He taught at the Benjamin North. Cardozo School of Law from 2002 through 2013. After he obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard University in 1986, Hughes spent time as a Luce Scholar, clerking for the Lord President of the Supreme Court of Malaysia as well as doing policy work at the United States. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In 2009, the Obama administration tapped him to become a part-time adviser.
In that position, he began heading United States delegations to meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (World Intellectual Property Organization).
At a December 2009 meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization he announced a significant shift in United States policy in international copyright law that resulted in Brazil, Mexico, the United States and European Union leading efforts to establish exceptions in international copyright law for the blind. Along with delegates from India and Mexico, he also successfully resuscitated efforts to finish the long dormant World Intellectual Property Organization Audiovisual Performers Treaty.
Hughes led the United States delegations that completed both that treaty, now frequently called the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (2012) and the Marrakesh Treaty for the Blind (2013). He is widely credited with having been instrumental in the negotiation of both multilateral treaties.
As a scholar, Hughes is known for his emphasis on philosophical and historical issues in intellectual property, focusing on copyright, geographical indications, and trademarks.
