Amir Khoury

Biography

Dr. Amir H. Khoury is a Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University (Israel). He was also a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of Law, University of Kansas (USA), for the 2013-2014 academic year. Dr. Khoury has received his Ph.D. from Haifa University (2004), his LL.M. from Fordham University, NYC (1998), and his LL.B. (1993) from The Hebrew University. He specializes in intellectual property law. His academic publications are predominantly in English and published in the US. Dr. Khoury has lectured at conferences around the world (North-Western, Chicago; UC Berkeley; George Washington University, Vanderbilt University; Pisa U. in Italy; Free U. of Brussels; World Jurist Association in (Prague). He has also lectured at USPTO IP programs held in Muscat, Jordan and USPTO-HQ in Alexandria VA, and the University of Kansas. In the course of some of the events, Dr. Khoury has trained Judges, lawyers and patent examiners in IP matters (namely at the Jordan IP Weeks events and at the Israeli Patent Authority). Dr. Khoury also teaches at the Tel-Aviv Berkeley Master of Law program and has served in the past as international advisor for The “Queen Rania Centre for Entrepreneurship” (Amman). In addition, Amir Khoury has published a legal-philosophical novel in English (When Wolf Seeks Justice, Published Amazon.com; KDP). His first book of English Poetry is now in publication.

Research Interest

Intellectual Property Law, International Protection of International Intellectual Property Rights, Globalization and the TRIPS-Plus Era, Commercial Wrongs, Trade Secrets, IP Regulation in Arab Countries, Civil Remedies for the Protection of IP Law