Professor J. Janewa Osei-Tutu recently attended a workshop on intellectual property in Africa at Harvard Law School. She presented on panels about scholarship and research and reviewed chapters of a forthcoming book on this topic.
Osei-Tutu teaches contract law and trademark law at the University of Miami School of Law. Her research focuses primarily on the effects of intellectual property on developing countries. She has published widely on IP, human development, human rights, and traditional knowledge/traditional cultural expressions. She has authored several chapters for books published by leading academic presses such as Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press, as well as several articles in reputable U.S. law journals.
Osei-Tutu’s current research explores the right of publicity and intangible cultural heritage.
She serves as the co-chair of the IP Committee for the American Branch of the International Law Association and as a member of the editorial board of the American Intellectual Property Association Quarterly Journal. Osei-Tutu co-founded the Junior Intellectual Property Scholars Association and is active in professional organizations such as the AIPLA and the International Trademark Association. Prior to joining Miami Law, Osei-Tutu served as the first associate dean for diversity, culture & inclusion at FIU College of Law, where she was a Professor of Law.
