Shahid AlikhanShahid Alikhan is a highly distinguished elder statesman in the field of intellectual property. A former Deputy Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Undersecretary General in the United Nations, he is the authorof numerous articles, monographs and books on various aspects of intellectual property rights as they relate to corporate competitiveness and socio-economic development. Now retired, he continues to write, lecture, and conduct seminars in such diverse areas of intellectual property rights as counterfeiting, the Internet, and electronic commerce, for such UN organizations as WIPO, UNESCO and ITC, as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations, and private sector institutions in Europe and in developing countries. He also acts as a representative and senior adviser of the World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (WASME) on continuing and promoting assistance to single- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) worldwide, and serves on the editorial board of the monthly Journal of Intellectual Property Rights of the National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) in New Delhi. He is also a member of the Governing Council of the Indian Institute of Intellectual Property Development (IIPD). Read More Read Less