Fellow at The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- Fellow at The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
- Coordinator of IP and ICTs Program at DiploFoundation
- Past
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- LL.M. in Intellectual Property at Boston University School of Law
- Consultant at Ford Foundation
- Coordinator of Legal Practice and Complementary Activities at Fundação Getulio Vargas Escola de Direito
- Project Leader of Center for Technology & Society at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) University
- Lecture in IP and Internet Law at Fundação Getulio Vargas
- In-house attorney at Telefonica Empresas S/A
- Counsel at TERRA NETWORKS BRASIL S/A
- In-house attorney at Terra Networks Brazil S/A
- Education
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- Boston University - School of Management
- Boston University School of Law
- Diplo Foundation
- Universidad de Buenos Aires
- Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP/UNICAMP
- IE (Instituto de Empresa)
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
- University of Cambridge
- Universidade de São Paulo
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Carolina Rossini’s Summary
Carolina is a Fellow with the Cooperation Research Group @Berkman Center, Harvard, for the Industrial Cooperation Project. She is an attorney with experience in IP, international development, innovation and internet policy, the digital commons, and the impact of technology on cultures. Carolina is also a consultant for the Brazilian Embassy in Washington and contributes with research on innovation in energy for UNDP.
Carolina also coordinates the Brazilian Open Educational Resources Project:Challenges and Perspectives, funded by the Open Society institute. Carolina holds positions @DiploFoundation as a fellow for the IP and Internet Governance Program, where she authored and teach an online course on IP, and @IQSensato as a Research Associate for the Access to Knowledge and Innovation Program.
Before moving to the US, Carolina was part of the Brazilian Creative Commons team at Fundacao Getulio Vargas Law School, where she coordinated the Legal Clinical Program and the CC Latin America chapter of Open Business, and was a lecturer in Intellectual Property and Introduction to Law disciplines. During her time at FGV she also assisted scholars and the government in discussion and research on access to medicines; access to genetic resources and benefit sharing (having represented the academic community during the Convention on Biologic diversity COP in Curitiba, Brazil) and free and open source software.
Before joining the academic life, Carolina was a counsel for almost 7 years at Telefonica Telecom. Group, having worked in Brazil and Spain.
She holds degrees from Boston University (LL.M/2008), Sao Paulo State University-UNESP (MA International Negotiations/ 2006), University of Sao Paulo (JD/2000), Instituto de Empresa, Spain (MBA/2004), University of Buenos Aires (Specialist in Industrial Property/2006) and others.
Carolina is an active author of papers and book chapters, and is a regular speaker at national and international conferences.
Carolina Rossini’s Specialties:
Main interests: Intellectual Property Policy; Public Interest and A2K debate; Net Neutrality; Peer Production; The Role of Universities in Innovation; Open Access, Open Licensing; Social Responsible Licensing; Open Innovation; Open Science; Patents; Community Building and Technologies for Development.
Carolina Rossini’s Experience
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Fellow at The Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Harvard University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
December 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Working on the Cooperation Project leaded by Prof. Yochai Benkler
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Coordinator of IP and ICTs Program
DiploFoundation
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; E-Learning industry)
January 2008 — Present (2 years )
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LL.M. in Intellectual Property
Boston University School of Law
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2007 — June 2008 (11 months)
LL.M. Student with a honor scholarship granted by the University.
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Consultant
Ford Foundation
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Philanthropy industry)
September 2005 — May 2007 (1 year 9 months)
Consultant, International Intellectual Property Initiative (IIPI): Provided legal advice on Intellectual Property, with focus on access to medicines, biodiversity and protection of Traditional Knowledge, and open educational resources, drafted memoranda analyzing proposals received, and developed
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Coordinator of Legal Practice and Complementary Activities
Fundação Getulio Vargas Escola de Direito
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
July 2006 — April 2007 (10 months)
Developed and conducted strategic planning for department; implementation of Law Clinic programs, and summer and winter trainee programs; represented FGV in International partnerships.
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Project Leader of Center for Technology & Society
Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) University
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Coordinated Brazilian Open Business Project (www.openbusiness.cc), in partnership with Wits University (South Africa), Oxford University and London School of Economics (UK); served as consultant for projects related to Biodiversity, Open Source, Copyrights and Internet Law. Taught classes related to International System of Intellectual Property and Convention on Biological Diversity and access to genetic resources in Intellectual Property programs offered by FGV School of Law (spring and fall/2006)
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Lecture in IP and Internet Law
Fundação Getulio Vargas
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)
January 2006 — December 2006 (1 year )
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In-house attorney
Telefonica Empresas S/A
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
December 2004 — August 2005 (9 months)
In-house attorney
Provided legal advice on Intellectual Property Law, including opinions on software and copyright and drafting of agreements, Telecommunications Law, including planning of national and international operations, drafting and negotiation of agreements, and Commercial Law, including the development of new standard contracts for the buyer/seller department. Received two Podium Awards (professionals awards recognizing outstanding performance. -
Counsel
TERRA NETWORKS BRASIL S/A
(Legal Services industry)
2000 — 2005 (5 years )
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In-house attorney
Terra Networks Brazil S/A
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Real Estate industry)
June 2000 — November 2004 (4 years 6 months)
Provided legal advice on Intellectual Property Law and Internet Law, including drafting of Internet and Mobile content distribution and e-commerce agreements. Implemented contracts’ digital signature, established standard e-commerce agreements, participated in the working team responsible for the development and implementation of a software to manage the Legal Department workflow (later adopted by Telefonica companies in Brazil).
Carolina Rossini’s Education
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Boston University - School of Management
2007 — 2008
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Boston University School of Law
LL.M. , Intellectual Property , 2007 — 2008
- Activities and Societies:
- Researches being conducted:
(1)at Berkman – Harvard Law School: Copyright course for librarians.
(2)at Boston University: the role of Universities in innovation process and equitable access licenses appropriate for developing countries, Comparison between the Brazilian innovation law and the Bayh-Dole system.
(3)at Diplo Found.: Open Access: challenges and opportunities to developing countries. First draft at: http://campus.diplomacy.edu/env/scripts/Pool/GetBin.asp?IDPool=3737
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Diplo Foundation
Certificate Online Course , Internet Governance , 2006 — 2007
- Activities and Societies:
- Diplo Foundation (http://www.diplomacy.edu/), Geneva. March-July, 2007.
Certificate Online Course – Internet Governance Program. Final Grade: A/A. Top 5%.. Full scholarship awarded by Diplo Foundation.
Awards: Diplo Research Fellowship and to Diplo IGF 2007 Fellowship.
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Universidad de Buenos Aires
Certificate Program , Industrial Property , 2006 — 2006
- Activities and Societies:
- Final Grade: 9,5/10. Top 5% of class of 30.
Partial grant awarded by FGV Law School.
Focus of research: Biotechnology and Biodiversity: the Asymmetries between TRIPs and CDB and Implications for Developing Countries (Advisor professor: Salvador Bergel)
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Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP/UNICAMP
Santiago Dantas Master’s Program , International Relations and Economic Negotiations , 2005 — 2006
- Activities and Societies:
- Santiago Dantas Joint Master’s Program in International Relations and Economic Negotiations. Final grade: 9/10 Top 15% of class of 80.
Focus of Research: The WIPO Developing Agenda (Advisor professor: Christian Lohbauer)
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IE (Instituto de Empresa)
MBA , E-Business , 2003 — 2004
- Activities and Societies:
- MBA in E-Business. Final grade: A-/A Top 15% of class/16 students.
Full grant awarded by Telefonica Group and Fundación Carolina-Spain.
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
Bachelor of International Relations , International Relations , 2000 — 2003
- Activities and Societies:
- Incomplete. Final average grade: 8,4/10 (Top 10% of class/40 students).
Teaching Assistant Activities: Lectures on
International Politics at PUCSP for 3rd. year students, spring/2002.
Member of the board for the Brazilian MONU (UN Model) 2001.
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University of Cambridge
Certificate , International Politics , 2002 — 2002
- Activities and Societies:
- Summer Certificate Program in International Politics. Final grade: B+/A. Top 10% of class/25 students. 75% scholarship awarded by Cambridge University and PUCSP.
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Universidade de São Paulo
Bachelor of Laws , Law , 1996 — 2000
Internships: Joyce Roysen Advogados (Criminal Law – 08/1997 to 03/1998); Casella Advogados (International Law – 03/1998 to 04/1999) and Yarshell, Mateucci e Camargo Advogados (Civil Law – 04/1999 to 04/2000).
- Activities and Societies:
- (5 years law program). Final grade: 7,6/10 Top 10% of class/115 students.
Teaching Assistant Activities: Lectures on
Civil Law for the 1st. year students: spring/2000
Sociology for the 1st. year students: fall/1998
Introduction to the Study of Law for the 1st. 1st. year students: spring//1997
Additional Information
Carolina Rossini’s Groups:
Instituto de Empresa, Diplo Foundation, Dynamic Coalition on Digital Education, TechSoup, Cyberlaw
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Boston University School of Law (BUSL) -
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Diplo IGCBP
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