RALEIGH, N.C. – Campbell Law Associate Professor Lucas Osborn has been elected to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’ (OPCW) Confidentiality Commission. One of 20 new members, Osborn is the only American elected to the group.
“I am honored to be elected to the Confidentiality Commission,” said Osborn. “The OPCW’s goal eliminating chemical weapons is an important component to international security. I’m humbled to do my small part to contribute.”
The OPCW is an independent, autonomous international organization with a working relationship with the United Nations. The main function of the Organization is to ensure the implementations of the provisions established in the Chemical Weapons Convention. It has gained increased exposure recently as it has coordinated the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria. The OPCW won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to rid the planet of chemical weapons.
Confidentiality Commission members hear disputes concerning alleged breaches of confidentiality obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention. Members are appointed by the OPCW’s Conference of the States Parties. Each State Party may nominate one candidate on the basis of: individual competence, integrity, and background in one or more fields relevant to the work of the Confidentiality Commission (dispute resolution, the confidentiality and verification provisions of the Convention, chemical industry, military security, data security, international law and national legal systems).
The director of Campbell Law’s Intellectual Property Law program, Osborn is an expert in the area of Intellectual Property Law, with a focus on Patent Law. He has authored more than half a dozen articles in this area, presented his research over 20 times across the nation, and been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News and several local and regional publications. In November 2013 he was named to the Triangle Intellectual Property Law Association’s Board of Directors.
Prior to Campbell Law, Osborn clerked for the Honorable Kenneth M. Hoyt on the United States District Court for the Southern district of Texas and served as an attorney in the Intellectual Property section of Fulbright & Jaworski in Houston, Texas (now Norton Rose Fulbright). At Fulbright, his practice focused on patent litigation, patent prosecution and intellectual property licensing. He is also licensed to practice in front of the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. He also has a degree in chemical engineering.
Osborn’s scholarly work has looked at the intersection of three-dimensional printing and intellectual property law, patent infringement for making an “offer to sell” an infringing device, the doctrine of patentable subject matter, and the Federal Circuit’s jurisprudence. His works appear in journals including the U.C. Davis Law Review, San Diego Law Review, Texas A&M Law Review, the Stanford Technology Law Review, Santa Clara Law Review, and the Saint Louis University Law Journal.
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