Education and work experience
Trainings
1948 - Born in Aigle, Switzerland. Married, 3 children, 2 grandchildren
1966-1970 Studies of Law - Law Licence at the University of Lausanne
1974 Doctorate in law (same university)
1975 Lawyer admitted to the Bar of Lausanne
Work experience
UNIL
1976-2006 Full time Professor at Lausanne University, Law School, first for company law (since 1976), then for law of contract (since 1987), intellectual property and Internet law (e-commerce) (since 2002)
1980-1982 Dean of the Law Faculty, Lausanne
1985 Promoter and president of the Centre for Business Law of the University of Lausanne (CEDIDAC). Editor of the CEDIDAC series (to date : 70 titles)
Autres fonctions
1977-2006 Permanent Invited Professor at Fribourg University, Law School, for intellectual property law.
1986-1987 Chairman of the Federal Expert Committee on the Revision of the Copyright Act.
1999-2001 Chairman of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP)
2001 Co-Reporter for the American Law Institute (ALI) draft Principles on Transborder Intellectual Property Disputes
2002-2003 Member of the Federal Expert Committee on Corporate Governance
2006 Reporter to the Working Group on UNIDROIT Principles for International Commercial Contracts regarding Termination of Long Term Contracts for Just Cause.
Professor Dessemontet has had experience as a consultant and expert with several United Nations agencies, including the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He has been a member of the International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Licensing Executives Society (International Delegate), the International League for Competition Law, the International Literary and Artistic Association, International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP). He is also a member of the Board of the Swiss Arbitration Association since 1994 and has served as Chairman of the Swiss Society of Jurists, the main professional association of Switzerland in the area of law.
He has written approx. 190 books and articles and edited 33 books.
Others activities
Sociétés
2000-2003 Chairman of the Swiss Society of Jurists
American Law Institute (ALI) membre et co-reporteur
Association for Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (1981->) (Président 1999-2001)
Association internationale pour la protection de la propriété intellectuelle (1973->) Licensing Executives Society, International Delegate (1980->)
Association suisse de l'arbitrage (1984->)
Association pour la propriété littéraire et artistique (1988->)
Ligue contre la concurrence déloyale (1976->)
Société suisse de droit international (1987->)
Société suisse de législation (1982->) (Président 2000-2003)
Société académique vaudoise (1976->)
Commissions professionnelles
Société suisse pour l'informatique médicale, (1986)
Conseils d'administrations
Experta Holdings (1993->1997)
Experta révision (1986-1993)
Collaboration à des revues
Copyright World, Editor, London (1987-1992)
European Copyright & Design Law Reports, London
Intellectual Property Series, member of the Editorial Board, Sythoff, Noordhoff, Pays-Bas (1980-1983)
Cahiers de propriété intellectuelle, Québec (1996->)
Revue argentine de la propriété intellectuelle, Buenos Aires (1995->)
Cambridge Studies in Intellectual Property
