Dr. Tshimanga Kongolo graduated from the Faculty of Law, Kinshasa University, Democratic Republic of Congo, before he undertook his graduate and post-graduate studies as a foreign student under my supervision at the Faculty of Law, Osaka University, Japan. After obtaining his Doctor's Degree in the field of International Intellectual Property Law, he also worked as Assistant Professor under me at the same university. Through his several publications and research carried out, from the time he was at the university to the current moment at WIPO, his keenness to find ways for a better balanced in...