Xavier Seuba is Senior Research Associate and Lecturer at Centre d'Etudes Internationales de la Propriete Intellectuelle (CEIPI) at the University of Strasbourg and at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. He has advised governments and international organizations in the context of trade negotiations and on occasions of adoption of policies and laws relating to intellectual property and pharmaceutical products. The books, articles and papers that he has authored, coordinated or edited deal with a range of topics falling within the areas of public international law and intellectual property law.