Staff
Editor-in-Chief / Director: Mr William New ()
William New has been on the reporting forefront of most major international intellectual property policy developments in the past decade. William joined Intellectual Property Watch as Editor-in-Chief in January 2005, with primary responsibility for the writing, editing, publishing, management, and finances of the organisation. Prior to that, he spent nearly five years as a senior writer and editor for the National Journal Group in Washington, and three years as a senior reporter at Washington-based Inside U.S. Trade and managing editor of Americas Trade.
During that time, William covered developments at United Nations bodies such as the World Intellectual Property Organization, International Telecommunication Union, and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) as well as the World Trade Organization, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Hague Conference on Private International Law, and Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Coverage also included regional bodies such as the European Union, Council of Europe, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur), and the Organization of American States. William has closely reported on the activities of the US Congress and key US administration agencies such as the Office of the US Trade Representative, the Commerce Department, Patent and Trademark Office, Copyright Office, State Department, and the White House.
While at National Journal, he worked briefly as an editor for a former National Journal project, UN Wire, an on-line publication on the United Nations.
William's coverage has focused on global intellectual property concerns in areas such as international trade and the promulgation and enforcement of copyright, patent and trademark laws and agreements. He has tracked free-trade negotiations at the bilateral, regional and multilateral levels, including North American and European bilateral deals, the Free Trade Area of the Americas and World Trade Organization negotiations. At the WTO, issues also included enforcement and updating of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs), geographical indications, pharmaceuticals, China's accession, and dispute settlement cases.
William has also followed intellectual property issues in the context of debates on information and communications technology including global Internet governance, open source, digital rights management, and Internet domain names. His coverage of science issues has spanned research and development, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and open standards.
Earlier in his career, William was at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, where he managed a North American Free Trade Agreement partnership programme between Canada, Mexico and the United States, and conducted outreach and marketing for the Center for Latin American Studies. Expert appearances on television and radio include CNBC, National Public Radio, and C-SPAN's Washington Journal. William holds a Master's degree in Latin American Economics and Political Science and an MBA in International Management from the University of New Mexico, as well as a BA in English from Oberlin College. He has non-native fluency in Spanish, some German and French.
Associate Editor: Ms Kaitlin Mara ()
Kaitlin Mara joined IP Watch in January 2008. She reports and edits on all aspects of IP policy, with a particular emphasis on biodiversity, biotechnology, open source/open standards, trade and public health.
Kaitlin has an MSc in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics, where she wrote her dissertation on intellectual property legislation and access to agricultural biotechnology in developing countries. Her BA is in Political Science from Boston College, with a minor in Environmental Science. Prior to joining IPW, Kaitlin worked with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
She has a predilection for dark-brewed Costa Rican coffee and misses New York bagels.
She's a native English speaker, and also speaks conversational French and very basic Lao.
Administrator / Staff Writer: Ms Catherine Saez ()
Catherine Saez joined Intellectual Property Watch in June 2006. She is in charge of the office administration as well as the outreach programme and occasional reporting.
Catherine has worked for the last ten years translating and copy editing publications, managing databases and providing administrative support for non-governmental organisations in the field of development and human rights. Before that, she worked in the industrial field as an executive secretary.
Catherine, a native of France, holds an administrative degree from the Ecole Nationale de Commerce in Paris as well as a certificate of Proficiency in English from Cambridge University. She also completed a small business management course at Scarlett Oaks Career Campus in Cincinnati.
She spent three years in the United States (Cincinnati) where she had the opportunity to improve her English, get involved in many community projects and travel extensively to discover many of the natural wonders of the land.
Catherine also is a press correspondent for a local newspaper where she can entertain both her taste for writing and human relationships.
Webmaster: Mr Olivier Tripet ()
The development and the maintenance of the Intellectual Property Watch website is handled by Olivier Tripet, an external consultant. Olivier has more than 10 years of experience in web development, business information systems and collaboration tools, as well as a strong business background in IT and telecommunications.
In 2004, Olivier founded b-spirit.com, providing corporate blogging solutions, as well as web consulting services tailored for small, medium and large companies.
Please visit http://b-spirit.com for further details.
Contributing Writers
To conduct its reporting activities, Intellectual Property Watch has forged partnerships with a network of contributing credentialed journalists, particularly at the regional level. Interested writers should contact William New at .
Contributing Writers:
- Tatum Anderson (UK)
- David Cronin (Belgium)
- Monika Ermert (Germany)
- Bruce Gain (France)
- Hepeng Jia (China)
- Claudia Jurberg (Brazil)
- Frederick Noronha (India)
- Liza Porteus Viana (US)
- Wagdy Sawahel (Egypt)
- Steven Seidenberg (US)
- Dugie Standeford (UK)
- Sarah Stirland (US)
Translators
Intellectual Property Watch has established a network of translators currently in French and Spanish. Some of our translators:
French:
- Vanja Guérin
- Griselda Jung
- Fanny Mourguet
- Line-Marie Notter
- Véronique Sauron
- Aurélie Winter
Spanish:
- Giselle Martinez de Melendez
- Fernanda Nieto Femenia
- Analin Pedroni
Internships
Intellectual Property Watch has offered internships for individuals interested in independent journalism and intellectual property policy-making. There are currently no internships available, but interested candidates may contact for more information.
