Dr Natalie Corthésy
Associate Dean Faculty of Law UWI Mona
Dr Natalie Corthésy holds a PhD from CCLS Queen Mary University of London and is qualified to practice as an attorney-at-law in Jamaica. She is Associate Dean at Mona Law, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica, and former Programme Coordinator of the faculty’s LLM in IP and the Cultural and Creative Industries. Her 2017 article, Trademarks, Country Names and Misappropriation of National Identity, won INTA’s Ladas Memorial Award and The UWI Mona Principal’s 2019 Research Days Award for the research project with the greatest business/economic/development impact. Since 2021, Natalie has been co-investigator on a joint City University London – UWI Mona research project team, funded by the UK Higher Education Innovation Fund, studying Jamaican Geographical Indications, notably Jamaica Cannabis. Prior to academia, Natalie served in Jamaica’s civil service for 10 years as Legal Officer at Ministry of Labour, Director of Copyright and Related Rights at the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office, and Director of Entertainment Policy at the Ministry of Tourism and Culture. Natalie has authored several peer reviewed academic works including: Corthésy, N International Intellectual Property Protection of Country Names – Balancing Nation Brands and Geographic Commons In a Competitive Global Marketplace, Ian Randle Publishers (forthcoming 2022); Kodilinye, G. and Corthésy, N Commonwealth Caribbean Tort Law 6th Edition, Routledge Taylor Francis (2022); Corthésy, N and Harris-Roper, CA Commonwealth Caribbean Employment and Labour Law, Routledge Taylor Francis (2014).