Rate My Professor Rami Olwan

Olwan's research specializations include intellectual property law, copyright law with a focus on the Middle East and Arab Gulf states, intellectual property and development, corporate law, fair use doctrine, originality requirements in copyright, Marrakesh Treaty implementation, educational exceptions, and intellectual property management for small and medium-sized enterprises. He has authored and co-authored numerous publications, including the monograph Intellectual Property and Development: Theory and Practice (Springer, 2012), the co-authored textbook Intellectual Property: Principles and Practice (Lawbook Co., 2022) with Anne Fitzgerald and Dimitrios Eliades, and key articles such as 'A Pragmatic Approach to Intellectual Property and Development: A Case Study of the Jordanian Copyright Law in the Internet Age' (2013), 'The Ratification and Implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty for Visually Impaired Persons in the Arab Gulf States' (2017), 'The Adoption of the American Model of Fair Use in the UAE Copyright Law' (2018), 'Intellectual Property Management for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the United Arab Emirates' (2021), and 'The Requirement of Originality in the Copyright Laws of the Arab Gulf States: Perspectives from Author’s Rights Jurisdictions' (2023). His scholarship, reflected in 204 citations on Google Scholar, examines developmental perspectives on IP regimes in developing countries, particularly Jordan and the Gulf states. In January 2026, Olwan was promoted to Senior Lecturer following three years at Curtin Law School. He teaches units such as Company Law for Business.