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Acknowledgements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2026

Johan Rochel
Johan Rochel
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University of Fribourg

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TRIPS Foundations Revisited
Building a Resilient International IP Regime for Troubled Times
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2026
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Acknowledgements

A number of colleagues and institutions, students with critical thinking skills, and supportive family members have helped me during this book writing journey. The Swiss National Science Foundation, the FAN grant of the University of Zürich, the Law Faculty of the University of Zürich, and the EPFL have made it possible to invest time and energy into this research. Thanks to the funding provided by the Swiss National Science Foundation, I was able to work as an invited researcher at the University of Tokyo (Junji Nagakawa), the Swiss Institute in Rome (Joëlle Comé), Sapienza University (Alberta Fabbricotti), the European Institute in Florence (Peter Drahos), Cambridge Law School (Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan), and the Graduate Institute in Geneva (Joost Pauwelyn). I would like to thank them all for their hospitality and their generosity in providing feedback.

I would also like to thank my colleagues from the University of Zürich, especially Matthias Oesch for his support in this project. I express my gratitude to Florent Thouvenin, Matthias Mahlmann, Daniel Moeckli, Tilmann Altwicker, Olivier Diggelmann, Christine Kaufmann, and Raffaela Kunz. In addition, Swiss and international colleagues also provided critical feedback on parts of this work. I thank them all for their time and ideas: Daniel Kraus, Jacques de Werra, Mira Burri, Odile Ammann, Marion Panizzon, Benedikt Pirker, Stefan Schlegel, Thomas Cottier, Samantha Besson, Francis Cheneval, Anne Saab, Hans Morten Haugen, Peter Mavroidis, Anatole Krattiger, and Tulio Chiarini. A special thanks to Stéphane Bloetzer who took the time to critically read a complete draft of the work. All the potential errors remain mine.

I would also like to thank my Ethix colleagues Jean-Daniel Strub and Lea Strohm for their flexibility and support. Special mention to Tet Murphy and, mainly, to Deniz Daser who supported me with the proofreading of the manuscript.

This work is dedicated to Delphine, Mélissande, and Arthur for their lovely support.

Published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.

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