Adriane Porcin

Adriane Porcin joined the John Molson School of Business as a full time lecturer in 2012. She holds a Master in Business Taxation and Business Law from Aix-Marseille III – Paul Cézanne and a Master in Economic Law and Business Relationships from Perpignan – Via Domitia.

Before teaching Business Law and Ethics at the JMSB, she taught, among others, Competition Law at Université de Montréal and Quebec's Consumer Law at University of Ottawa.

She is currently writing her LLD thesis on the collective management of copyright at Université de Montréal. Her research focuses on the interaction between intellectual property and competition law, as well as e-commerce and consumer law.

Areas of Expertise

• Competition (Antitrust) Law
• Consumer Protection
• Intellectual Property

Refereed Journal Articles

Porcin, A., “Corps d'oeuvre“ (2010) 15:2 Lex Electronica

Porcin, A., “Le Droit Botté!“ (2010) 22:1 Les Cahiers de Propriété Intellectuelle 99

Porcin, A., “The quest for pan-european copyright licensing solutions: A series of unfortunate events” (2009) 2009:4 Concurrences 57

Gautrais, V. and Porcin, A., “Les 7 péchés de la L.p.c. : actions et omissions applicables au commerce électronique“ (2009) 43:3 Revue Juridique Thémis 559

Invited Research Talks and Workshops

Of Guilds and Men.” (Ryerson University, Toronto, June 1st, 2012)

“Les marchés de la gestion collective des droits d'auteur.” (Centre d'Études sur l'Intégration et la Mondialisation, UQAM, Montréal, March 19th, 2010)

“Sleeping Culture: Breaking the Copyright Curse.” Annual meeting (Association for Law, Property and Society, Georgetown Law School, Washington DC, March 5th, 2010)

“Copyright and the Ephemeral.” 3rd Annual conference - Concerning States of Mind, Disturbing the Minds of States (Toronto Group for the Study of International, Transnational and Comparative Law, University of Toronto, January 29th, 2010)

“The Quest for Pan-European Copyright Licensing Solutions: A Series of (Un)fortunate Events?” Contemporary Issues in the European Union (Centre for European Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, August 25th, 2009)

“Le citoyen, objet et sujet du droit d'auteur.” 77e Congrès de l'ACFAS (Association Francophone pour le savoir, Université d'Ottawa, May 15th, 2009)

“Le Droit botté - Du merveilleux en droit d'auteur.” Cycles de séminaires étudiants du CRDP (Law Faculty, Université de Montréal, April 14th, 2009)

“To whom it may concern: orphan works and mass scale digitization.” IP-Lunch (IIPO, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord NH, April 13th, 2009)