Ruth Okediji isWilliam L. Prosser professor of law at the University of Minnesota.Ruth was also part of the process of negotiating the recently approvedMarrakesh treaty; she joined the Nigerian delegation and helped lead the African Group. Her upcoming book,Copyright Law in an Age of Limitations and Exceptions,将于3月由剑桥大学出版社出版。Okediji教授著有多本关于版权和知识产权的书籍,她在发展中国家的知识产权问题上的工作经常被引用。她是《世界知识产权杂志》的编辑和审稿人,并曾担任美国法学院协会法律和计算机委员会、其知识产权委员会以及其官员和执行委员会成员提名委员会的主席。