Sérgio Branco is a lawyer, academic, and intellectual property specialist. He has a diverse educational background, including bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) and a graduate degree in documentary filmmaking from FGV (Rio de Janeiro). He is a visiting research fellow at SciencesPo Law School (2023-2024), a collaborating researcher at the University of Montreal and a professor of Civil Law and Intellectual Property at both IBMEC and FGV Rio School of Law. As an intellectual property specialist from PUC-Rio, Branco has written several books on the topic, including “Memory and Forgetting on the Internet,” “Copyright on the Internet and the Use of Third Parties’ Works,” “The Public Domain in Brazilian Copyright Law – A Work in the Public Domain,” “What is Creative Commons – New Copyright Models in a More Creative World.” Branco is also a Co-founder and Director of ITS - Institute of Technology and Society and senior partner of Rennó Penteado Sampaio in the areas of intellectual property and technology.