Amitha Somaweera
“CREATING PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP?”
In a global business industry, it can often be hard to get to know your acquaintances and colleagues in other firms and locations. You may deal with them by email or over the phone, but that not often bonds to understanding exactly how, or why, they came to be doing the work they do every day or the extra talents and viewpoints they can bring to the table...
EDUCATION
- LLB Bachelor of law
- LLM
- ATTORNEY AT LAW
EXPERIENCE,MEMBERSHIPS & HONORS
Member- Bar Association of Sri Lanka
Joined the Bar – 2002
Joined the Firm -2011 - Lecturer in Law – Sri Lanka Advanced Technological Institute at Dehiwala.
PUBLICATIONS
Existing Legal Framework- Governing Copyright -Amitha Somaweera.
Sri Lanka is a party to several international treaties. It is a member of the Rome Act of the Berne Convention; Sri Lanka has only adhered to Articles 22-38 of the Paris Act of the Berne Convention. Sri Lanka also belongs to the Universal Copyright Convention.Read More...
Benefits of Registration of Copyright -Amitha Somaweera
There are many advantages of copyright registration. Firstly, registration can reduce transaction costs. Copyright owners profit from their works not only by using them but often also by selling or licensing them. For transactions to take place, a potential buyer or licensee would have to know the identity and contact information of the copyright owner. If getting this information is costly, fewer transactions are made. Read More...