Carlos Affonso is the Director of the Institute for Technology and Society of Rio de Janeiro at the Law School of the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ). He holds a Doctoral and a Master degree in Civil Law at the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ, 2009 and 2003) and a J.D at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio, 2000). He teaches in the graduation and post-graduation courses of FGV and PUC-Rio on Intellectual Property, Law & ICTs, Contracts and Torts.