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| full name = Manprit Brar
| image name = Brar, Manprit Sept 2013.jpg
| job title = Legal FellowCounsel
| organization = Wikimedia Foundation
| short quote = "Even the genius asks questions" - Tupac Shakur
| about me = I am a recent graduate from Michigan State University, College of Law andwhere amI hopingfocused tomy studies practiceon intellectual property law in California. I am excited to becontinue working with the Wikimedia Foundation andafter learningjoining morethe WMF as a legal intern and aboutthen open-sourcea communitiesfelllow.
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* E-mail: mbrar{{@}}wikimedia.org

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Manprit Brar
Manprit Brar, Legal Counsel
Manprit Brar
Legal Counsel, Wikimedia Foundation
"Even the genius asks questions" - Tupac Shakur

About me

I am a recent graduate from Michigan State University, College of Law where I focused my studies on intellectual property law. I am excited to continue working with the Wikimedia Foundation after joining the WMF as a legal intern and then a felllow.

My work

As legal counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation, I will focus primarily on handling contracts and trademark licensing for the WMF. Additionally, I will support the Wikipedia Zero program and help diffuse legal threats. I will continue exploring how intellectual property, privacy, and cyber law effect the functioning of an open-source community organization.

Disclaimer: I work for the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I intend to use for edits or statements I make in that role. However, the Foundation does not vet all my activity, so edits, statements, or other contributions made by this account may not reflect the views of the Foundation.

Contact me

  • E-mail: mbrar@wikimedia.org