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Professor of Intellectual Property Law (Herchel Smith)

B.A. Law 1986 (University of Cambridge)

CV / Biography

Born July 2, 1964. Formerly Lecturer in Law, University of Keele; Professor of Law, King's College, London. Yong Shook Lin Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore (2007); Visiting Professor of European Law, Columbia University (2008); Visiting Distinguished Professor, University of Toronto (2014); Visiting Profesor, University Technology, Sydney (2019).

Associate Tenant, 11 South Square, Grays Inn (www.11southsquare.com)

Editor-in-Chief, Cambridge Law Journal

Series Editor, Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law. Editorial Board, European Intellectual Property Review; Media and Arts Law Review; and Script-ed (on-line publication, University of Edinburgh).

General Editor, International Copyright Law and Practice (New York: Lexis-Nexis, annually updated) (from 2020 with Burton Ong)

Member, European Copyright Society (Chair, 2015-16) (www.europeancopyrightsociety.org)

Founding Director, International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (www.ishtip.org)

Co-director, Primary Sources on Copyright (www.copyrighthistory.org)

Advisory Board, Institute of Brands and Innovation Law, UCL; Osgoode Hall IP Programme. Honorary Legal Advisor, Royal Historical Society.

Publications

 

Books

Intellectual Property Law (with Brad Sherman, Dev Gangjee, and Phillip Johnson) (OUP, 2018) 5th Edition

Co-Author/s:
Brad Sherman, Dev Gangjee, and Phillip Johnson
ISBN 13:
9780198769958
Published Sep 2018

Intellectual Property Law (with Brad Sherman) (OUP, 2014) 4th Edition

Co-Author/s:
Brad Sherman
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-964555-8
Published Oct 2014

Gurry on Breach of Confidence: The Protection of Confidential Information (with Tanya Aplin, Phillip Johnson, and Simon Malynicz) (OUP, 2012) 2nd Edition

Co-Author/s:
Tanya Aplin, Phillip Johnson, and Simon Malynicz
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-929766-5
Published Mar 2012

The Common Law of Intellectual Property (with Catherine Ng and Giuseppina D'Agostino) (eds) (Hart Publishing, 2010)

Co-Author/s:
Catherine Ng and Giuseppina D'Agostino
Publisher:
ISBN:
184113970X
ISBN 13:
9781841139708
Published Aug 2010

Intellectual Property Law (with Brad Sherman) (Oxford University Press, 2008) 3rd Edition

Co-Author/s:
Brad Sherman
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-929204-2
Published Sep 2008

Trade Marks and Brands: An Interdisciplinary Critique (with Jennifer Davis and Jane C. Ginsburg) (eds) (Cambridge University Press, 2008)

Co-Author/s:
Jennifer Davis and Jane C. Ginsburg
ISBN 13:
9780521889650
Published Jan 2008

Intellectual Property in the New Millennium: Essays in Honour of Professor W.R. Cornish (with David Vaver) (eds) (Cambridge University Press, 2004)

Co-Author/s:
David Vaver
ISBN 13:
9780521846431
Published Oct 2004

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Problems Facing Freelance Creators in the UK Media Market Place (with Carmel Bedford) (Institute for Employment Rights, 2002)

Co-Author/s:
Carmel Bedford
ISBN:
187327193X
Published Mar 2002

The Making of Modern Intellectual Property Law (with Brad Sherman (translated into Arabic (2003) (trans. ) and Chinese (2007) (trans. Haijun Jin)) (Cambridge University Press, 1999)

Co-Author/s:
Brad Sherman (translated into Arabic (2003) (trans. ) and Chinese (2007) (trans. Haijun Jin)
ISBN 13:
9780521057134
Published Aug 1999

Articles

"Great Britain and the Signing of the Berne Convention in 1886" [2001] J.Copyright Soc'y U.S.A. 48 311

Co-Author/s:
Brad Sherman
Citation:
[2001] J.Copyright Soc'y U.S.A. 48 311

"The Requirement of Trade Mark Use" [2002] AIPJ 13 181

Co-Author/s:
Robert Burrell
Citation:
[2002] AIPJ 13 181

"Copyright And The Victorian Internet: Telegraphic Property Laws In Colonial Australia" [2004] Loy.L.A.L.Rev. 38 71

Citation:
[2004] Loy.L.A.L.Rev. 38 71

"The Impact of European Geographical Indications on National Rights in Member States" [2006] Trademark Reporter 96 850

Co-Author/s:
Brad Sherman
Citation:
[2006] Trademark Reporter 96 850

"Copyright, Translations, and Relations Between Britain and India in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries" [2007] Chicago-Kent Law Review 82 1181

Citation:
[2007] Chicago-Kent Law Review 82 1181

"Authorship of Popular Music in UK Copyright Law" [2008] Information, Communication and Society (special issue)

Citation:
[2008] Information, Communication and Society (special issue)

Book Chapters

"From communication to thing: historical aspects of the conceptualisation of trade marks as property", Trademark Law and Theory: A Handbook of Contemporary Research (eds. G. Dinwoodie & M. Janis) (Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2009)

ISBN 13:
978-1849800198
Published Sep 2009

"Recent Developments in Trade Marks Law: The Jurisprudence of the ECJ Since 1 January 2002", Yearbook of European Law, 2009)

Published Jan 2009

"The Making of Modern Trade Marks Law: The Construction of the Legal Concept of Trade Mark (1860-80)" (with L. Bently, Jane C. Ginsburg, Jennifer Davis), Trade Marks and Brands: An Interdisciplinary Critique (Cambridge University Press, 2008)

ISBN 13:
978-0521889650
Co-Author/s:
L. Bently, Jane C. Ginsburg, Jennifer Davis
Published Jun 2008

"Computer Programs Directive" (with T. Dreier & P. B. Hugenholtz), Concise Copyright Law (Kluwer Law International, 2006)

ISBN 13:
978-9041123848
Co-Author/s:
T. Dreier & P. B. Hugenholtz
Published Jul 2006

"Art and the Making of Modern Copyright Law" (with D.McLean & K.Schubert), Dear Images: Art, Copyright and Culture (Ridinghouse, 2002)

Publisher:
ISBN 13:
978-0954171025
Co-Author/s:
D.McLean & K.Schubert
Published Sep 2002