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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.

Selected publications

 

Books

Research Handbook on the History of Trademark Law (ed), 2024)

Intellectual Property Law (with Brad Sherman, Dev Gangjee, and Phillip Johnson), 2022) 6th Edition

Co-Author/s:
Brad Sherman, Dev Gangjee, and Phillip Johnson
ISBN 13:
9780198869917

Global Mandatory Fair Use: The Nature and Scope of the Right to Quote Copyright Works (with Tanya Aplin), 2020)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Co-Author/s:
David Vaver
ISBN 13:
9780521846431

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

Co-Author/s:
Carmel Bedford
ISBN:
187327193X

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

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

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

"The UK’s Long-Forgotten Utility Model: The Rise and Fall of the Utility Designs Act 1843" (with Brad Sherman), Sub-Patent Innovation Rights: Utility Models, Petty Patents and Innovation Patents Around the World, 2025), pp. 31-85

"Limitations on Pharmaceutical Trade Marks in Britain in the Twentieth Century" in B. Beebe and H. Sun (ed(s)), Charting Limitations on Trademark Rights, 2023), pp. 151-185

Pages:
151-185
ISBN 13:
9780198871248
Published Mar 2023

"Non-Discrimination as to the Field of Commerce as a Norm of International Trade Mark Law" in M. Chon, G. Dinwoodie, S Frankel, B. Lauriat, J Schovsbo (ed(s)), Improving Intellectual Property: A Global Project, 2023)

"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), 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, 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, 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, 2002)

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