Johanna Gibson is
Herchel Smith
Herchel Smith (May 6, 1925 – December 20, 2001) was an Anglo-American organic chemist. His discoveries include the key inventions underlying oral and injectable contraceptives. In later life, he was a major benefactor to university science. In E ...
Professor of
Intellectual Property
Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, cop ...
Law in the
Centre for Commercial Law Studies
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and previously Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public university, public research university in Mile End, East London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University of ...
,
Queen Mary, University of London
, mottoeng = With united powers
, established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College
, type = Public researc ...
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Her research centers around
intellectual property
Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, cop ...
law,
cultural theory
Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the political dynamics of contemporary culture (including popular culture) and its historical foundations. Cultural studies researchers generally investigate how cultural practices re ...
,
traditional knowledge
Traditional knowledge (TK), indigenous knowledge (IK) and local knowledge generally refer to knowledge systems embedded in the cultural traditions of regional, indigenous, or local communities. According to the World Intellectual Property Organ ...
,
animal law
Animal law is a combination of statutory and case law in which the nature legal, social or biological of nonhuman animals is an important factor. Animal law encompasses companion animals, wildlife, animals used in entertainment and animals raised ...
and
development
Development or developing may refer to:
Arts
*Development hell, when a project is stuck in development
*Filmmaking, development phase, including finance and budgeting
*Development (music), the process thematic material is reshaped
*Photographi ...
. She is the Editor-in-Chief of th
Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Propertyand was the founder of the journal.
Until January 2009, Johanna was also a team member of the intellectual property blog,
IPKat
IPKat is a law blog founded in June 2003, and dedicated to intellectual property law (IP) with a focus on European law.Alex Newson, Deryck Houghton, Justin Patten, ''Blogging and other social media: exploiting the technology and protecting the ent ...
, along with
Jeremy Phillips
Jeremy Phillips (born 25 December 1951jeremyphillips.blogspot.com. Consulted on March 24, 2007.) is a retired British academic, author, editor, publisher, and commentator in intellectual property (IP) law.Ben Moshinsky''Olswang returns to Slaught ...
, Ilanah Simon and David Pearce.
''A little blog news''
IPKat, January 14, 2009. Consulted on January 17, 2009.
Selected recent publications
* Owned, An Ethological Jurisprudence of Property. From the Cave to the Commons, Routledge, 2019, ;
* Intellectual Property, Medicine and Health, Routledge, 2017 (2nd Ed);
* The Logic of Innovation: Intellectual Property, and What the User Found There, Routledge, 2014
* Creating Selves: Intellectual Property and the Narration of Culture, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006 ;
* Community Resources: Intellectual Property, International Trade and Protection of Traditional Knowledge, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2005, 387, ;
References
External links
Academics of Queen Mary University of London
British legal scholars
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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