Johanna Gibson

Johanna Gibson is Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London, where she is also Co-Director of the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute with Professor Michael Blakeney.

Her research centers around intellectual property law, cultural theory, traditional knowledge and development. Johanna is also a team member of the intellectual property blog, IPKat, along with Jeremy Phillips, Ilanah Simon and David Pearce.

Since 2001, she has published over 20 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, mostly on intellectual property law.

She has been appointed a Visiting Professor at the University of Turin / World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

[edit] Selected recent publications

Community Resources: Intellectual Property International Trade and Protection of Traditional Knowledge, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005, 0754644367
Creating Selves: Intellectual Property and the Narration of Culture, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006, 178, ISBN 0754647072

"Audiences in Tradition: Traditional Knowledge and the Public Domain," in C Waelde & H MacQueen (eds), Intellectual Property: The Many Faces of the Public Domain, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2007, 174-188, ISBN 1845428747
Communities Out of Place, in C. Maida (Editor), Sustainability and Communities of Place. Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2007, 63-81, ISBN 978-1-84545-016-8
"Open Access, Open Source and Free Software: Is There a Copy Left?," in F. Macmillan (Editor), New Directions in Copyright Law Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2007, 4:127-143, ISBN 1845422639

"The Discovery of Invention: Gene Patents and the Question of Patentability," [2007] Journal of Intellectual Property Rights 12:45-56
"Consumer Protection: Consumer Strategies and the European Market in Genetically Modified Foods" , [2006], Northwestern Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property, 5:176-191