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 Director of the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute. She is also the Director of the Intellectual Property Institute, a research charity.
Her research centers around intellectual property law, cultural theory, traditional knowledge and development. Until January 2009, Johanna was also a team member of the intellectual property blog, IPKat, along with Jeremy Phillips, Ilanah Simon and David Pearce.[1]
She has been appointed a Visiting Professor at the World Intellectual Property Organization Academy (WIPO).
Intellectual Property, Medicine and Health: Current Debates, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2009, ISBN;
Creating Selves: Intellectual Property and the Narration of Culture, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006, 178, ISBN 0754647072;
Community Resources: Intellectual Property, International Trade and Protection of Traditional Knowledge, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2005, 387, ISBN 0754644367;