Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Michael Blakeney is Winthrop Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, UWA and Visiting Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary University of London. He has held academic positions at a number of Universities in Australia and the UK and formerly worked in the Asia Pacific Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization. He is an arbitrator with the International Court of Arbitration.
Roles and responsibilities
Staff Editor, University of Western Australia Law Review
Co-ordinator: Industrial and Intellectual Property Law
Co-ordinator: Industrial and Intellectual Property Law
Future research
Regulating access to genetic resources.
Protecting traditional knowledge
Regulating Food
Protecting traditional knowledge
Regulating Food
Previous positions
Lecturer (1975-1980), Senior Lecturer (1980-1984) Associate Professor (1984-1986) - University of New South Wales, School of Law.
Visiting Fellow, 1977-1978 - Corpus Christi College, Oxford University.
Commonwealth Fellow - University of Warwick, School of Law, 1986-1987.
Herchel Smith Senior Research Fellow in Intellectual Property, - Centre For Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London, 1987-1988
Visiting Lecturer in Technology Transfer Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary College, 1991-1994.
Dean and Professor of Law, Murdoch University, School of Law, 1995-1998.
Director, Asia Pacific Intellectual Property Law Institute, Murdoch University, 1997-1998.
Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary, University of London, from 1998.
• Director, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London from 1998.
• Director, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London 2003-2005.
• Yong Shook Lin Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, 2005.
Visiting Fellow, 1977-1978 - Corpus Christi College, Oxford University.
Commonwealth Fellow - University of Warwick, School of Law, 1986-1987.
Herchel Smith Senior Research Fellow in Intellectual Property, - Centre For Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London, 1987-1988
Visiting Lecturer in Technology Transfer Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary College, 1991-1994.
Dean and Professor of Law, Murdoch University, School of Law, 1995-1998.
Director, Asia Pacific Intellectual Property Law Institute, Murdoch University, 1997-1998.
Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary, University of London, from 1998.
• Director, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London from 1998.
• Director, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London 2003-2005.
• Yong Shook Lin Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, 2005.
Current projects
Protection of local agricultural knowledge in India and Indonesia
Food waste minimization
Food waste minimization
Industrial relevance
Professor Blakeney has advised the Asian Development Bank, Consulting Group for International Agricultural Research, European Commission (EC), European Patent Office, Food and Agricultural Organization, World Bank, World Intellectual Property Organization and a number of university and public research institutes on technology transfer and management of intellectual property.
Teaching overview
Intellectual Property
Food Law
Food Law
Research
International Intellectual Property Law
Biotechnological patenting
Intellectual property enforcement
Biotechnological patenting
Intellectual property enforcement
Research expertise keywords
- Intellectual Property
- Agriculture/ Innovation
- Traditional Knowledge
- Traditional Cultural Expressions
- Sustainability
- Agriculture and intellectual property
- Competition law
- Food law
- Indigenous peoples and the law
- International intellectual property law
- Legal history
- Patent law
- Trade marks law
- Traditional cultural expressions
- Traditional knowledge
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Research Output
Agricultural Innovation and the Protection of Traditional Rice Varieties: Kerala a Case Study
Blakeney, M., Krishnankutty, J., Raju, R. K. & Siddique, K. H. M., 8 Jan 2020, In : Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 3, 116.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Contemporary art and patents
Blakeney, M., Jul 2019, In : Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property. 9, 3, p. 244-261 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Fine Art and Patents
Blakeney, M., 2019, In : European Intellectual Property Review. 41, 7, p. 425-432 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Food Loss and Food Waste: Causes and Solutions
Blakeney, M., 2019, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. 224 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
3
Citations
(Scopus)
Local Agricultural Knowledge and Climate Change
Blakeney, M., 4 Sep 2019, Environmental Resilience and Food Law: Agrobiodiversity and Agroecology. Steier, G. & Cianci, G. (eds.). London: CRC Press, p. 3-29 26 p. (Advances in Agroecology).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter
Projects
- 4 Finished
Food security and the governance of local knowledge in India and Indonesia
Blakeney, M., Siddique, K., Acciaioli, G., Antons, C., Cullet, P., Winarto, Y. & Plahe, J.
1/01/17 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
The International Law Library on WorldLII - New Content & Facilities for the Leading Repository & Citator for International Law
Techera, E., Blakeney, M., Cullen, H., Mowbray, A., Greenleaf, G., Byrnes, A., Rothwell, D., Brown, C., Cassimatis, A. & Svantesson, D.
1/01/14 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
The Australasian Legal Scholarship Library - New Content & Facilities for a World Leading Scholarship
Blakeney, M., Greenleaf, G., Mowbray, A., Chung, P., Kenyon, A., Fitzgerald, B., Twomey, A., Cane, P., Svantesson, D., Freiberg, A., McDonald, L., Rolph, D., Wells, A., Byrnes, A., Grantham, R., Stuhmcke, A. & Chan, J.
1/01/13 → 31/12/13
Project: Research
GM Crops in Western Australia - Legal & Policy Issues
Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia
1/01/09 → 31/12/09
Project: Research
Activities
- 1 Editorial activity
University of Western Australia Law Review (Journal)
Michael Blakeney (Editor), Wygene Chong (Editor)Oct 2017 → Jan 2018
Activity: Editorial work or peer review of publications › Editorial activity