Queen Mary, University of London

Graham Dutfield BA (Hons), MPhil (Cambridge), DPhil (Oxford)

Graham Dutfield is Herchel Smith Senior Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London. He was formerly Academic Director of the UNCTAD-ICTSD Capacity-building Project on Intellectual Property Rights and Development. He has served as consultant or commissioned report author for several governments, international organizations, United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations, including the governments of Germany, Brazil, Singapore and the United Kingdom, the European Commission, the World Health Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization, and the Rockefeller Foundation. [Additional Information]


Research Interests

Graham Dutfield's current research interests include history of patent law and the life science industries; biotechnology, genomics and the patent system; plant variety protection; the politics of intellectual property; intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore; and intellectual property and development.


Publications Since 2001

Innovation without Patents: Harnessing the Innovative Spirit in a Diverse World (Co-editor with Suthersanen & Chow), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2007, ISBN: 1845429591 [ URL ]

Should We Regulate Technology through the Patent System? The Case of Terminator Technology, in H. Somsen (Editor), The Regulatory Challenge of Biotechnology: Human Genetics, Food & Patents, Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2007, 203-13, ISBN: 1845424891 [ URL ]

“To Copy is to Steal”: TRIPS, (Un)free Trade Agreements and the New Intellectual Property Fundamentalism [2006] 1 Journal of Information Law & Technology, ISSN: 1361-4169
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Patent Systems as Regulatory Institutions [2006] 54(1) Indian Economic Journal 62-90, ISSN: 0019-4662

Intellectual Property, Biological Resources, & Traditional Knowledge, in P. Yu (Editor), Intellectual Property & Information Wealth: Issues & Practices in the Digital Age (vol. 4), Portsmouth NH , USA : Greenwood , 2006, ISBN: 0275988821 [ URL ]

Promoting Local Innovation as a Development Strategy [2006] 1(3) Innovations: [URL]

Who Needs Intellectual Property? [2006] 1(3) The Quarter 5-8 [URL]

Protecting Traditional Knowledge: Pathways to the Future, Geneva: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2006, 52, ISSN: 1681-8954 [URL]

DNA Patenting: Implications for Public Health Research [2006] 84(5) Bulletin of the World Health Organization 388-92, ISSN: 0042-9686 [URL]

Assessing the Development Impacts of Intellectual Property Negotiations, Proposals, Reforms and Agreements: A Concept Note, Geneva: Quaker United Nations Office, 2006 [URL]

Biotechnology and IPRs in Europe, in A.K. Jensen and M.P. Pugatch (Editors), Intellectual Property Frontiers: Expanding the Borders of Discussion, London: Stockholm Network, 2005, 49-50 [URL]

Local Ecological Knowledge and Practice: An Original Approach in France, in L. Bérard, M. Cegarra, M. Djama, S. Louafi, P. Marchenay, B. Roussel and F. Verdeaux (Editors), Biodiversity and Local Ecological Knowledge in France, Paris: CIRAD/IDDRI/IFB/INRA, 2005, 245-248, ISBN: 2738012221 (English) and 2738012183 (French) [URL]

Disclosure of Origin: Time for a Reality Check? in M. Chouchena-Rojas, M. Ruiz Muller, D. Vivas and S. Winkler (Editors), Disclosure Requirements: Ensuring Mutual Supportiveness between the WTO TRIPS Agreement and the CBD, Gland: IUCN & ICTSD, 2005, 43-44, ISBN: 2831709075 [URL]

Turning Knowledge into Power: Intellectual Property and the World Trade System [2005] 59(4) Australian Journal of International Affairs 533-547, ISSN: 1035-7718 [URL]

Thinking Aloud on Disclosure of Origin, Geneva: Quaker United Nations Office, 2005 [URL]

Review: Dangerous Harvest: Drug Plants and the Transformation of Indigenous Landscapes, by M. Steinberg, J. Hobbs and K. Mathewson (Editors) [2005] 171(2) Geographical Journal 179-180, ISSN: 0016-7398 [URL]

L'Afrique et l'Economie de la Tradition, Paris: Fondation pour l'Innovation Politique, 2005 [URL]

DNA Music: Intellectual Property and the Law of Unintended Consequences (Co-author with U. Suthersanen) [2005] 18(1) Science Studies 5-29, ISSN: 0786-3012 [URL]

Is the world ready for substantive patent law harmonisation: a lesson from history, in P. Drahos (Editor), Death of Patents, Witney: Lawtext Press, 2005, ISBN: 0953940322 [URL]

Legal and Economic Aspects of Traditional Knowledge, in J. Reichman and K.E. Maskus (Editors), International Public Goods and Transfer of Technology under a Globalized Intellectual Property Regime, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, 495-520, ISBN: 0521603021 [URL]

Intellectual Property Rights and Gene-Based Technologies for Animal Production and Health: Issues for Developing Countries, in H.P.S. Makkar and G.J. Viljoen (Editors), Applications of Gene-Based Technologies for Improving Animal Production and Health in Developing Countries, New York: Kluwer Academic Plenum Publishers, 2005, ISBN: 1402033117 [URL]

Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Resource Rights, in S. Krimsky and P. Shorett (Editors), Rights and Liberties in the Biotech Age: Why We Need a Genetic Bill of Rights, Lanham, MD: Rowan & Littlefield, 2005, 107-113, ISBN: 0742543412 [URL]

US FTAs: A Threat to Public Health in Latin America? [2005] 3040 SCRIP-World Pharmaceutical News 17, ISSN: 0143-7690 [URL]

Mind Sharing [2005] 147 Foreign Policy 84-85, ISSN: 0015-7228 [URL]

The US and Europe are 'Intellectual Property Fundamentalists', London: Science and Development Network, 2005 [URL]

Intellectual Property, Biogenetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge, London: Earthscan, 2004, ISBN: 1844070492 [URL]

Harmonisation or Differentiation in Intellectual Property Protection? The Lessons of History (Co-author with U. Suthersanen), Geneva: Quaker United Nations Office, 2004 [URL]

Sharing the Benefits of Biodiversity: Is There a Role for the Patent System?, in K.E. Maskus (Editor), The WTO, Intellectual Property Rights and the Knowledge Economy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2004, ISBN: 1843762374 [URL]

Repartindo Beneficios da Biodiversidade: Qual o Papel do Sistema de Patentes?, in A.F.B. Platiau and M.D. Varella (Editors), Diversidade Biologica e Conhecimentos Tradicionais, Belo Horizonte: Livraria Del Rey, 2004, 57-107, ISBN: 857308748X [URL]

Developing and Implementing National Systems for Protecting Traditional Knowledge: Experiences in Selected Developing Countries, in S. Twarog and P. Kapoor (Editors), Protecting and Promoting Traditional Knowledge: Systems, National Experiences and International Dimensions, New York: United Nations, 2004, 141-153, ISSN: 1812-7061 [URL]

Trade, development and the international patent regime: does one size fit all? [2004] 26 Harvard International Review 50-54, ISSN: 0739-1854 [URL]

Harmonisation or Differentiation in Intellectual Property Protection? The Lessons of History (Co-author with U. Suthersanen) [2005] 23(2) Prometheus 131-147, ISSN: 0810-9028 [URL]

The innovation dilemma: intellectual property and the historical legacy of cumulative creativity (Co-author with U.Suthersanen) [2004] 8 Intellectual Property Quarterly 379-421, ISSN: 1364-906X [URL]

Outstanding Issues in the Protection of Traditional Knowledge [2004] 3(2) UNU-INTECH Technology Policy Briefs, 2-4, ISSN: 1570-1190 [URL]

Intellectual Property Rights and the Life Science Industries: A Twentieth Century History, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003, ISBN: 0754621111 [URL]

Intellectual Property Rights: Implications for Development (Lead Author), Geneva: UNCTAD-ICTSD, 2003, ISSN: 1681-8954 [URL]

Trading in Knowledge: Development Perspectives on TRIPS, Trade and Sustainability, (Co-editor with C. Bellmann and R. Melendez-Ortiz), London: Earthscan, 2003, ISBN: 1844070441 [URL]

Introduction, in C. Bellmann, G. Dutfield and R. Melendez-Ortiz (Editors), Trading in Knowledge: Development Perspectives on TRIPS, Trade and Sustainability, London: Earthscan, 2003, 1-20, ISBN: 1844070441 [URL]

Intellectual Property Rights: Driver of Competition and Growth or Unnecessary Constraint?, Report of a Conference held on 16 and 17 June 2003, London: Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2003, ISBN: 1862031568 [URL]

Multilateral agreements and a TRIPS-plus world: The World Intellectual Property Organization, (Co-author with S.F. Musungu), Geneva: Quaker United Nations Office, 2003 [URL]

Protecting traditional knowledge and folklore: a review of progress in diplomacy and policy formulation, Geneva: UNCTAD-ICTSD, 2003, ISSN: 1684-9825 [URL]

Literature Survey on Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Human Development, London and Geneva: Department for International Development / UNCTAD, 2003 [URL]

Ethics: Intellectual Property Rights, in B. Thomas, D.J. Murphy and B.G. Murray (Editors), Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences, Oxford: Academic Press, 2003, 284-289, ISBN: 0122270509 [URL]

Foreword, in A. Zerda, Propiedad Intelectual sobre el Conocimiento Vernaculo: analisis y propuesta desde la economia institucionalista, Bogota: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2003, ISBN: 9587013174 [URL]

Should we terminate terminator technology? [2003] 25(11) European Intellectual Property Review, 491-495, ISSN: 0142-0461 [URL]

Protecting Traditional Knowledge: Approaches and Proposals [2003] 7(1) Bridges 13-18, ISSN: 1562-9996 [URL]

Knowledge Grabbers Pay Nothing, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Higher Education and Resource Opportunities in the United Kingdom, 2003 [URL]

Protecting Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, in F.W. Grosheide and J.J. Brinkhof (Editors), Intellectual Property Law: Articles on Cultural Expressions and Indigenous Knowledge, Antwerp, Oxford and New York: Intersentia, 2002, 63-99, ISBN: 905095233X [URL]

Indigenous peoples' declarations and statements on equitable research relationships, in S.A. Laird (Editor), Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge: equitable partnerships in practice, Sterling VA: Earthscan, 2002, ISBN: 1853836982 [URL]

Commission on Intellectual Property Rights Urges Rethinking of IPR Regimes [2002] 6(6) Bridges 19, ISSN: 1562-9996 [URL]

Sharing the benefits of biodiversity: is there a role for the patent system? [2002] 5(6) Journal of World Intellectual Property 899-931, ISSN: 1422-2213 [URL]

The Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health: Does it Change Anything? [2002] 1(1) Trade Negotiations Insights 1-2, ISSN: 1682-6744 [URL]

Regulating Access and Benefit Sharing (Co-author with A. Seiler) [2002] 49 Biotechnology & Development Monitor 2-7, ISSN: 0924-9877 [URL]

Connaisances Indigenes: Biodiversite et Droits de Propriete Intellectuelle [2002] 9 Nouvelles - Societe pour les Peuples Menaces 6-7 [URL]

Indigenous peoples, bioprospecting and the TRIPS Agreement: threats and opportunities, in P. Drahos and M. Blakeney (Editors), IP in Biodiversity and Agriculture: Regulating the Biosphere, London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2001, ISBN: 0421766301 [URL]

Selected Readings on IIPR - A Compilation by Graham Dutfield, in P. Ganguli, Intellectual Property Rights: Unleashing the Knowledge Economy, New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill, 2001, 441-474, ISBN: 0074638602 [URL]

Trade-related aspects of traditional knowledge [2001] 33(2) Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 233-275, ISSN: 0008-7524 [URL]

Biotechnology and Patents: What Can Developing Countries Do about Article 27.3(b)? [2001] 5(9) Bridges 17-18, ISSN: 1562-9996 [URL]

Review: The Politics of Genetic Resource Control, by A.J. Stenson and T.S. Gray [2001] 4(1) Ethics, Place and Environment 68-71, ISSN: 1366-879X [URL]

Regulating Access and Benefit-sharing: Basic Issues, Legal Instruments, Policy Proposals: Submission by the Federal Republic of Germany (Co-author with A. Seiler), Bonn: Convention on Biological Diversity, 2001, UNEP/CBD/WG-ABS/1/INF/4 [URL]

Policy briefs on intellectual property rights: (1) Bioprospecting: Legitimate Research or Biopiracy? (2) Are Patent Rules Compatible with Access to Essential Medicines? (3) IPR Rules and Human Rights: Is There a Conflict? (4) What Impact do IPR Rules have on Food Security? (5) TRIPS and its Impact on Developing Countries; (6) Intellectual Property and Basic Research: Discovery vs Invention, London: Science and Development Network, 2001, revised 2002 [URL]


Other Selected Publications

Intellectual Property Rights, Trade and Biodiversity: Seeds and Plant Varieties, London: Earthscan, 2000, ISBN: 1853839035 [URL]

Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (Co-author with D. Posey), Ottowa: International Development Research Centre, 1996, ISBN: 088936799X [URL]

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