Queen Mary, University of London

Guido Westkamp Dr. jur (Münster), LLM Intellectual Property (London), First and Second German State Examination (Münster/Düsseldorf)
Reader in Intellectual Property Law

Guido is Reader in Intellectual Property Law and course director for the University of London LLM course "Intellectual Property in the Digital Millennium" and the MSc Copyright and Designs course.

Guido Westkamp joined CCLS in June 2002. He studied Law at the Universities of Münster/Germany (1992-1997) and London (QMW) (1994-95), and English and Russian Languages at Berlin (1991-1992) and Münster (1992-94). He is a qualified German attorney and has worked for international firms in IT/IP law. First German State Examination Hamm 1997; Second German State Examination Düsseldorf 2000; LLM Intellectual Property (London) 2001; Dr. jur. (Münster) 2002 (scl); Certificate in English Law (Münster) 1997; Intermediate Examination, English Philology (Münster) 1993.

Visiting positions include posts at the Universities of Münster (Germany), Alicante (Spain), Hong Kong, TU Dresden (Germany) and Wroclaw (Poland). His work includes pre-accession consultancy on Intellectual Property law in new EU member states, management of EU funded projects, professional training in Intellectual Property. He was also involved in the evaluation of the Directive on Copyright in the information society (EC Commission) and is a frequent speaker at international conferences and workshops.
Guido currently holds a generous grant from the Westfield Trust to conduct a research project on the implications of human rights on copyright law.

Research Interests
Copyright and Author's Right Systems and their Harmonisation; IP in Digital Technology; Boundaries and Overlaps of Infromation Protection; Database and Software Protection; Technological Measures; Comparative Licensing Law; Conflict of Laws in IP; Joint Ownership in Cross-Border IP; European Competition Law and IP; Emerging Human Rights Issues in Copyright and Related Rights; Comparative Media Law (Press and Broadcasting Law, Personality Rights).

Publications

Books

  • Privacy und Publicity im Common Law: Defamation, Passing Off, Confidentiality und angrenzende Rechtsgebiete, (Schriftenreihe zum Geistigen Eigentum und zum Wettbewerbsrecht), Verlag Nomos: Baden-Baden 2009, 209 pp. 
  • Immaterialgüterrecht - Das Verhältnis von Geistigem Eigentum und Menschenrechten. 252 pp. Stuttgart: Verlag Ibidem 2008; ISBN 3898218392 (ed. with H.-P. Goetting) [URL]  
  • Emerging Issues in Modern Intellectual Property: Trade, Technology, Market Freedom, Essays in Memory of Herchel Smith, Queen Mary Studies in Intellectual Property Vol. XII, Edward Elgar, 2007, ISBN 1 84542 775 0 (Ed.), 432 pp. [URL]
  • Der Schutz von Datenbanken und Informationssammlungen im britischen und deutschen Recht, Munich: C.H. Beck, 2003, 538 pp., ISBN: 3406493998 [URL]

Commissioned Studies

  • Study on the Implementation and Effect in Member States' Laws of Directive 2001/29/EC on the Harmonisation of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society: Part I: Impact of Directive 2001/29/EC on Online Business Models (Study Contract No. ETD/2005/IM/D1/91 ) (with L Guibault, P.B. Hugenholtz, T Rieber-Mohn et al), Brussels : European Commission 2007, 213 pp. [URL]
  • Study on the Implementation and Effect in Member States' Laws of Directive 2001/29/EC on the Harmonisation of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society: Part II - Implementation of Directive 2001/29/EC in the Member States, Brussels: European Commission 2007, 482 pp. [URL]

Chapters and Journal Articles

  • Direct Appropriation, Unfair Competition and Quasi-Proprietary Rights: the Decline of Freedom of Speech in Web 2.0 [2009] 2 EIPR 73-80.
  • Celebrity Rights in the UK after the Human Rights Act: Confidentiality, Privacy and Publicity, in: P. Machnikowski (Ed.), Prace z prawa cywilnego dla uczczenia pamięcie Profesora Jana Kosika/Articles on civil law –A tribute to Professor Jan Kosik, Wroclaw 2009.
  • The Three-Step Test and Copyright Limitations in Europe: European Copyright Law between Approximation and National Decision Making [2008] 55 Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA 401-465.
  • Persönlichkeitsschutz in Grossbritannien (Chapter 75), in: H.-P. Götting/C Schertz/W Seitz (eds.), Beck'sches Handbuch des Persönlichkeitsrechts, Munich: CH Beck 2008, ISBN: 3406570496.  [URL
  • The Limits of Open Source: Consumer Protection, Exhaustion and Co-Existence with Copyright Law [2008] 1 Intellectual Property Quarterly 14 - 57. [URL]
  • The Database Debate (Comments) 3 [2008] 57 Case Western Reserve Law Review (in print).
  • A Story of Copyright in Adaptations [2008] 3 Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 156-159 [URL]  
  • Post-mortem Protection and Domain Name Use [2007] Ox. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (JIPLP) 720-724 [URL]
  • Changing Mechanisms in Copyright's Ontology - Structure, Reasoning and the Fate of the Public Domain, in: G. Westkamp (ed.), Emerging Issues in Modern Intellectual Property: Trade, Technology, Market Freedom, Essays in Memory of Herchel Smith, Queen Mary Studies in Intellectual Property Vol. XII, Edward Elgar, 2007, pp. 78-103, ISBN 1 84542 775 0 [URL]
  • Intellectual Property, Competition Rules and the Emerging Internal Market: Some Thoughts on the European Exhaustion Doctrine 12 [2007] 1 Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review 291-335. [URL]
  • Digital Rights Management, Internet Governance and the Autopoiesis of Modern Copyright Law [2006-2007] 4 Contemporary Issues in Law 318-338.
  • Information Access, Lex Digitalis and Fundamental Rights in Modern Copyright Law , in: F.Macmillan (ed.), New Directions in Copyright, Volume IV, Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2007, pp. 224-251, ISBN 1 84542 263 5.
  • Characterization and Incidental Question in German Private International Law: The Problem of 'Limping Marriages' (Qualifikation und Vorfrage im Internationalen Privatrecht am Beispiel hinkender Ehen)" [2004] SSRN [URL].
  • Author's Rights and Internet Regulation: The End of the Public Domain or Constitutional Re-Conceptualization?, in M.P. Pugatch (Editor), The Intellectual Property Debate: Perspectives from Law, Economics and Political Economy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2006, 268-292, ISBN: 1845420381 [URL]
  • The Qualification of Traditional Cultural Expressions in Private International Law: A Preliminary Appraisal, in F. Macmillan & K. Bowrey (Editors), New Directions in Copyright Law: Volume 3, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2006, 198-228, ISBN: 1845422627 [URL]
  • Zur Durchsetzbarkeit von Immaterialgüterrechten in Bulgarien (Co-author with M. Blakeney and J. Gibson) [2006] 15(9) Wirtschaft und Recht in Osteuropa 271-276, ISSN: 0941-6293 [URL]
  • The Recognition and Status of Traditional Knowledge in the Conflict of Laws [2006] 88(8) Journal of the Patent and Trade Mark Office Society 699-725, ISSN: 0882-9098 [URL]
  • Research Agreements and Joint Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights in Private International Law [2006] 37(6) International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 637-661, ISSN: 0018-9855 [URL]
  • Hyperlinks, Circumvention Technology and Contributory Infringement: A Precarious Tale from German Jurisprudence [2006] 1(5) Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 309-313, ISSN: 1747-1532 [URL]
  • Workshop: Intellectual Property Rights Issues of Digital Publishing: Presence and Perspectives (Contributor) [2005] 2(2) SCRIPT-ed 144-244, ISSN: 1744-2567 [URL]
  • Overlapping Intellectual Property Protection and the Proportionality Principle in International Trade Regulation, in F.W. Grosheide and J.J. Brinkhof (Editors), Intellectual Property Law 2004: Articles on Crossing Borders between Traditional and Actual, Antwerp: Intersentia, 2005, 95-117, ISBN: 9050954812 [URL]
  • Convergence of Intellectual Property Rights and the Establishment of "Hybrid" Protection under TRIPs, in F. Macmillan (Editor), New Directions in Copyright: Volume 1, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2005, 108-130, ISBN: 1845422600 [URL]
  • Transient Copying and Public Communications: The Creeping Evolution of Use and Access Rights in European Copyright Law [2004] 36(5) George Washington International Law Review 1057-1108, ISSN: 1534-9977 [URL]
  • Intellectual Property and Access to Genetic Material: Copyright as an Alternative Form of Protection? [2004] 1(3) Journal of International Biotechnology Law 111-116, ISSN: 1612-6068 [URL]
  • Common Law Misappropriation Concepts Surpass Material Reciprocity: The Investments in Collections of Information Bill 2003 [2004] 5(1) Computer Law Review International 1-6, ISSN: 1610-7608 [URL]
  • Protecting Databases under US and European Law: Methodical Approaches to the Protection of Investments between Unfair Competition and Intellectual Property Concepts [2003] 34(7) International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law 772-803, ISSN: 0018-9855 [URL]
  • Database Protection under an Intellectual Property Model: Has the Time Come for a Flexible Assessment? [2003] 8 Fordham Intrenational Intellectual Property Law & Policy.
  • TRIPS Principles, Reciprocity and the Creation of Sui-Generis-Type Intellectual Property Rights for New Forms of Technology [2003] 6(6) The Journal of World Intellectual Property 827-859, ISSN: 1422-2213 [URL]
  • Towards Access Rights in UK Copyright Law: Some Remarks on the Proposed Implementation of the EU Copyright Directive [2003] 4(1) Computer Law Review International 11-17, ISSN: 1610-7608 [URL]
  • Balancing Database Sui Generis Right with European Monopoly Control under Article 82 (1) EC [2001] 22(1) European Competition Law Review 13-24, ISSN: 0144-3054 [URL]

 

 

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