Gail Elizabeth Evans
Reader in International Intellectual Property, Queen Mary Centre for Commercial Law Studies,
University of London
Dr. Evans is Reader in International Intellectual Property, Queen Mary Centre for Commercial
Law Studies, University of London. In addition, as a member of the Queen Mary Intellectual
Property Research Institute, she is engaged in capacity building work in Eastern Europe and
the Asia Pacific, providing training and consultation in the protection and commercialization of
intellectual property. Dr. Evans has previously held academic positions in Australia and the
United States, having taught a variety of commercial law subjects including International
Intellectual Property, International Economic Law and Internet Law. She is also a faculty
member at the Duke-Geneva Institute in Transnational Law (2006) where she is teaching
International Intellectual Property Law. Her major research theme concerns the impact of
economic globalization on the law of international trade and intellectual property. Her doctoral
thesis entitled: Lawmaking under the Trade Constitution: A Study in Legislating by the World
Trade Organization, (Studies in Transnational Economic Law, Kluwer Law International, 2000),
has been called the first comprehensive study of ‘the WTO as a constitution that both imposes
obligations on governments and limits policy choices’ (Oxford Journal of International
Economic Law 8(4) 2005 at 924). A second edition is in progress for publication in 2007. Her
most recent publications include “The Protection of Geographical Indications after Doha: Quo
Vadis?” (with Michael Blakeney), Journal of International Economic Law, Volume 9, Number 3,
2006 pp 1-40; “TRIPS and Trade Mark Use”, in J. Phillips and I. Simon eds., Trade Mark Use,
Oxford University Press, 2005; “Corporate-Led Regulation of Intellectual Property: Private
Power, Public Law: The Globalization of Intellectual Property Rights, by S.K. Sell” [2005] 7(1)
International Studies Review, 70-74; and “Online Contracts”, in H. Bidgoli ed., Handbook of
Information Security, Volume II, Chapter 19, Wiley, 2005.
Dr Gail E Evans