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Professor Phillip Johnson
Professor of Law
- Media commentator
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Phillip is a Professor of Commercial Law at Cardiff Law School. His main area of interest is intellectual property law, but he additionally has interests in legal and parliamentary history, sports and entertainment law, private international law and public law.
He is a practising barrister at the Intellectual Property Bar, and a member of the Irish Bar, the Californian Bar and the Washington DC Bar. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a Member of the American Bar Association as well as the Intellectual Property Bar Association. As an Appointed Person (tribunal judge), he hears appeals from the Intellectual Property Office on trade marks and design disputes. He is also on the WIPO List of Neutrals.
He is a member of the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives, which is chaired by the Master of the Rolls and which advises the Secretary of State on matters relating to access to public records and represents the public interest in deciding what records should be open or closed. He is currently the Chair of SLS Library Sub-Committee, which inform debates on academic law libraries, and he is also the co-convenor of the SLS Intellectual Property Section.
He has consulted to the UK Intellectual Property Office, the World Intellectual Property Organisation, foreign governments, as well as industry, and he has given expert evidence in foreign proceedings. He has been interviewed by the BBC, ITV, RTÉ, the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Times, the Daily Mail and the Daily Express among others.
He studied law at the University of Durham before being called to the Bar of England and Wales, where he originally practised criminal law. Subsequently, he studied for an LL.M at Queen Mary, University of London and then for a Ph.D entitled Private International Law, Intellectual Property and the Internet. He also holds a postgraduate qualification on arbitration. More recently, he earned the degree of Doctor of Letters from Durham University for his work on parliamentary history and intellectual property law. Whilst researching for his Ph.D he worked full time as a government lawyer advising the Patent Office (now the Intellectual Property Office). In this role he worked on implementing a number of Directives and Treaties in the field of intellectual property, including the Patent Law Treaty, EPC 2000, the Information Society Directive, the Enforcement Directive and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty. He also worked on the modernisation of the designs and patents rules as well as numerous references to the Court of Justice.
As a practising barrister, he has advised well-known technology companies, fashion brands, musicans and DJs as well as pharmaceutical and agriculture companies, broadcasters and publishers as well as national newspapers and celebrity magazines.
He is the editor of the Intellectual Property Quarterly and an author of leading texts on patent law (Roughton, Johnson and Cook: The Law of Patents), confidential information (Gurry on Breach of Confidence), internet issues (Gringras: The Laws of the Internet) and ambush marketing and sponsorship (Ambush Marketing and Brand Protection). He is also on the editorial board of the Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property and has acted as a referee for law journals from around the world as well as for numerous University and other presses.
He is a Fellow of the European Law Institute and the Royal Historical Society and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has previously been a Visiting (Full) Professor at University College Dublin, Paris Nanterre, Queen Mary, University of London and at the Institute of Law, Jersey, where he taught Jersey Constitutional Law. He has also been an examiner for the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys.
Publication
2024
- Johnson, P. and Gibson, J. 2024. Thirty years of legal research: an empirical analysis of outputs submitted to RAE and REF (1990-2021). Modern Law Review (10.1111/1468-2230.12913)
- Johnson, P. 2024. Enhanced distinctiveness and why “strong marks” are causing us all confusion. International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 55, pp. 185-212. (10.1007/s40319-023-01400-0)
- Johnson, P. 2024. The 'state of the register': The admissibility and weight given to evidence of comparable trade mark registrations across five jurisdictions. European Intellectual Property Review 46, pp. 705-715.
- Johnson, P. 2024. Satellite television and the home of the broadcast. Intellectual Property Forum(133), pp. 117-119.
- Johnson, P. 2024. The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court sets a high bar for preliminary injunctions. Intellectual Property Forum(136), pp. 93-95.
- Johnson, P. 2024. Criminal sanctions, counterfeiting and piracy and European Union competence. Intellectual Property Forum 135, pp. 87-89.
2023
- Johnson, P. 2023. TV on demand and private copying … both are back before the Court of Justice of the European Union. Intellectual Property Forum 134, pp. 99-101.
- Johnson, P. 2023. ‘Inverted Supremacy’, ‘Weaker Precedent’ and other uncertainties brought about by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023. European Intellectual Property Review 45(11), pp. 634-645. (10.3316/agispt.20231019097367)
- Johnson, P. 2023. Liability for infringement of EU law. In: Matthews, D. and Torremans, P. eds. European Patent Law: The Unified Patent Court and the European Patent Convention. De Gruyter Handbuch Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 167-182.
- Johnson, P. 2023. Intellectual Property in the Free Trade Agreements between the United Kingdom and Australian and New Zealand: win, lose or draw. European Intellectual Property Review 45(6), pp. 313-323. (10.3316/agispt.20230705091116)
- Johnson, P. 2023. It's all very plausible: the free evaluation of evidence at the European Patent Office. Intellectual Property Forum 131, pp. 94-96.
- Johnson, P. 2023. Online marketplace and Trade Mark infringement. Intellectual Property Forum 131, pp. 84-85.
- Johnson, P. 2023. Design right: from investment to creativity for “industrial copyright”. In: Bonadio, E. and Goold, P. eds. The Cambridge Handbook of Investment-Driven Intellectual Property. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 329-340.
2022
- Johnson, P. 2022. The Europeanisation of costs awards in intellectual property cases. Intellectual Property Forum 130, pp. 107-109.
- Bently, L., Sherman, B., Gangjee, D. and Johnson, P. 2022. Intellectual property. Oxford University Press.
- Johnson, P. 2022. Booksellers' bill 1774 legislating in the 18th century: a view from sir Henry Cavendish's parliamentary diary. Parliamentary History: Text & Studies. Wiley.
- Johnson, P. 2022. Should the use of a Trade Mark come at a higher price?. International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 53(7), pp. 1003-1006. (10.1007/s40319-022-01208-4)
- Johnson, P. 2022. Mr Patent goes to war! Industrial property and the breakdown of the international order during World War I. In: Morris, P. S. ed. Intellectual Property and the Law of Nations, 1860-1920. Legal History Library Vol. 58. Brill, pp. 150-179., (10.1163/9789004511439_006)
- Johnson, P. 2022. Remote justice at the European patent office. Intellectual Property Forum(127), pp. 102-107.
- Johnson, P. 2022. Intellectual Property. In: Lambert, P. ed. Gringras: The Laws of the Internet. 6th ed.. Bloomsbury Professional, pp. [n/a].
- Johnson, P. 2022. Patent law: the grace is on?. New Law Journal 172(7982), pp. 15-16.
- Johnson, P. 2022. A copy of a cloud: private copying levies .. again. Intellectual Property Forum(128), pp. 86-88.
- Johnson, P. ed. 2022. Copyright. Atkin's Encyclopaedia of Court Forms. London: LexisNexis.
- Johnson, P., Roughton, A. and Cook, T. 2022. Roughton, Johnson and Cook on patents. 5th Edition. [Modern Law of Patents]. Butterworth.
- Johnson, P. 2022. Mandatory filtering is required of content-sharing platforms. Intellectual Property Forum 129, pp. 120-122.
- Johnson, P. 2022. Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents (5th Ed, Reissue 2022), Vol 21(2), Copyright. Butterworths.
2021
- Johnson, P. 2021. User generated content and intermediary liability. Intellectual Property Forum 126, pp. 101-104.
- Johnson, P. 2021. Intellectual property, free trade agreements and the United Kingdom: the continuing influence of European Union Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
- Johnson, P. 2021. Double patenting: finally banned (again) at the European Patent Office. Intellectual Property Forum(125), pp. 105-108.
- Johnson, P. 2021. From banks to shanks: the history of employee awards for patented inventions under the patents act 1977. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 11(2), pp. 124-157. (10.4337/qmjip.2021.02.01)
- Johnson, P. 2021. Ambush marketing and brand protection (3rd edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Johnson, P. 2021. Trade marks and trade names. Atkin's Encyclopaedia of Court Forms. Lexisnexis.
2020
- Johnson, P. 2020. The public interest and patent injunctions: Evalve v Edwards Lifescience [2020] EWHC 513 (Pat). Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property
- Johnson, P. 2020. Scoping Crown use: authorising infringement for the services of the Crown. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 15(8), pp. 594-601. (10.1093/jiplp/jpaa066)
- Johnson, P. 2020. Defining the indefinable: legislating for “ambush marketing”. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 15(5), pp. 313-314. (10.1093/jiplp/jpaa049)
- Johnson, P. 2020. Copyright infringement and damages for injury to reputation. European Intellectual Property Review 42(12), pp. 819-827.
2019
- Johnson, P. 2019. Plausible deniability. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 14(3), pp. 172-174. (10.1093/jiplp/jpy186)
- Johnson, P., Cook, T. and Roughton, A. 2019. The modern law of patents (4th Edition). London: LexisNexis Butterworths.
- Johnson, P. 2019. Atkin's encyclopaedia of court forms (2d), Volume 29(1): Patents and inventions. LexisNexis.
- Johnson, P. 2019. Compounding uncertainty: the need for guidelines in the assessment of additional damages for copyright infringement. Intellectual Property Quarterly 2019(2), pp. 136-161.
2018
- Johnson, P. 2018. ‘So precisely what will you use your trade mark for?’ Bad faith and clarity in trade mark specifications. International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 49(8), pp. 940-970. (10.1007/s40319-018-0747-6)
- Lambert, P. et al. 2018. Gringras: The laws of the Internet (5th Edition). London: Bloomsbury Professional.
- Bently, L., Sherman, B., Gangjee, D. and Johnson, P. 2018. Intellectual property law (5th Edition). Oxford University Press.
- Johnson, P. 2018. Parliament, inventions and patents. Routledge.
- Johnson, P. 2018. Remedies and international treaties. In: Cook, T. and Sterling, J. eds. Sterling on World Copyright Law. Intellectual Property) London: Sweet and Maxwell, pp. 699-871.
2017
- Johnson, P. 2017. Privatised law reform: a history of patent law through private legislation, 1620-1907. London: Routledge. (10.4324/9781315123073)
- Johnson, P. 2017. The commentators on civil and customary law and their role in the modern courtroom in Jersey: an empirical analysis. Jersey and Guernsey Law Review 21, pp. 386-392.
- Johnson, P. 2017. The (re-)emergence of the doctrine of equivalents. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 12(10), pp. 817-818. (10.1093/jiplp/jpx155)
- Johnson, P. 2017. The report of the Parker Committee on Patent Law 1916. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 7(2), pp. 156-190. (10.4337/qmjip.2017.02.02)
- Johnson, P. 2017. Minutes of Evidence of the Select Committee on the Letters Patent for Invention Act 1835. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 7(1), pp. 99-1187. (10.4337/qmjip.2017.01.05)
2016
- Johnson, P. 2016. How high is my costs ceiling?. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 11(12), pp. 885-886. (10.1093/jiplp/jpw162)
- Johnson, P. 2016. Trying to restrain the overzealous right holder... Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 11(11), pp. 799. (10.1093/jiplp/jpw151)
- Johnson, P. 2016. The myth of Mr Burke and Mr Watt: for want of a champion!. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 6, pp. 370-379. (10.4337/qmjip.2016.03.06)
- Johnson, P. 2016. Sark, the Supreme Court and the status of the Channel Islands: or Barclay bites back. Jersey and Guernsey Law Review 2016(2), pp. 126-141.
2015
- Lambert, P. et al. 2015. Gringras: The laws of the Internet (4th ed). London: Bloomsbury Professional.
- Sterling, J. and Johnson, P. 2015. Remedies and international treaties. In: Sterling, J. and Cook, T. eds. Sterling on World Copyright Law (4th). Sweet and Maxwell, pp. 773-964.
- Johnson, P. 2015. Mr Skemp's preposterous provision: the drafting of the Patents Act 1977 and harmonization in the 1970s. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 5(4), pp. 367-388. (10.4337/qmjip.2015.04.01)
- Johnson, P. 2015. Ratione temporis, European law and the repeal of EU instruments. Public Law 2, pp. 258-274.
- Johnson, P., Gibson, J. and Dimita, G. 2015. The business of being an author: a survey of author’s earnings and contracts. Project Report. [Online]. London: Queen Mary University of London. Available at: http://www.law.qmul.ac.uk/news/2015/152262.html
- Johnson, P. and Gibson, J. 2015. The "new" tort of passing off. Law Quarterly Review 131, pp. 474-494.
2014
- Johnson, P. 2014. Federalism and localisation in intellectual property law-making. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 9(12), pp. 949-950.
- Halpern, S. W. and Johnson, P. 2014. Harmonising copyright law and dealing with dissonance: A framework for convergence of US and EU law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. (10.4337/9781782544197)
- Johnson, P., Roughton, A. and Cook, T. 2014. The modern law of patents, 3rd edition. London: LexisNexis.
- Johnson, P. and Halpern, S. 2014. When is a performance not a performance (but a copyright work)? Garcia v Google, 743 F 3d 1258 (9th Cir 2014). Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 4, pp. 236-243. (10.4337/qmjip.2014.03.05)
2013
- Johnson, P. 2013. The Regulatory Reform Act 2013 and the copyright omnishambles. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 8(9), pp. 700-707. (10.1093/jiplp/jpt118)
- Johnson, P., Gibson, J. and Freeman, J. 2013. The impact of lookalikes: similar packaging and fast-moving consumer goods. Working paper. London: Crown Copyright. Available at: http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ipresearch-looklikes-310513.pdf
- Johnson, P. 2013. ‘Damages’ in European law and the traditional accounts of profit. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 3, pp. 296-306.
- Johnson, P. 2013. Access to medicine: The rise of the British pharmaceutical industry. In: Dinwoodie, G. B. ed. Methods and Perspectives in Intellectual Property. Edward Elgar, pp. 329-259.
- Johnson, P. 2013. The genesis of Protocol 3: The Channel Islands and the EEC. Jersey and Guernsey Law Review 17(3), pp. 254-284.
2012
- Johnson, P. 2012. Orders in Council and the extension of Acts of Parliament to the Channel Islands. Jersey and Guernsey Law Review 16(3), pp. 280.
- Aplin, T., Bently, L., Johnson, P. and Malynicz, S. 2012. Gurry on breach of confidence: the protection of confidential information (2nd Ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Johnson, P. 2012. Trade marks without a brand: the proposals on “plain packaging” of tobacco products. European Intellectual Property Review 34, pp. 461-478.
- Johnson, P. 2012. What can the press really say? Contempt of court and the reporting of parliamentary proceedings. Public Law, pp. 491-507.
2011
- Johnson, P. 2011. Ambush marketing and brand protection. Law and Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2010
- Cook, T., His Honour Judge Fysh QC, ., Roughton, A. and Johnson, P. 2010. The modern law of patents (2nd Ed). Vol. 1919. Lexisnexis.
- Johnson, P. 2010. United Kingdom Trade Mark Law. In: Lange, P. ed. International Trade Mark and Signs Protection; A Handbook. C. H. Beck, pp. 1145-1225.
- Johnson, P. 2010. Contributing to the wrong: the indirect infringement of patents. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 5(7), pp. 514-520. (10.1093/jiplp/jpq056)
2009
- Johnson, P. 2009. Kapitel 14. vereinigtes königreich. In: Lange, P. ed. Internationales Handbuch des Marken - und Kennzeichenrechts. Munich: Beck, pp. 983-1083.
- Johnson, P. 2009. The rise and fall of honest concurrent use. In: Fhima, I. S. ed. Sharing Names: Exploring Use of the Same Mark by Multiple Undertakings. Edward Elgar, pp. 31-49.
2008
- Johnson, P. 2008. I object! The new Company Names Adjudicator in the UK. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 3(11), pp. 695-707. (10.1093/jiplp/jpn167)
- Johnson, P. 2008. 'Dedicating' copyright to the public domain. Modern Law Review 71(4), pp. 587-610. (10.1111/j.1468-2230.2008.00707.x)
- Johnson, P. 2008. Protecting the magic of childhood. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 3(9), pp. 552-553. (10.1093/jiplp/jpn128)
- Todd, E., Hignett, S., Johnson, P., Balfour, A. and Gringras, C. 2008. Gringras: The laws of the internet. 3rd ed.. Tottel.
- Johnson, P. 2008. Look out! It's an ambush!. International Sports Law Review 2(3), pp. 24.
- Johnson, P. 2008. Trade marks: the battle of the registers. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 3(1), pp. 9-10. (10.1093/jiplp/jpm220)
2007
- Johnson, P. 2007. Ambush marketing: a practical guide to protecting the brand of a sporting event. EIPR Practice Series. Sweet and Maxwell.
- Johnson, P. 2007. Trade marks: considering combinations. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2(9), pp. 582-584. (10.1093/jiplp/jpm123)
- Johnson, P. 2007. Copyright: remember to register!. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2(2), pp. 71-72. (10.1093/jiplp/jpl216)
2006
- Johnson, P. 2006. Bothered by Bovemij?. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 1(13), pp. 822-824. (10.1093/jiplp/jpl183)
- Johnson, P. 2006. Qualification for design right: "Springing interests". Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 1(12), pp. 762-771. (10.1093/jiplp/jpl152)
- Johnson, P. 2006. Court of Justice plucks the spider from the web. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 1(11), pp. 689-690. (10.1093/jiplp/jpl141)
- Johnson, P. 2006. Which law applies? A reply to Professor Torremans. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 1(1), pp. 71-76. (10.1093/jiplp/jpi002)
- Johnson, P. 2006. Adjudication of patent validity is sent home. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 1(11), pp. 688-689. (10.1093/jiplp/jpl143)
- Johnson, P. 2006. Implementing community obligations in the realms of intellectual property. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 1(7), pp. 449-457. (10.1093/jiplp/jpl060)
2005
- Johnson, P. 2005. The public interest: is it still a defence to copyright infringement?. Entertainment Law Review 16(1), pp. 1.
2004
- Johnson, P. 2004. One small step or one giant leap? How has the WTO panel decision on Section 110(5) of the United States Copyright Act changed our understanding of the ‘Three-Step Test?. European Intellectual Property Review 26(6), pp. 265-272.
2003
- Johnson, P. 2003. All wrapped up? A review of the enforceability of ‘Shrink-wrap' and ‘Click-wrap' licences in the United Kingdom and the United States. European Intellectual Property Review 25(2), pp. 98-102.
2000
- Johnson, P. 2000. Unfit to Stand Trial?. New Law Journal 150, pp. 930.
- Johnson, P. and Farrington, D. 2000. Mentally disordered offenders and automatic life sentences under the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997. New Law Journal 150, pp. 784.
Articles
- Johnson, P. and Gibson, J. 2024. Thirty years of legal research: an empirical analysis of outputs submitted to RAE and REF (1990-2021). Modern Law Review (10.1111/1468-2230.12913)
- Johnson, P. 2024. Enhanced distinctiveness and why “strong marks” are causing us all confusion. International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 55, pp. 185-212. (10.1007/s40319-023-01400-0)
- Johnson, P. 2024. The 'state of the register': The admissibility and weight given to evidence of comparable trade mark registrations across five jurisdictions. European Intellectual Property Review 46, pp. 705-715.
- Johnson, P. 2024. Satellite television and the home of the broadcast. Intellectual Property Forum(133), pp. 117-119.
- Johnson, P. 2024. The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court sets a high bar for preliminary injunctions. Intellectual Property Forum(136), pp. 93-95.
- Johnson, P. 2024. Criminal sanctions, counterfeiting and piracy and European Union competence. Intellectual Property Forum 135, pp. 87-89.
- Johnson, P. 2023. TV on demand and private copying … both are back before the Court of Justice of the European Union. Intellectual Property Forum 134, pp. 99-101.
- Johnson, P. 2023. ‘Inverted Supremacy’, ‘Weaker Precedent’ and other uncertainties brought about by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023. European Intellectual Property Review 45(11), pp. 634-645. (10.3316/agispt.20231019097367)
- Johnson, P. 2023. Intellectual Property in the Free Trade Agreements between the United Kingdom and Australian and New Zealand: win, lose or draw. European Intellectual Property Review 45(6), pp. 313-323. (10.3316/agispt.20230705091116)
- Johnson, P. 2023. It's all very plausible: the free evaluation of evidence at the European Patent Office. Intellectual Property Forum 131, pp. 94-96.
- Johnson, P. 2023. Online marketplace and Trade Mark infringement. Intellectual Property Forum 131, pp. 84-85.
- Johnson, P. 2022. The Europeanisation of costs awards in intellectual property cases. Intellectual Property Forum 130, pp. 107-109.
- Johnson, P. 2022. Should the use of a Trade Mark come at a higher price?. International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 53(7), pp. 1003-1006. (10.1007/s40319-022-01208-4)
- Johnson, P. 2022. Remote justice at the European patent office. Intellectual Property Forum(127), pp. 102-107.
- Johnson, P. 2022. Patent law: the grace is on?. New Law Journal 172(7982), pp. 15-16.
- Johnson, P. 2022. A copy of a cloud: private copying levies .. again. Intellectual Property Forum(128), pp. 86-88.
- Johnson, P. 2022. Mandatory filtering is required of content-sharing platforms. Intellectual Property Forum 129, pp. 120-122.
- Johnson, P. 2021. User generated content and intermediary liability. Intellectual Property Forum 126, pp. 101-104.
- Johnson, P. 2021. Double patenting: finally banned (again) at the European Patent Office. Intellectual Property Forum(125), pp. 105-108.
- Johnson, P. 2021. From banks to shanks: the history of employee awards for patented inventions under the patents act 1977. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 11(2), pp. 124-157. (10.4337/qmjip.2021.02.01)
- Johnson, P. 2020. The public interest and patent injunctions: Evalve v Edwards Lifescience [2020] EWHC 513 (Pat). Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property
- Johnson, P. 2020. Scoping Crown use: authorising infringement for the services of the Crown. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 15(8), pp. 594-601. (10.1093/jiplp/jpaa066)
- Johnson, P. 2020. Defining the indefinable: legislating for “ambush marketing”. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 15(5), pp. 313-314. (10.1093/jiplp/jpaa049)
- Johnson, P. 2020. Copyright infringement and damages for injury to reputation. European Intellectual Property Review 42(12), pp. 819-827.
- Johnson, P. 2019. Plausible deniability. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 14(3), pp. 172-174. (10.1093/jiplp/jpy186)
- Johnson, P. 2019. Compounding uncertainty: the need for guidelines in the assessment of additional damages for copyright infringement. Intellectual Property Quarterly 2019(2), pp. 136-161.
- Johnson, P. 2018. ‘So precisely what will you use your trade mark for?’ Bad faith and clarity in trade mark specifications. International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 49(8), pp. 940-970. (10.1007/s40319-018-0747-6)
- Johnson, P. 2017. The commentators on civil and customary law and their role in the modern courtroom in Jersey: an empirical analysis. Jersey and Guernsey Law Review 21, pp. 386-392.
- Johnson, P. 2017. The (re-)emergence of the doctrine of equivalents. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 12(10), pp. 817-818. (10.1093/jiplp/jpx155)
- Johnson, P. 2017. The report of the Parker Committee on Patent Law 1916. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 7(2), pp. 156-190. (10.4337/qmjip.2017.02.02)
- Johnson, P. 2017. Minutes of Evidence of the Select Committee on the Letters Patent for Invention Act 1835. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 7(1), pp. 99-1187. (10.4337/qmjip.2017.01.05)
- Johnson, P. 2016. How high is my costs ceiling?. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 11(12), pp. 885-886. (10.1093/jiplp/jpw162)
- Johnson, P. 2016. Trying to restrain the overzealous right holder... Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 11(11), pp. 799. (10.1093/jiplp/jpw151)
- Johnson, P. 2016. The myth of Mr Burke and Mr Watt: for want of a champion!. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 6, pp. 370-379. (10.4337/qmjip.2016.03.06)
- Johnson, P. 2016. Sark, the Supreme Court and the status of the Channel Islands: or Barclay bites back. Jersey and Guernsey Law Review 2016(2), pp. 126-141.
- Johnson, P. 2015. Mr Skemp's preposterous provision: the drafting of the Patents Act 1977 and harmonization in the 1970s. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 5(4), pp. 367-388. (10.4337/qmjip.2015.04.01)
- Johnson, P. 2015. Ratione temporis, European law and the repeal of EU instruments. Public Law 2, pp. 258-274.
- Johnson, P. and Gibson, J. 2015. The "new" tort of passing off. Law Quarterly Review 131, pp. 474-494.
- Johnson, P. 2014. Federalism and localisation in intellectual property law-making. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 9(12), pp. 949-950.
- Johnson, P. and Halpern, S. 2014. When is a performance not a performance (but a copyright work)? Garcia v Google, 743 F 3d 1258 (9th Cir 2014). Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 4, pp. 236-243. (10.4337/qmjip.2014.03.05)
- Johnson, P. 2013. The Regulatory Reform Act 2013 and the copyright omnishambles. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 8(9), pp. 700-707. (10.1093/jiplp/jpt118)
- Johnson, P. 2013. ‘Damages’ in European law and the traditional accounts of profit. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 3, pp. 296-306.
- Johnson, P. 2013. The genesis of Protocol 3: The Channel Islands and the EEC. Jersey and Guernsey Law Review 17(3), pp. 254-284.
- Johnson, P. 2012. Orders in Council and the extension of Acts of Parliament to the Channel Islands. Jersey and Guernsey Law Review 16(3), pp. 280.
- Johnson, P. 2012. Trade marks without a brand: the proposals on “plain packaging” of tobacco products. European Intellectual Property Review 34, pp. 461-478.
- Johnson, P. 2012. What can the press really say? Contempt of court and the reporting of parliamentary proceedings. Public Law, pp. 491-507.
- Johnson, P. 2010. Contributing to the wrong: the indirect infringement of patents. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 5(7), pp. 514-520. (10.1093/jiplp/jpq056)
- Johnson, P. 2008. I object! The new Company Names Adjudicator in the UK. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 3(11), pp. 695-707. (10.1093/jiplp/jpn167)
- Johnson, P. 2008. 'Dedicating' copyright to the public domain. Modern Law Review 71(4), pp. 587-610. (10.1111/j.1468-2230.2008.00707.x)
- Johnson, P. 2008. Protecting the magic of childhood. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 3(9), pp. 552-553. (10.1093/jiplp/jpn128)
- Johnson, P. 2008. Look out! It's an ambush!. International Sports Law Review 2(3), pp. 24.
- Johnson, P. 2008. Trade marks: the battle of the registers. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 3(1), pp. 9-10. (10.1093/jiplp/jpm220)
- Johnson, P. 2007. Trade marks: considering combinations. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2(9), pp. 582-584. (10.1093/jiplp/jpm123)
- Johnson, P. 2007. Copyright: remember to register!. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2(2), pp. 71-72. (10.1093/jiplp/jpl216)
- Johnson, P. 2006. Bothered by Bovemij?. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 1(13), pp. 822-824. (10.1093/jiplp/jpl183)
- Johnson, P. 2006. Qualification for design right: "Springing interests". Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 1(12), pp. 762-771. (10.1093/jiplp/jpl152)
- Johnson, P. 2006. Court of Justice plucks the spider from the web. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 1(11), pp. 689-690. (10.1093/jiplp/jpl141)
- Johnson, P. 2006. Which law applies? A reply to Professor Torremans. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 1(1), pp. 71-76. (10.1093/jiplp/jpi002)
- Johnson, P. 2006. Adjudication of patent validity is sent home. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 1(11), pp. 688-689. (10.1093/jiplp/jpl143)
- Johnson, P. 2006. Implementing community obligations in the realms of intellectual property. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 1(7), pp. 449-457. (10.1093/jiplp/jpl060)
- Johnson, P. 2005. The public interest: is it still a defence to copyright infringement?. Entertainment Law Review 16(1), pp. 1.
- Johnson, P. 2004. One small step or one giant leap? How has the WTO panel decision on Section 110(5) of the United States Copyright Act changed our understanding of the ‘Three-Step Test?. European Intellectual Property Review 26(6), pp. 265-272.
- Johnson, P. 2003. All wrapped up? A review of the enforceability of ‘Shrink-wrap' and ‘Click-wrap' licences in the United Kingdom and the United States. European Intellectual Property Review 25(2), pp. 98-102.
- Johnson, P. 2000. Unfit to Stand Trial?. New Law Journal 150, pp. 930.
- Johnson, P. and Farrington, D. 2000. Mentally disordered offenders and automatic life sentences under the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997. New Law Journal 150, pp. 784.
Book sections
- Johnson, P. 2023. Liability for infringement of EU law. In: Matthews, D. and Torremans, P. eds. European Patent Law: The Unified Patent Court and the European Patent Convention. De Gruyter Handbuch Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 167-182.
- Johnson, P. 2023. Design right: from investment to creativity for “industrial copyright”. In: Bonadio, E. and Goold, P. eds. The Cambridge Handbook of Investment-Driven Intellectual Property. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 329-340.
- Johnson, P. 2022. Mr Patent goes to war! Industrial property and the breakdown of the international order during World War I. In: Morris, P. S. ed. Intellectual Property and the Law of Nations, 1860-1920. Legal History Library Vol. 58. Brill, pp. 150-179., (10.1163/9789004511439_006)
- Johnson, P. 2022. Intellectual Property. In: Lambert, P. ed. Gringras: The Laws of the Internet. 6th ed.. Bloomsbury Professional, pp. [n/a].
- Johnson, P. 2018. Remedies and international treaties. In: Cook, T. and Sterling, J. eds. Sterling on World Copyright Law. Intellectual Property) London: Sweet and Maxwell, pp. 699-871.
- Sterling, J. and Johnson, P. 2015. Remedies and international treaties. In: Sterling, J. and Cook, T. eds. Sterling on World Copyright Law (4th). Sweet and Maxwell, pp. 773-964.
- Johnson, P. 2013. Access to medicine: The rise of the British pharmaceutical industry. In: Dinwoodie, G. B. ed. Methods and Perspectives in Intellectual Property. Edward Elgar, pp. 329-259.
- Johnson, P. 2010. United Kingdom Trade Mark Law. In: Lange, P. ed. International Trade Mark and Signs Protection; A Handbook. C. H. Beck, pp. 1145-1225.
- Johnson, P. 2009. Kapitel 14. vereinigtes königreich. In: Lange, P. ed. Internationales Handbuch des Marken - und Kennzeichenrechts. Munich: Beck, pp. 983-1083.
- Johnson, P. 2009. The rise and fall of honest concurrent use. In: Fhima, I. S. ed. Sharing Names: Exploring Use of the Same Mark by Multiple Undertakings. Edward Elgar, pp. 31-49.
Books
- Bently, L., Sherman, B., Gangjee, D. and Johnson, P. 2022. Intellectual property. Oxford University Press.
- Johnson, P. 2022. Booksellers' bill 1774 legislating in the 18th century: a view from sir Henry Cavendish's parliamentary diary. Parliamentary History: Text & Studies. Wiley.
- Johnson, P. ed. 2022. Copyright. Atkin's Encyclopaedia of Court Forms. London: LexisNexis.
- Johnson, P., Roughton, A. and Cook, T. 2022. Roughton, Johnson and Cook on patents. 5th Edition. [Modern Law of Patents]. Butterworth.
- Johnson, P. 2022. Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents (5th Ed, Reissue 2022), Vol 21(2), Copyright. Butterworths.
- Johnson, P. 2021. Intellectual property, free trade agreements and the United Kingdom: the continuing influence of European Union Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
- Johnson, P. 2021. Ambush marketing and brand protection (3rd edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Johnson, P. 2021. Trade marks and trade names. Atkin's Encyclopaedia of Court Forms. Lexisnexis.
- Johnson, P., Cook, T. and Roughton, A. 2019. The modern law of patents (4th Edition). London: LexisNexis Butterworths.
- Johnson, P. 2019. Atkin's encyclopaedia of court forms (2d), Volume 29(1): Patents and inventions. LexisNexis.
- Lambert, P. et al. 2018. Gringras: The laws of the Internet (5th Edition). London: Bloomsbury Professional.
- Bently, L., Sherman, B., Gangjee, D. and Johnson, P. 2018. Intellectual property law (5th Edition). Oxford University Press.
- Johnson, P. 2018. Parliament, inventions and patents. Routledge.
- Johnson, P. 2017. Privatised law reform: a history of patent law through private legislation, 1620-1907. London: Routledge. (10.4324/9781315123073)
- Lambert, P. et al. 2015. Gringras: The laws of the Internet (4th ed). London: Bloomsbury Professional.
- Halpern, S. W. and Johnson, P. 2014. Harmonising copyright law and dealing with dissonance: A framework for convergence of US and EU law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. (10.4337/9781782544197)
- Johnson, P., Roughton, A. and Cook, T. 2014. The modern law of patents, 3rd edition. London: LexisNexis.
- Aplin, T., Bently, L., Johnson, P. and Malynicz, S. 2012. Gurry on breach of confidence: the protection of confidential information (2nd Ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Johnson, P. 2011. Ambush marketing and brand protection. Law and Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Cook, T., His Honour Judge Fysh QC, ., Roughton, A. and Johnson, P. 2010. The modern law of patents (2nd Ed). Vol. 1919. Lexisnexis.
- Todd, E., Hignett, S., Johnson, P., Balfour, A. and Gringras, C. 2008. Gringras: The laws of the internet. 3rd ed.. Tottel.
- Johnson, P. 2007. Ambush marketing: a practical guide to protecting the brand of a sporting event. EIPR Practice Series. Sweet and Maxwell.
Monographs
- Johnson, P., Gibson, J. and Dimita, G. 2015. The business of being an author: a survey of author’s earnings and contracts. Project Report. [Online]. London: Queen Mary University of London. Available at: http://www.law.qmul.ac.uk/news/2015/152262.html
- Johnson, P., Gibson, J. and Freeman, J. 2013. The impact of lookalikes: similar packaging and fast-moving consumer goods. Working paper. London: Crown Copyright. Available at: http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ipresearch-looklikes-310513.pdf
Research
2014-7: Responsible Innovation Network
2013-5: The Business of Being an Author and What are Words Worth Now? research conducted for the Author's Licensing and Collecting Society. The interim findings were published in July 2014 and was reported by, amongst others, the BBC, the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph and the Evening Standard. The final along with an updated version of What are Words Worth Now, was published in April 2015. The final findings were reported again by the BBC, the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian as well as, amongst others, the Independent.
2011-3 "The Impact of Lookalikes" research conducted for the Intellectual Property Office on lookalike products and consumer perceptions. The research was mentioned during the debates on the Intellectual Property Act 2014 in both the House of Lords and House of Commons. It was also mentioned in the subsequent consultation held by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.
2010-2 The Automation of Invention Step research conducted for TELES
2006-10 The "Games at Large" Project, Chair of External Ethics Committee
Teaching
CLT646 - Trade Marks: Comparative and International Perspectives (LLM)
CLT644 - Patents and Trade Secrets: Comparative and International Perspectives (LLM)
CL6338 - Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Patents and Trade Marks
Supervisions
Phillip is interested in supervising doctoral research in any area of intellectual property law, policy, history or practice and in relation to the commercial aspects of sports law.
Current supervision
Michael Howard
Research student
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Intellectual property law
- 18th century
- 19th century
- Public law
