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Professor Martin Kretschmer
LLM, PhD

Professor of Information Jurisprudence, Director:
Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management

Professional Details

Degrees:
	Vordiplom, Philosophy, 1990, Freie Universität Berlin
	LLM, Law, 2006, London School of Economics
	PhD, Philosophy, 1996, University College London

Previous Appointments:
	German Editor, BBC Music Magazine, BBC Worldwide (1994 - 1995)
	ESRC Research Fellow, City University Business School (Cass) (1996 - 1999)
	Leverhulme Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Policy, Bournemouth University (1999 - 2003)
	Guest Fellow, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (2003)
	Visiting Professorial Fellow, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (2002-2007)

Membership of Professional Organisations/External Bodies:
	Steering Committee, Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP)
	Member, Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues (SERCI)
	Member, Society of Legal Scholars
	Member, Academy of Management
	Member, British Literary & Artistic Copyright Association (BLACA)

Area(s) of Interest

Research Centre:
	Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management (CIPPM)

Area(s) of Interest:
	Intellectual Property Law & Policy, Creative Industries, Copyright History, Research methods

Academic Group(s):
	Law

Units Led:
	Course Director: PG Certificate in Intellectual Property (CIPA/ITMA) Copyright & Trade marks Intellectual Property Rights Contemporary issues in International Trade Research Methods Contributor to units on Media Production; Commercial Law (LPC)

Relevant Posts Within Industry/Academia:
	Editorial Board: Copyright World (also monthly column 2006-07) Associate reviewer: Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC); Journal of Management Studies; Research Policy; Organization Studies; British Academy of Management; Academy of Management; British Journal of Management; Law & Critique; Long Range Planning; Human Relations; Social Science Quarterly; Entertainment Law; Technology Forecasting & Social Change; New Media & Society; International Journal on Media Management; Prometheus; Information, Communication & Society; Information Economics & Policy; media@lse I have taught at King's College London, London School of Economics, University of Oxford.

Profile

I am Professor of Information Jurisprudence and Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management (www.cippm.org.uk). CIPPM, comprising law and social science academics, is hosted by The Business School.

Currently, I am working on the following projects:
1. An Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) resource enhancement project on copyright history (with Prof. Lionel Bently) at the Centre for Intellectual Property & Information Law, Cambridge University (www.copyrighthistory.org).
2. A long term study on authors’ and artists’ earnings in the digital environment (and in particular the role of copyright therein). This has received funding from the Arts Council and authors’ collecting society ALCS.
3. A study on the law and economics of geographical indications (such as Champagne, Parma ham, Darjeeling tea, Stilton cheese). A book co-authored with Prof. Michael Blakeney (Queen Mary), Prof. Philip Hardwick (BU) and Dr Dwijen Rangnekar (Warwick) is forthcoming with Edward Elgar (2009).
4. An ESRC funded study examinining how TV Formats (one of the fastest growing programme types, and a major UK export) are exploited despite a lack of protection under intellectual property laws (with BU Media School, Jon Wardle and Sukhpreet Singh).
5. Empirical evidence relating to copyright term extension: http://www.cippm.org.uk/copyright_term.html

In 2005, I received the Informa World Leaders award for achievements in Intellectual Property Education & Training (with my colleague Prof. Ruth Soetendorp). Many of my publications on innovation policy, cultural economics and the history of ideas are available at www.cippm.org.uk. I also act as an expert witness on the valuation of intellectual property assets.