Professor Dinwoodie is a prolific intellectual property scholar of international renown. From 2009 to 2018, he was Professor of Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law at the University of Oxford, where he was also Director of the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre and a Professorial Fellow of St. Peter’s College. Immediately prior to taking up the IP Chair at Oxford, Professor Dinwoodie was for several years a Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law. During that time, Professor Dinwoodie led Chicago-Kent's Program in Intellectual Property Law, helping to build the program’s international reputation. From 2005 to 2009, he also held a Chair in Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary College, University of London.
Professor Dinwoodie rejoined the law school faculty in 2016 as a University Professor, an appointment reserved for "highly distinguished faculty who may be appointed by the President [of Illinois Institute of Technology] in recognition of their national reputations." And in 2018, he returned full-time to Chicago-Kent upon his appointment as Global Professor of Intellectual Property Law. In 2020, he was inducted into the IP Hall of Fame.
Professor Dinwoodie is the author of many books and casebooks, including A Neofederalist Vision of TRIPS: The Resilience of the International Intellectual Property Regime (Oxford University Press 2012) (with R. Dreyfuss), Trademarks and Unfair Competition: Law and Policy (6th ed. 2022) (with M. Janis), Trade Dress and Design Law (2010) (with M. Janis), and International Intellectual Property Law and Policy (2d ed. 2008) (with W. Hennessey, S. Perlmutter & G. Austin); dozens of articles, book chapters and other substantial works; and numerous essays and shorter works. His scholarship is widely cited by scholars in the United States and abroad. He received the 2008 Ladas Memorial Award from the International Trademark Association for his article Confusion Over Use: Contextualism in Trademark Law (with M. Janis). He is considered a leading international authority in trademark law, design law, and international intellectual property law, and is regularly invited to speak at numerous conferences and institutions around the world.
Professor Dinwoodie has held a number of visiting or honorary positions, including as the Yong Shook Lin Visiting Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the National University of Singapore, a Global Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, an Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Strasbourg, the George P. Smith II Distinguished Visiting Chair at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and a visiting professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Professor Dinwoodie first joined the Chicago-Kent faculty in 2000 from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he was a three-time recipient of the Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching. In 2001, he was named a Norman and Edna Freehling Scholar, and he was elected to membership in the American Law Institute in 2003. In 2008, Professor Dinwoodie received the Pattishall Medal for Teaching Excellence in the field of trademarks and trade identity law—awarded only once every four years—from the International Trademark Association.
Professor Dinwoodie has served as a consultant to the World Intellectual Property Organization on matters of private international law, as an adviser to the American Law Institute Project on Principles on Jurisdiction and Recognition of Judgments in Intellectual Property Matters, and as a consultant to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge. He currently serves as an adviser on the ALI's project on the Restatement of Copyright Law. He is a past chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the Association of American Law Schools and was president of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) from 2011 to 2013.
Prior to teaching, Professor Dinwoodie had been an associate with Sullivan and Cromwell in New York, concentrating in the practice of intellectual property law and in commercial, corporate, and international litigation. Professor Dinwoodie holds an LL.B. degree in Private Law (First Class Honors) from the University of Glasgow, an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, and a J.S.D. from Columbia Law School. He was the Burton Fellow in residence at Columbia Law School for 1988-89, working in the field of intellectual property law, and a John F. Kennedy Scholar at Harvard Law School for 1987–88.
Education
J.S.D., Columbia Law School
LL.M., Harvard Law School
LL.B., University of Glasgow
Publications
Ensuring Consumers “Get What They Want” and The Role of Trademark Law, 83 Camb. L.J. 36- 61 (2024)
International Copyright: The Introduction in International Copyright Law and Practice 1- 170 (Bently, Geller & Nimmer eds. Lexis Nexis 2023)
Trademark Law as a Normative Project, 2023 Sing. J. Leg. S. 305-341 (2023)
Reading Trademark Tea-Leaves at the Supreme Court, 23 Chi.-Kent J. Intell. Prop. 99-115 (2023)
Universalism in International Copyright Law as Seen Through the Lens of Marrakesh, in Intellectual Property Ordering Beyond Borders (Khan and Metzger eds, Cambridge Univ. Press 2022)
Injunctive Relief in Patent Law Under TRIPS, in Injunctions and Patent Law (Husovec and Contreras eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2022) (with Dreyfuss)
The Function of Trademarks in The United States in The Cambridge Handbook on International and Comparative Trademark Law 178-192 (Ginsburg & Calboli eds. Cambridge Univ. Press 2021)
Who Are Internet Intermediaries? in The Oxford Handbook of Online Intermediary Liability 37-56 (Frosio ed. Oxford Univ. Press 2021)
Non-Conventional Marks and the Obstacle of Functionality: WIPO’s Role in Fleshing Out the Telle Quelle Rule, in Research Handbook on the World Intellectual Property Organization (Ricketson ed. Edward Elgar Press 2020) (with Kur)
Pluralism and Universalism in International Copyright Law: The Role of an International Acquis in Universalism or Pluralism in International Copyright Law (Synodinou ed., Kluwer Law International 2019)
Brexit and IP: The Great Unraveling?, 39 Cardozo Law Review 967 (2018) (with R. Dreyfuss).
Territorial Overlaps in Trademark Law: The Evolving European Model, 92 Notre Dame Law Review 1669 (2017).
A Comparative Analysis of the Secondary Liability of Online Service Providers in Secondary Liability of Internet Service Providers 1-72 (Dinwoodie ed. Springer 2017)
The Image of the Consumer in European Trade Mark Law, in The Image(s) of the Consumer in EU Law 339-379 (Leczykiewicz and Weatherill eds. Hart Publishing 2015) (with Gangjee)
Secondary Liability for Online Trademark Infringement: The International Landscape, 36 Columbia J. L. & Arts 463-501 (2014)
Dilution as Unfair Competition: European Echoes in Intellectual Property at the Edge: The Contested Contours of IP 81-102(Dreyfuss and Ginsburg eds., Cambridge University Press 2014)
An International Acquis: Integrating Regimes and Restoring Balance in International Intellectual Property: A Handbook of Contemporary Research 121-164 (Gervais ed. Edward Elgar Press 2014) (with Dreyfuss)
Intellectual Property in English Private Law (Andrew Burrows ed. 3d ed) (Oxford University Press 2013) (with Cornish)
The Europeanisation of Trade Mark Law, in The Europeanisation of Intellectual Property Law 75-100 (Ohly and Pila eds. Oxford Univ. Press 2013)
European Max Planck Group on Conflict of Laws, Conflict of Laws in Intellectual Property: The CLIP Principles and Commentary (Oxford University Press 2013) (with CLIP group)
The Common Law and Trade Marks in an Age of Statutes, in The Common Law of Intellectual Property: Essays in Honour of Professor David Vaver 331-352 (2010) (Bently, Ng & D’Agostino eds.)
The Law Applicable to Secondary Liability In Intellectual Property Cases, 42 N.Y.U. J. Intl. L. & Pol. 201-235 (2010) (with Dreyfuss and Kur)
Enhancing Global Innovation Policy: The Role of WIPO and its Conventions in Interpreting the TRIPS Agreement, in Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Trade (Correa ed. 2010) (with Dreyfuss)
Designing a Global Intellectual Property System Responsive to Change: the WTO, WIPO and Beyond, 46 Hous. L. Rev. 1187-1234 (2009) (with Dreyfuss)
A Reverse Notice and Takedown Regime To Enable Fair Uses of Technically Protected Copyrighted Works, 22 Berk. Tech. L.J. 981-1060 (2007) (with Reichman and Samuelson), reprinted in Peer to Peer File Sharing and Secondary Liability (Strowel ed. 2009)
The WIPO Copyright Treaties: A Transition to the Future of International Copyright Lawmaking? 57 Case Western Law Review 751-766 (2007)
Copyright Lawmaking Authority: An (Inter)nationalist Perspective on The Treaty Clause, 30 Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts 355-395 (2007) (symposium issue)
Lessons From the Trademark Use Debate, 92 Iowa Law Review 1703-1721 (2007) (with Janis)
Confusion Over Use: Contextualism in Trademark Law, 92 Iowa Law Review 1597-1667 (2007) (with Janis), reprinted in 98 Trademark Reporter 1086 (2008)
The International Intellectual Property System: Treaties, Norms, National Courts and Private Ordering in Intellectual Property, Trade and Development: Normative and Institutional Aspects 61-114 (Gervais ed. 2007) (Oxford Univ. Press)
Patenting Science: Protecting the Domain of Accessible Knowledge, in The Future of The Public Domain 191-221 (Guibault and Hugenholtz eds. 2006) (with Dreyfuss)
The Story of Kellogg v. National Biscuit Company: Breakfast with Brandeis, in Intellectual Property Stories 220-257 (Dreyfuss and Ginsburg eds. 2005)
WTO Dispute Resolution and The Preservation of The Public Domain of Science Under International Law, in International Public Goods and Transfer of Technology Under a Globalized Intellectual Property Regime 861-883 (Maskus and Reichman eds. 2005) (Cambridge Univ. Press) (with Dreyfuss)
TRIPS and the Dynamics of Intellectual Property Lawmaking, 36 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 95-122 (2004) (with Dreyfuss) (symposium issue)
Trademarks and Territory: Detaching Trademark Law From the Nation-State, 41 Houston Law Review 885-973 (2004) (symposium issue)
International Intellectual Property Law and the Public Domain of Science, 7 Journal of International Economic Law 431-448 (2004) (with Dreyfuss)
Private Ordering and the Creation of International Copyright Norms: The Role of Public Structuring, 160 Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 161-180 (2004) (symposium issue)
The Architecture of the International Intellectual Property System, 77 Chicago-Kent Law Review 993-1014 (2002) (symposium issue)
Incorporating International Norms in the Development of Contemporary Copyright Law, 62 Ohio State Law Journal 733-782 (2001) (symposium issue), reprinted in The Globalization of International Law 733 (Berman ed.2006)
International Intellectual Property Litigation: A Vehicle for Resurgent Comparativist Thought?, 49 American Journal of Comparative Law 429-453 (2001) (symposium issue)
Private International Aspects of the Protection of Trademarks (Jan. 2001) (study commissioned by the World Intellectual Property Organization), WIPO Doc. No. WIPO/PIL/01/4
Federalized Functionalism: The Future of Design Protection in the European Union, 24 American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal 611-723 (1996) (symposium issue)
Secondary Liability for Online Trademark Infringement: The International Landscape, 36 Columbia J. L. & Arts 463(2014).
Developing a Private International Intellectual Property Law: The Demise of Territoriality?, 51 William and Mary Law Review 711 (2009).
Lewis & Clark College of Law Ninth Distinguished IP Lecture: Developing Defenses in Trademark Law, 13 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 99 (2009).
Confusion Over Use: Contextualism in Trademark Law, 92 Iowa Law Review 1597 (2007) (with Janis).
Trademarks and Territory: Detaching Trademark Law From the Nation-State, 41 Houston Law Review 885 (2004).
Designing Non-National Systems: The Case of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, 43 William & Mary Law Review 141 (2001) (with Helfer).
A New Copyright Order: Why National Courts Should Create Global Norms,149 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 469 (2000).
The Death of Ontology: A Teleological Approach to Trademark Law, 84 Iowa Law Review 611 (1999).
Reconceptualizing the Inherent Distinctiveness of Product Design Trade Dress, 75 North Carolina Law Review 471 (1997).
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Books
Trade Dress and Design Law (2d ed.) (with Janis and DuMont) (Aspen Law Publishing) (2024)
International Trademark Protection: Territoriality in a Post-National Age (Oxford University Press, 2023).
Trademarks and Unfair Competition: Law and Policy (Aspen Publishers Inc. 6th ed. 2022) (with M. Janis).
Secondary Liability of Internet Service Providers (G. Dinwoodie ed., Springer, 2017).
A Neofederalist Vision of TRIPS: The Resilience of The International Intellectual Property Regime (Oxford University Press) (2012) (with R. Dreyfuss).
International Intellectual Property Law and Policy (with Perlmutter, Hennessey and Austin) (LexisNexis Publishing) (2d ed. 2008).
Affiliations
Program in Intellectual Property Law; Center for Design, Law & Technology
Expertise
Copyright; Intellectual Property Law; International Intellectual Property Law; Trademark Law