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Biography

Dr John Liddicoat is a senior lecturer at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London.

John is broadly interested in the development and use of new technology as it has the ability to: drive economies forward, increase public welfare and resolve important social problems. Much of his research focuses on the ability of patent law to meet its welfare-enhancing goal of accelerating the creation of new technology. In biotechnology and life-sciences — special interests of his — this focus is particularly important, but it is also complicated; although patents can operate as incentives, they have numerous trade-offs.

Smart innovation policy requires meticulous, transnational doctrinal research and robust empirical data. As a lawyer with scientific training, John strives to deliver both and have developed numerous new methods using novel data. His research has been funded by the Wellcome Trust, the Philomathia Foundation, and Cancer Research UK, amongst others.

Research interests

  • Intellectual property
  • Patent law & International patent law
  • Trade mark law & Trade secrets
  • Copyright data protection
  • Health law & Pharmaceutical law
  • Emerging technology

Teaching

  • Patent Law
  • Intellectual property

Selected Publications

Liddicoat, J., Liddell, K., Darrow, J., Aboy, M., Jordan, M., Crespo, C. and Minssen, T. ‘Repositioning Generic Drugs: Empirical Findings and Policy Implications’ (2022) Forthcoming International Review of Intellectual Property & Competition Law.

Aboy, M., Liddell, K., Jordan, M., Crespo, C. and Liddicoat, J.E. ‘European Patent Protection for Medical Uses of Known Products and Drug Repurposing’ (2022) 40(4) Nature Biotechnology 465.

Liddicoat, J.E. & Parish, J. ‘Ironing Out the Wrinkles: Reforms to Crown Use and Compulsory Licensing to Help prepare the Patents Acts 1977 for the Next Health Crises’ (2021) 4 Intellectual Property Quarterly 245.

Liddicoat, J.E., Liddell, K., Aboy, M. & Wested, J., ‘Has the EU Incentive for Drug Repositioning Been Effective? An Empirical Analysis of the “+1’ Regulatory Exclusivity’ (2021) 52(7) International Review of Intellectual Property & Competition Law 1.

Liddicoat, J., Liddell, K. & Aboy, M. ‘The Effects of Myriad and Mayo on Molecular Test Development in the US and Europe: Interviews from the Frontline’ (2020) 22 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law 785.