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	text:  larger  smaller		David Vaver Retired: Formerly Professor of Intellectual Property & Information Technology Law  David Vaver David Vaver, MA (BA, LLB(Hons), Auckland; JD Chicago), is an Emeritus Fellow of St Peter's College and former Director of the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre. He was a member of the UK Intellectual Property Advisory Committee, and chaired the University's IP Advisory Group until he retired at the end of 2007. Before coming to Oxford, he taught for some 20 years in Canada (UBC (1971, 1978-85) and Osgoode Hall Law School (1985-98) and before that at the University of Auckland (1972-8). Professor Vaver has written extensively in intellectual property law, including two texts - Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Patents, Trademarks (Toronto: Irwin Law 1997) and Copyright Law (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2000). His most recent work is a 5-volume compilation of leading IP articles, Intellectual Property Rights: Critical Concepts in Law (Routledge, 2006). Professor Vaver's inaugural lecture Intellectual Property: The State of the Art appears at (2000) 116 LQR 621. Professor Vaver's post was established and generously funded until 2004 by the Reuters Foundation, the educational and charitable trust established by the leading international media and financial information group, Reuters. All | Recent | Selected Publications    sorted by selection | sort by year D Vaver, 'Recreating a Fair Intellectual Property System for the 21st Century' (2002) 15(2001) Intellectual Property Journal 123-141 D Vaver, 'Invention in Patent Law: A Review and A Modest Proposal' (2003) 11 (3) International Journal of Law & Information Technology 286-307 D Vaver, 'Canada's Intellectual Property Framework: A Comparative Overview' (2004) 17 (2) Intellectual Property Journal 125-188 URL: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inippd-dppi.nsf/vwapj/01-EN%20Vaver.pdf/$file/01-EN%20Vaver.pdf ISBN: 0824-7064 D Vaver and S Basheer, 'Popping Patented Pills: Europe and a Decade's Dose of TRIPs' (2006) 28 (5) European Intellectual Property Review 282-291 URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=902795 Other notes:90% contribution by this author ISBN: 0142-0461 Link to St Peter's College