The University of Sheffield
School of Law

Dr Amanda Warren-Jones

Senior Lecturer

Email: A.Warren-Jones@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)114 222 6772
Room No: AF

Qualifications

Research Interests

My main research interest is patenting biomedicine, but this extends more generally to all intellectual property rights, to the regulation of medical technology and pharmaceuticals; biotechnology applicable to animals and micro-organisms.

* Member of the Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI)
* Member of the Sheffield Institute of Biotechnology, Law & Ethics (SIBLE)
* Member of Esymbio
* Member of Society of Legal Scholars

Key Publications

Warren-Jones, A 'Finding a 'Common Morality Codex' for Biotech: A question of substance' [2008] 6(39) International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 638-661 (Refereed)

Warren-Jones, A 'Morally Regulating Innovation: What is 'Commercial Exploitation'?' [2008] 2 Intellectual Property Quarterly 193-212 (Refereed)

Warren-Jones, A 'Vital Parameters for Patent Morality – a question of form' [2007] 2 (12) Journal of Intellectual Property & Practice (OUP) 832-846 (Refereed)

Warren-Jones, A 'Identifying European Moral Consensus: why are the patent courts reticent to accept empirical evidence in resolving biotechnological cases?' [2006] 1 European Intellectual Property Review 26-37 (Refereed)

Warren-Jones, A 'Patenting DNA: A Lot of Controversy Over a Little Intangibility' [2004] 12(1) Medical Law Review 97-124 (Refereed)

Ellis, I Mannion, G & Warren-Jones, A 'Retaining Human Tissue: A Molecular Genetics Goldmine or Modern Grave Robbing? A Legal Approach to Obtaining and Using Stored Human Samples' [2003] 22(3) Medicine and Law 357-372 (Refereed)

Warren-Jones, A Patenting rDNA - Human and Animal Biotechnology in the UK and Europe [2001] Lawtext Publishing Ltd, Witney (Refereed)

Warren-Jones, A 'Genetic Screening: A Social Impact Too Far?' [2001] 4(5) Bio-Science Law Review 200-214 (Refereed)

Key Projects/Grants

2007
Received funding covering the cost of presenting a conference paper in Huangzhou, China in May 2008 from the University of Liverpool Law School.
Amount: £1,200 approx.

2006
Welcome Funded Conference 'Understanding Research Ethics Committees: the new regime', a multi-disciplinary conference which assessed RECs from international, European and national perspectives and hosted through the Institute of Medicine, Law & Bioethics. Obtained CPD Accreditation from the Royal College of Physicians for the event (6 CPD points).
Amount: £2,244 received.

Professional Activities/Recognition

Former Chair of the University of Liverpool Oversight Sub-Committee on Human Stem Cells.

Chair of the Sheffield Law School Ethics Committee.

External Reviewer for OUP, Medical Law International and the Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal.

Expert validator/reviewer for the External LLM programme at the University of London and the Diploma in Law and Intellectual Property, Cardiff University Centre for Life-Long Learning.

My work has been relied upon by the President of the European Patent Office in formulating his opinion concerning Human Embryonic Stem Cells (G2/06) on a referral from the Enlarged Board of Appeal in the WARF case.

My book is cited as core reading by the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office; cited by the core UK textbook: Cornish & Llewelyn 'Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks and Allied Rights' (Thomson Sweet & Maxwell); and been favourably reviewed in the [2002] 33(8) IIC.

Staff seminar presented at W P Thompson & Co (Patent & Trade Mark Agents), Liverpool on user rights in trade marks.

Teaching

Undergraduate

Postgraduate and MA

Areas of Research Supervision