PhD, Harvard Law School (magna cum laude)
Professor Flynn researches and teaches on the intersection of intellectual property, international law, and human rights. As Director of the Centre on Knowledge Governance, Professor Flynn designs and manages a wide variety of research, convening and technical assistance projects that promote the public interest in intellectual property and information law. Professor Flynn Chairs the Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights and is a founding member of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest. He is Editor in Chief of Infojustice.org, a leading public interest law and policy blog. He is a special faculty appointment at American University Washington College of Law, visiting Scholar at the University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Information Law (IViR), and Senior Research Associate at the University of Cape Town’s Intellectual Property Unit.
Selected Publications
- An Economic Justification for Open Access to Essential Medicine Patents in Developing Countries, 37 J. L. Med. & Ethics 184 (2009).
- Using Competition Law to Promote Access to Knowledge, in ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE IN THE AGE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (Amy Kapczynski and Gaelle Kirkorian, eds. 2011)
- ACTA’s Constitutional Problem in the United States, in The ACTA and the Plurilateral Enforcement Agenda: Genesis and Aftermath (Pedro Roffe and Xavier Seuba, eds. 2014)
- Enabling Text and Data Mining Research Through Legal Reform, Science Magazine (2022)
- Flexibility Through Openness in Copyright Exceptions for Research, in Flexibilities in Copyright Law (Sganga and Synodinou eds., Forthcoming 2026)
