Professor Naomi Hawkins

School of Law

Professor in Intellectual Property Law

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n.l.hawkins@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 6719
Bartolome House

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Professor Naomi Hawkins
School of Law
Bartolome House
Winter Street
Sheffield
S3 7ND
Profile

Naomi Hawkins's research focuses on the interaction of law and biomedical science, particularly around intellectual property rights. She uses traditional legal research and empirical methods to investigate the impact of human gene patents on the development of translational outcomes of genetics and genomics research.

She is also interested in the ways in which data sharing practices intersect with intellectual property rights in science. Dr Hawkins's research has been funded by the Wellcome Trust and the ESRC, including the ESRC Future Leaders Research scheme project "The Impact of Patents on Translational Research - Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis in Europe and the US".

Qualifications
  • DPhil, BCL, University of Oxford
  • BSc, LLB(hons) University of Queensland
Research interests
  • Intellectual Property and Innovation Law
  • Patent Law
  • Biotechnology Law and Ethics
  • Health Law and Bioethics
Publications

Edited books

  • (Ed.) (2022) . Edward Elgar Publishing.

Journal articles

  • Anderson M, Coblitz B, Contreras JL, Ferguson S, Hawkins N, Slade A & Miller A (2025) . Les Nouvelles, 60(1), 141-151.
  • Anderson M, Hawkins N & Slade A (2024) . Nature Biotechnology, 42(2), 179-182.
  • Hawkins N & Slade A (2023) Intellectual property rights and advance purchase agreements in a crisis. Intellectual Property Quarterly(1), 1-32.
  • Shutler JD, Yan X, Cnossen I, Schulz L, Watson AJ, Glameier K-H, Hawkins N & Nasu H (2022) . Nature Geoscience, 15(8), 598-600.
  • Walsh K, McMahon A & Hawkins N (2022) Special issue : patents in a changing Europe. European Intellectual Property Review, 44(4), 192-197.
  • Walsh K, Wallace A, Pavis M, Olszowy N, Griffin J & Hawkins N (2021) . IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 52(4), 379-416.
  • Hawkins N (2021) . Science and Public Policy, 47(5), 655-667.
  • Hawkins N, Nicol D, Chandrasekharan S & CookDeegan R (2019) . Prenatal Diagnosis, 39(6), 441-447.
  • Carrieri D, Howard HC, Benjamin C, Clarke AJ, Dheensa S, Doheny S, Hawkins N, Halbersma-Konings TF, Jackson L, Kayserili H , Kelly SE et al (2019) . European Journal of Human Genetics, 27(2), 169-182.
  • Hawkins N & Hughes-Davies T (2018) . Legal Studies, 38(4), 645-665.
  • Carrieri D, Jackson L, Bewshea C, Prainsack B, Mansfield J, Ahmad T, Hawkins N & Kelly S (2018) . Clinical Ethics, 13(4), 194-198.
  • Doheny S, Clarke A, Carrieri D, Dheensa S, Hawkins N, Lucassen A, Turnpenny P & Kelly S (2018) . New Genetics and Society, 37(3), 187-206.
  • Kaye J, Kanellopoulou N, Hawkins N, Gowans H, Curren L & Melham K (2013) . Medical Law Review, 22(1), 64-86.
  • Hawkins N (2012) An exception to infringement for genetic testing - Addressing patient access and divergence between law and practice. IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 43(6), 641-661.
  • Hawkins N (2011) . Journal of Biosocial Science, 43(6), 765-766.
  • Hawkins N (2011) . Genetics in Medicine, 13(4), 320-324.
  • Gowans H, Kanellopoulou N, Hawkins N, Curren L, Melham K, Kaye J & Boddington P (2011) . European Journal of Health Law, 18(5), 491-519.
  • Heeney C, Hawkins N, de Vries J, Boddington P & Kaye J (2011) . Public Health Genomics, 14(1), 17-25.
  • Curren L, Kaye J, Boddington P, Melham K, Hawkins N, Gowans H & Kanellopoulou N (2010) . European Journal of Health Law, 17(4), 329-344.
  • Kaye J, Boddington P, de Vries J, Hawkins N & Melham K (2010) . European Journal of Human Genetics, 18(4), 398-403.
  • Kaye J, Heeney C, Hawkins N, de Vries J & Boddington P (2009) . Nature Reviews Genetics, 10(5), 331-335.
  • Boddington P, Hawkins N, Heeney C, de Vries J & Kaye J (2008) . Science, 322(5905), 1186-1187.
  • Kaye J, Hawkins N & Taylor J (2007) . Nature Biotechnology, 25(7), 739-741.
  • Kaye J & Hawkins N () . Genome Medicine, 6(1).
  • Church G, Heeney C, Hawkins N, de Vries J, Boddington P, Kaye J, Bobrow M & Weir B () . PLoS Genetics, 5(10), e1000665-e1000665.
  • Hawkins N, de Vries J, Boddington P, Kaye J & Heeney C () . Genome Medicine, 1(9).

Book chapters

  • Hawkins N (2023) , European Patent Law (pp. 497-516). De Gruyter
  • Hawkins N (2022) Patents and the public interest: A multi-faceted approach, Patenting Biotechnical Innovation Eligibility Ethics and Public Interest (pp. 196-203).
  • Hawkins N (2022) Introduction - Patenting biotechnical innovation: In the public interest?, Patenting Biotechnical Innovation Eligibility Ethics and Public Interest (pp. 1-18).
  • Hawkins N (2015) , The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology (pp. 39-51). Springer Netherlands
  • Hawkins N, Kanellopoulou N, Kaye J, Melham K, Boddington P, Curren L & Gowans H (2013) , Comparative Issues in the Governance of Research Biobanks (pp. 77-86). Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Reports

  • (2021)

Preprints

  • Slade A & Hawkins N () .
Research group
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Patent Law
  • Bioethics
Grants

Title/Description: The Impact of Patents on Translational Research: Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis in Europe and the US

  • Awarding Body: ESRC
  • People Involved: Naomi Hawkins
  • Years Funded for: 2014-2020
  • Amount Awarded (瞿): 176,837

Title/Description: Collaborative Platforms in Genomics Institutional Arrangements and Business Models

  • Awarding Body: ESRC and OECD
  • People Involved: Naomi Hawkins, OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation
  • Years Funded for: Jan - Dec 2020

Title/Description: Space Law, Intellectual Property and Space Technology

  • Awarding Body: ESRC IAA Award
  • People Involved: Dr Naomi Hawkins, Dr Mathilde Pavis, Dr Kubo Macak and Professor Hitoshi Nasu; External partners: Stephens Scown LLP and South West Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications
  • Years Funded for: 2018-2019
  • Amount Awarded (瞿): 7,392
Teaching interests
  • Intellectual property and innovation law
  • patent law
  • health law
Teaching activities

Intellectual Property and Innovation Law
Patent Law

Professional activities and memberships

Member of the Sheffield Institute of Corporate and Commercial Law (SICCL)