Gillian Davies is a former Chairman of a technical board of appeal and permanent member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal at the European Patent Office (EPO); consequently she has wide experience of the substantive law and procedure under the European Patent Convention (EPC).

Gillian is a specialist in international intellectual property law with a particular emphasis on the international conventions governing patent law and copyright and related rights as a result of many years' experience gained working for WIPO, Geneva, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), London, and the European Patent Office (EPO), (Munich). Her expertise extends also to EU legislation on patents, copyright and related rights.

Gillian’s practice concentrates on European and international advice on patent and copyright matters. She advises Blue-Chip companies from the UK and all over the world, in particular, from EU Member States, Canada and the USA. She also acts as mediator in IP cases. Gillian is in demand as a speaker at international and UK conferences on IP and is a Professor of International Copyright Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London. For further information, contact the clerking team.

Gillian is a senior co-editor of the 14th (1999), 15th (2005), 16th (2010) and 17th (2016) editions of Copinger and Skone James on Copyright, as well as the author of several monographs on various aspects of copyright and related rights, including Copyright and the Public Interest, the second edition of which was published by Sweet and Maxwell in 2002 (reprinted 2013); a third edition is due to be published in 2020.  She is also co-author with Kevin Garnett Q.C of 'Moral Rights' published by Sweet and Maxwell in 2010 [second edition 2016]

For an up-to-date bibliography of books and articles see Gillian's publications list.

Gillian speaks French, German, Spanish and some Portuguese.

Gillian is regarded in Who’s Who Legal 2015.