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Professor Andres Guadamuz

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Dr. Andres Guadamuz is a Lecturer in E-Commerce at the University of Edinburgh, where he is also a co-Director of the AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law. Andres has both Bachelor and Licenciado degrees from the University of Costa Rica. He’s been in the UK since 1998 and obtained an LL.M. in International Business Law at the University of Hull and an M.Phil from Queen’s University Belfast.

Dr. Andres Guadamuz research interests are on the interaction between technology and the law, the role of intellectual property on developing countries, open source and open access.

Recent publications include:

  • “Open Science: Open Source Licences for Scientific Research”, 7(2) North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology 321-366 (2006).
  • “The Software Patent Debate” 1(3) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 196-206 (2006).
  • With John Usher, “Electronic Money: the European regulatory approach”, in Edwards, L. (ed), The New Legal Framework for E-Commerce in Europe, Oxford: Hart Publishing (2005), pp.173-201.
  • “The drugs don’t work: Access to medicines in the developing world”, Alfa Redi: Revista de Derecho Informático, No.88, Noviembre 2005, @: <http://www.alfa-redi.org/rdi-articulo.shtml?x=3620>
  • “Legal Challenges to Open Source Licences”, (2005) 2:2 SCRIPT-ed 301-308 @: <http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrb/script-ed/vol2-2/challenges.asp>
  • “The Digital Divide: It’s the Content, Stupid”, 2005(3-4) Computer and Telecommunications Law Review, pp.73-77, 113-118.
  • “Attack of the Killer Acronyms: The Future of IT Law”, 18(3) International Review of Law Computers & Technology 411-424 (2004).
  • “Viral contracts or unenforceable documents? Contractual validity of copyleft licenses”, 26(8) European Intellectual Property Review 331-339 (2004).
  • “PayPal: the legal status of C2C payment systems” 20(4) Computer Law & Security Report 294-300 (2004).
  • “eBay Law: The legal implications of the C2C electronic commerce model” 19(6) Computer Law & Security Report 468-473 (2003).