Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

• Jefferson D. (2023) Tensions Between Indigenous Sovereignty and Intellectual Property: The Protection of Taonga Plants and Māori Knowledge in the Plant Variety Rights System of Aotearoa New Zealand. University of New South Wales, Sydney: 07 Jun 2023. (Oral Presentations)

• Jefferson D. (2023) How NZ’s own law helped Australia win the Manuka Honey trademark war. The Conversation. (Other)

• Jefferson D. (2023) How NZ's own law helped Australia win the Manuka Honey trademark war. RNZ. (Other)

• Jefferson D. (2023) Protecting Native Bushfoods: The Use of Certification Marks to Ensure Effective Control and Authenticity for Indigenous Enterprises. University of Queensland: 5 Sep 2023. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• Jefferson D. (2023) Rights of Nature Claims-Making in Ecuador. University of Canterbury: Riverine Rights: Exploring the currents and consequences of legal innovations on the rights of rivers, 16 Jan 2023. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• Jefferson D. (2023) Dematerialization and Intellectual Property in the Biosciences. In Valdés E; Lecaros JA (Ed.), Handbook of Bioethical Decisions: 165-180.Springer Nature. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29455-6_12. (Chapters)

• Jefferson D. and Bellchambers H. (2023) Plant Variety Rights in New Zealand: Then and Now. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington School of Accounting and Commercial Law Seminar Series, 15 Aug 2023. (Oral Presentations)

• Jefferson DJ., MacPherson E. and Moe S. (2023) Experiments with the Extension of Legal Personality to Ecosystems and Beyond-Human Organisms: Challenges and Opportunities for Company Law. Transnational Environmental Law 12(2): 343-365. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2047102523000079. (Journal Articles)

• Jefferson D. (2022) A new law offers better protection for indigenous plants of significance to Māori, but no requirement to share profits. The Conversation. (Other)

• Jefferson D. (2022) Guardianship and Care in Human-Plant Relations: Māori Sovereignty and Sustainability in the Plant Variety Rights Act of Aotearoa New Zealand. University of Technology Sydney: Australasian Intellectual Property Academics Conference, 16-18 Feb 2022. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• Jefferson D. (2022) Premonitions of Privatisation: Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer, and the Haunting of Public Science. Lisbon, Portugal: 2022 Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, 13-16 Jul 2022. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• Jefferson D. (2022) Rangatiratanga and Taonga Plants: Towards a Plant Variety Rights System that Fulfils the Promises of Te Tiriti. University of Canterbury: Towards Tino Rangatiratanga in the Law - Treaty Partnership Speaker Series, 2 Aug 2022. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• Jefferson D. (2022) Treasured relations: Towards partnership and the protection of Māori relationships with taonga plants in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Journal of World Intellectual Property http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jwip.12226. (Journal Articles)

• Jefferson D. and Coombe R. (2022) Vegetal Life Projects: Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Biocultural Enterprise. Toronto, Canada: Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies 2022 Congress, 23-26 Aug 2022. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• Macpherson E., Jefferson DJ. and Moe S. (2022) The future of corporate governance: what if the trees had a say? Institute of Directors New Zealand. (Other)

• Beltrán-Morales LF., Almendarez-Hernández MA., Avilés-Polanco G. and Jefferson DJ. (2021) Effects of the utilization of intellectual property by scientific researchers on economic growth in Mexico. PLoS ONE 16(10 October) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258131. (Journal Articles)

• Coombe R. and Jefferson D. (2021) Expressing Post-Human Legalities in Andean Community Life-Projects: Decolonising Human Rights from Below. Massey University Political Ecology Research Centre and The Centre for Space, Place and Society at W: Conviviality Wānanga, 4-9 Oct 2021. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• Coombe R. and Jefferson D. (2021) Posthuman rights struggles and environmentalisms from below in the political ontologies of Ecuador and Colombia. Journal of Human Rights and the Environment 12(2): 177-204. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/jhre.2021.02.02. (Journal Articles)

• Coombe R., Jefferson D., Blaser M., Quick J., Ruiz-Serna D., Legoas J., Martinez A. and Gutierrez Escobar L. (2021) Posthuman Rights Struggles and Environmentalisms from Below: Pluriversal Life Projects. Baltimore, USA: American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, 18-22 Nov 2021. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• Jefferson D. and Adhikari K. (2021) Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge, and Native Biodiversity: Convention and Progression in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Pandora's Box 27: 98-113. (Journal Articles)

• Jefferson DJ. (2021) Certification marks for Australian native foods: A proposal for Indigenous ownership of intellectual property. Alternative Law Journal 46(1): 53-57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X20982719. (Journal Articles)

• Claudie D., Jefferson D., Bosse J., Raven M. and Robinson D. (2020) Australia’s Plants and Animals Have Long Been Used without Indigenous Consent. Now Queensland Has Taken a Stand. The Conversation. (Other)

• Jefferson DJ. (2020) Compliance with resistance: How Asia can adapt to the UPOV 1991 model of plant breeders' rights. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 15(12): 1012-1020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpaa179. (Journal Articles)

• Jefferson DJ. (2020) Towards an Ecological Intellectual Property Reconfiguring Relationships Between People and Plants in Ecuador. 228. (Authored Books)

• Sherman B., Adhikari K. and Jefferson D. (2020) Collecting Australian Native Plant Materials from Intermediaries: Guidelines on Key Legal Issues.Commissioned by Australian Research Council. (Reports)

• Sherman B., Adhikari K. and Jefferson D. (2020) Collecting Australian Native Plant Materials from the Wild: Guidelines on Key Legal Issues.Australian Research Council. (Reports)

• Smith J. and Jefferson D. (2020) Testigos periciales en los casos de reconocimiento y ejecución de sentencias extranjeras en las cortes de los Estados Unidos. In Silva JA (Ed.), La Percial Jurídica del Derecho Extranjero ante los Tribunales de Estados Unidos: 51-74. Mexico City: Academia Mexicana de Derecho Internacional Privado y Comparado. (Chapters)

• Adhikari K. and Jefferson DJ. (2019) Intellectual Property Law and Plant Protection: Challenges and Developments in Asia. Intellectual Property Law and Plant Protection: Challenges and Developments in Asia 1-212. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429059520. (Edited Volumes)

• Adhikari K. and Jefferson DJ. (2019) Intellectual property law for plant varieties. Intellectual Property Law andPlant Protection: 1-11.Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429059520-1. (Chapters)

• Adhikari K. and Jefferson DJ. (2019) Intellectual property law for plant varieties: Challenges and developments in Asia. Intellectual Property Law and Plant Protection: Challenges and Developments in Asia: 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429059520-1. (Chapters)

• Avilés-Polanco G., Jefferson DJ., Almendarez-Hernández MA. and Beltrán-Morales LF. (2019) Factors that explain the utilization of the Nagoya protocol framework for access and benefit sharing. Sustainability (Switzerland) 11(20) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11205550. (Journal Articles)

• Jefferson D. (2019) The Case of the Pirated Blueberries: Courts Flex New Muscle to Protect Plant Breeders’ Intellectual Property. The Conversation. (Other)

• Jefferson DJ. (2019) Plant breeders’ rights proliferate in Asia. Intellectual Property Law andPlant Protection: 12-36.Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429059520-2. (Chapters)

• Jefferson DJ. (2019) Plant breeders’ rights proliferate in Asia: The spread of the UPOV Convention model. Intellectual Property Law and Plant Protection: Challenges and Developments in Asia: 12-36. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429059520-2. (Chapters)

• Jefferson DJ. and Adhikari K. (2019) Reimagining the relationship between food sovereignty and intellectual property for plants: Lessons from Ecuador and Nepal. Journal of World Intellectual Property 22(5-6): 396-418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jwip.12134. (Journal Articles)

• Lertdhamtewe P. and Jefferson DJ. (2019) A fresh look at the protection of ‘domestic’ and ‘wild’ plant varieties in Thailand. Intellectual Property Law and Plant Protection: Challenges and Developments in Asia: 143-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429059520-8. (Chapters)

• Beltrán-Morales LF., Almendarez-Hernández MA. and Jefferson DJ. (2018) The effect of innovation on development and growth in Mexico: An approach using patents. Problemas del Desarrollo 49(195): 55-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/iiec.20078951e.2018.195.63191. (Journal Articles)

• Beltrán-Morales LF., Jefferson DJ., Fraire IS. and Alandete-Saez M. (2018) The development of ecosystems for technology transfer in Mexico: The role of patenting centers. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 8(4): 333-347. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/qmjip.2018.04.04. (Journal Articles)

• Jefferson DJ., Fraire IS. and Beltrán-Morales LF. (2018) Intellectual property and the governance of plant genetic resources in mexico: Trends and implications for research and innovation. Mexican Natural Resources Management and Biodiversity Conservation: Recent Case Studies: 131-148. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90584-6_6. (Chapters)

• Jefferson D. (2017) Ingenuity and the Re-Imagining of Intellectual Property: An Introduction to the Código Ingenios of Ecuador. European Intellectual Property Review 39(1): 21-29. (Journal Articles)

• Jefferson D. (2017) Sowing Buen Vivir in Ecuador: A New Law for Agrobiodiversity, Seeds, and Sustainable Agriculture. Trade Insight 13: 19-23. (Journal Articles)

• Jefferson D. and Hogan P. (2017) Advocating for Environmental Justice. In Harkins D (Ed.), Alongside Community: Learning in Service: 148-148.Routledge. (Chapters)

• Jefferson DJ., Maida M., Farkas A., Alandete-Saez M. and Bennett AB. (2017) Technology transfer in the Americas: common and divergent practices among major research universities and public sector institutions. Journal of Technology Transfer 42(6): 1307-1333. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10961-016-9516-1. (Journal Articles)

• Jefferson D. (2016) Código Ingenios: La Reconceptualización de la Propiedad Intelectual en la Mitad del Mundo. El Telegrafo. (Other)

• Jefferson D. and Padmanabhan M. (2016) Recent Evolutions in Intellectual Property Frameworks for Agricultural Biotechnology: A Worldwide Survey. Asian Biotechnology and Development Review 18(1): 47-67. (Journal Articles)

• Jefferson D., Alandete-Saez M. and Bennett A. (2016) Intellectual property in agricultural biotechnology: from patent thickets to generics. In Singh HB; Jha A; Keswani C (Ed.), Intellectual property issues in biotechnology: 49-57.CABI. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781780646534.0049. (Chapters)

• Jefferson DJ. (2015) Biosociality, reimagined: A global distributive justice framework for ownership of human genetic material. Journal of Intellectual Property 14(2): 357-378. (Journal Articles)

• Jefferson DJ., Graff GD., Chi-Ham CL. and Bennett AB. (2015) The emergence of agbiogenerics. Nature Biotechnology 33(8): 819-823. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3306. (Journal Articles)

• Jefferson D. (2014) Development, farmers' rights, and the Ley Monsanto: the struggle over the ratification of UPOV 91 in Chile. Idea (Concord): the intellectual property law review 55(1): 31-78. (Journal Articles)

• Jefferson DJ., Camacho AB. and Chi-Ham CL. (2014) Towards a balanced regime of intellectual property rights for agricultural innovations. Journal of Intellectual Property Rights 19(6): 395-403. (Journal Articles)

• Jefferson DJ. and Harkins DA. (2011) “Hey, I’ve Got a Voice Too!” Narratives of Adversity, Growth and Empowerment. Journal for Social Action in Counseling & Psychology 3(2): 104-128. http://dx.doi.org/10.33043/jsacp.3.2.104-128. (Journal Articles)

Review and Refereeing

• American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting ( 2021 - 2023)
• Alternative Law Journal ( 2023 )
• Journal of Human Rights and the Environment ( 2022 - 2023)
• Recursos Naturales y Sociedad ( 2021 )
• The Journal of World Intellectual Property ( 2021 )