Matthew Herder completed the Stanford Program in International Legal Studies in 2007, earning a Master of the Science of the Law (J.S.M.) degree after receiving LL.M. and LL.B. degrees from Dalhousie University and a BSc. (hons.) from Memorial University in 2006, 2003, and 2000, respectively. Between 2003 and 2005, he worked in the intellectual property litigation group at McCarthy Tétrault LLP in Toronto, Ontario, and was a law clerk at the Federal Court of Canada. He is also a member of the Ontario Bar, an Advisor to The Innovation Partnership (TIP) with researchers at McGill University and a regular consultant to Canada's Department of Health on intellectual property-related issues.

Matthew's research interests cluster around intellectual property and questions of benefit-sharing in the context of health-related research. Recent works include a book chapter commissioned by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development examining how intellectual property issues may impact any future bioeconomy (co-authored with Richard Gold, McGill University); an article investigating the merits of incorporating 'payback' obligations into research funders' intellectual property agreements (forthcoming in the Columbia Science & Technology Law Review); and, a study commissioned by Health Canada of technology transfer practices with respect to genetic inventions at Canadian and American academic institutions (co-authored with Josephine Johnston of The Hastings Center in New York).

Education

B.Sc. (hons.), Memorial University, 2000
LL.B., Dalhousie University, 2003
LL.M., Dalhousie University, 2006
J.S.M., Stanford University, 2007

Courses Taught

Patents, Academic Research, Health and Public Policy
Bioethics and the Law