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Gregory Hagen

PhD

Positions

Associate Professor

Faculty of Law

Contact information

Web presence

Phone number

Office: 403.220.4012

Location

Office: MFH4343

Background

Credentials

Member (non practicing), Law Society of British Columbia,

Educational Background

PhD Philosophy of Science, University of Western Ontario,

LLM (Law & Technology), University of Ottawa,

LLB Dalhousie University,

M.A. Philosophy, British Columbia,

B.A. Philosophy, British Columbia,

Biography

Prior to joining the Faculty, Greg practiced in the areas of corporate, securities and technology law. Professor Hagen earned his Ph.D. in the philosophy of science at Western University, as well as a B.A. and M.A. at the University of British Columbia. He completed an LL.B. at Dalhousie University and an LL.M. at the University of Ottawa (with a concentration in law and technology). He served as Associate Dean (Research) and Graduate Program Director from 2014-2019. He has taught at the University of Ottawa, Western University, Duke University's Asia America Institute in Transnational Law at the University of Hong Kong, at the Summer Law Institute, held at Peking University, and he spent a sabbatical term at the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. 

Greg is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia.

Research Activities

Greg is currently mostly doing research in patent law and legal issues related to artificial intelligence, information security and privacy technologies. 

Research

Areas of Research

Information Technology and Internet Law (including artificial intelligence, blockchain, smart contract and cryptocurrency issues), Intellectual Property Law, Information Security and Privacy Law, Biotechnology Law, Legal Theory and Philosophy

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
LAW 510 Ethical Lawyering Fall 2023
LAW 703 Graduate Seminar in Legal Research & Methodology Fall 2023
Law 543 Intellectual Property Winter 2024
Law 579 Legal Theory: Artificial Intelligence Winter 2024

Publications

  • Regulation of Synthetic Nucleic Acids under the Human Pathogens and Toxins Act (Canada)". Greg Hagen. 49:2 UBC L Rev. 377-426. (2016)
  • “Interpreting ‘Reproduction’ in SODRAC". Greg Hagen. 28:3 IPJ. (2016)
  • "Synthetic Biology Confronts Publics & Policymakers". Greg Hagen, Tania Bubela and Edna Einsiedel. Trends in Biotechnology (Volume 30, Issue 3). 132–137. (2012)
  • "Are BitTorrent Search Engines Liable for Copyright Infringement in Canada?". Greg Hagen. Canadian Intellectual Property Review, Vol. 26, No. 1. (2010)
  • “Potency, Patenting and Preformation: The Patentability of Totipotent Cells in Canada". Greg Hagen. SCRIPTed: A Journal of Law, Technology and Society, Volume 5, Issue 2. 515-552. (2008)
  • The Uncertain Future of Patented Medicines. The Future of the Global Intellectual Property System (Graham Reynolds, Alexandra Mogyoros & Teshager Dagne eds., University of Ottawa Press, forthcoming . (2024)
  • Canadian Intellectual Property Law: Cases and Materials. Gregory Hagen, Cameron Hutchison, Tesh Dagner, Graham Reynolds, Teresa Scassa, & Margaret Ann Wilkinson (Eds.). Emond Montgomery Press. (2022)
  • “Smarter Contracts: Smart Contracts & AI". Greg Hagen. in Giuseppina D’Agostino, Aviv Gaon, & Carole Piovesan (Eds.), Leading Legal Disruptions: Artificial Intelligence and a Toolkit for Lawyers and the Law. (2021)
  • “AI & Patents & Trade Secrets". Greg Hagen. in Florian Martin Bariteau & Teresa Scassa (Eds.) Artificial Intelligence and the Law in Canada. (2021)
  • “Merges on Just IP: Are IP Rights Basic?”. Greg Hagen. in Teresa Scassa, Mistrale Goudreau, Madelaine Saginur, Courtney Doagoo (Eds) Intellectual Property Law for the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary Approaches to IP. (2013)
  • “Technological Neutrality in Canadian Copyright Law". Greg Hagen. in Michael Geist (Ed), The Copyright Pentalogy. (2013)
  • “ISP Copyright Liability". Greg Hagen. in Michael Geist (Ed) From Radical Extremism to Balanced Copyright. (2010)