Michael L. Blakeney is a Winthrop Professor of Law at the University of Western Australia. [1] Blakeney is also Visiting Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary University of London, [2] and has worked in the World Intellectual Property Organization's Asia Pacific Bureau. [1] His main areas of research are traditional knowledge, access to genetic resources and geographical indications. He is a Fellow of Australia's Academy of the Social Sciences. [3]