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Agnes Gambill

Associate Professor, Head of Scholarly Communications
Digital Initiatives & Special Collections
gambillab@appstate.edu
(828) 262-2825
335 Belk Library & Information Commons
Agnes Gambill

Responsibilities

  • Associate Professor, University Librararies
  • Head of Scholarly Communications, Appalachian State University

Education

  • J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law
  • L.L.M., Duke University School of Law
  • M.S.c., Oxford University

Service

  • Appointment, Promotion and Tenure (APT) Committee, Chair-Elect
  • Federal Reserve 5th District Banking and Consumer Payments Advisory Council
  • Intellectual Property Development Advisory Council
  • University Information Policy Officers, Finance Committee
  • North Carolina Blockchain Initiative (Former Co-Chair and Advisor, 2019-2025)

Scholarly Interests

  • Legal Issues in Cultural Heritage
  • Intellectual Property, Copyright, Trademark, Geographical Indications, Privacy, Rights of Publicity
  • Documentary Film, Preservation, Digital Humanities
  • Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums
  • Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurship
  • Rural Economic Development
  • Innovation and Regulatory Sandboxes
  • Appalachian Heritage, Music, and Culture
  • Veteran Advocacy

Selected Scholarship 

Gambill, Agnes. (2025). The New Nakedness of Parody Trademarks. European Intellectual Property Review, (forthcoming April 2025).

Gambill, Agnes. (2024). Extraterritorial Futility of the Lanham Act. European Intellectual Property Review, Issue X4.

Gambill, Agnes. (2022). Creating Sustainable Food Systems with Trademarks and Technology. Business, Entrepreneurship, and Tax Law Review, Vol. 6, Issue 1 (7).

Gambill, Agnes. (2021). Capturing the Heartbeat of a Crisis Without Infringement. American Intellectual Property Law Association, Quarterly Journal 49-2.

Gambill, Agnes. (2021). Trademark and Patents. Legal Issues in Libraries and Archives: Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project, https://mlpp.pressbooks.pub/librarylaw/

Gambill, Agnes. (2020). Trademark Holy Wars: The Second Circuit’s Attempt to Genericide God. American Intellectual Property Law Association, Quarterly Journal 48-2.

Gambill, Agnes. (2020).  Sovereign Immunity Issues for Tech Transfer Programs at State Universities. Journal of the Patent and Trademark Research Center Association, Vol. 30.

Gambill, Agnes. (2020). The Future of Voting Reform with Blockchain Technology. Idaho Law Review, https://www.uidaho.edu/law/law-review/symposium

External Responsibilities