Professor William Cornish passed away in January 2022. A number of obituaries and recollections have been published:
- IP Kitten, 9 January 2022 (Professor Jeremy Phillips)
- LSE, 10 January 2022 (Mchael Lobban)
- Magdalene College, 11 January 2022 (Neil Jones)
- Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, 18 January 2022
- Australian Music Foundation, 29 January 2022
Lionel Bently, 'Obituary: Professor WR Cornish CMG QC (Hon) FBA', 132 (June 2023) Intellectual Property Forum 11 - The Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law (CIPIL) memorial page (including recollections from contributors)