Invited Speaker Series Archive

2015

The Unified Patent Court: Pros and cons of specialisation - Is there a light at the end of the tunnel (vision)? Professor Jens Schovsbo (University of Copenhagen)

Internet and IPR: A happy combination? Professor Estelle Derclaye (University of Nottingham)

Textualisation as Mode of Persuasion in Patent Law and What it Means for Legitimacy Dr Sivaramjani Thambisetty (London School of Economics and Political Science )

Website-blocking injunctions: the question of legislative basis Mr Justice Richard Arnold (High Court of Justice)

What Dr Michael Jewess (formerly Chief Counsel, IP, BAE Systems and Head of IP, BT)

Make the butterflies fly in formation? Management of copyright created by academics in UK universities Dr Andreas Rahmatian (University of Glasgow)

2014

Debating copyright formalities Dr Dev Gangjee (University of Oxford)

The right of communication to the public in the CJEU case law: moving criteria and underlying rationale Professor Alain Strowel (Saint-Louis Brussels, Munich IP Law Center, Avocat at the Brussels Bar)

Birthday Train or Eurostar? German copyright law reform between national solutions and Europeanisation Professor Ansgar Ohly (University of Oxford and University of Munich)

The role of surveys in Trade Mark and Passing Off cases Jeremy Dickerson (Burges Salmon)

The war of the booksellers: natural law, equity and literary property in Eighteen-Century Scotland Professor Hector MacQueen (Scottish Law Commission)

2013

Drawing on a T-Shirt - some thoughts on Fenty v Arcadia Group Brands Dr Catherine Ng (The University of Aberdeen )

Publishing the Snowden secrets - the Guardian, the government and the people Mr Gavin Millar QC: Publishing the Snowden secrets - the Guardian, the government and the people Mr Gavin Millar QC (Doughty Street Chambers)

Publishing the Snowden secrets - the Guardian, the government and the people Mr G Millar QC Mr Gavin Millar QC (Doughty Street Chambers)

Implementing fair use in copyright law: the why and the how Dr Emily Hudson (University of Oxford)

Invalid legislation: the persistent challenges to the implementation of copyright legislation in the United Kingdom Professor Phillip Johnson (University College Dublin)

Innovation and IP in India – new directions and prospects Professor Christine Greenhalgh (University of Oxford)

Mass-digital copyright Professor Maurizio Borghi (University of Bournemouth)

From Goods to a Good Life - Intellectual Property and Global Justice Prof. M. Sunder (UC Davis School of Law)

How To Reshape Treaties Without Negotiations: Intellectual Property Enforcement As A Case Study Of Global Governance By Stealth Dr Valéria Guimarães de Lima e Silva (Hauser Fellow at NYU )

Pharmaceutical Fraud, Intellectual Property Rights, and Knowledge Governance: A Human Rights Perspective Professor Trudo Lemmens (University of Toronto and Centre for Transnational Legal Studies)

‘The 'EU Patent Package': light at the end of the tunnel or tunnel at the end of the light? Professor Ansgar Ohly (University of Oxford)

Recent Developments in Canadian Copyright Law: Users’ rights, TPMs, Technological Taxis and other Canadian Stories Pascale Chapdelaine, Osgoode Hall Law School, Professor Graham Reynolds, Dalhousie University ; Chair: Professor David Vaver, Osgoode Hall Law School, and University of Oxford

Applied Literary Criticism: The Role of the Expert in Copyright Litigation Professor Mark Rose (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Applied literary criticism: The role of the expert in copyright litigation Professor Mark Rose (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Stowe v Thomas: Uncle Tom's Cabin in Court Professor Mark Rose (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Two Authors in Court: Alexander Pope and J.D. Salinger Professor Mark Rose (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Public Science? The Erasure of Property Rights in Global Health Drug Discovery Dr Javier Lezaun (Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, University of Oxford)

Getting IP Law Changed – Playing Politics Dr Michael Jewess (Former Chief IP Counsel, BAE Systems)

Patents and the Development Agenda Dr Matt Fisher (Faculty of Laws, University College London)

Lessons Learnt from the Hargreaves Review of IP and Growth Dr Roger Burt (Former Senior IP Counsel, IBM)

Digital Technologies, Intellectual Property Reform and Ontological Politics in the Kenyan Recording industry Professor Georgina Born, Dr Andrew Eisenberg (Faculty of Music, University of Oxford)

Innovation and Legal Reforms in China Dr Linda Yueh (Department of Economics, University of Oxford)

Error Costs & IP Law Professor Joseph Miller (University of Georgia Law)

2012

The Art of the Copy: Labour, Originality, and Value in the Contemporary Art Market Professor Kirsty Robertson (Western University, Canada)

Reverse Engineering Commercial Secrets Professor Tanya Aplin (King's College London)

Daniel Webster’s Patent Cases Professor Mark Janis (Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Bloomington)

The Face and the Photograph: Copyright as a Nineteenth Century Publicity Right Dr Elena Cooper (Cambridge University)

Creativity as a Social Relation? Professor James Leach (University of Aberdeen)

The European Patent Office: An Unexpected Success Alec Clelland (European Patent Office)

Conflict Resolution, Public Goods and Patent Thickets Dr Georg von Graevenitz (University of East Anglia)

On the Role of Quality in Patent Systems Professor Bruno Van Pottelsberghe (Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management )

Knowledge Gaps, Knowledge Traps? The Politics of Patents and Innovation in Latin America Dr Ken Shadlen (London School of Economics)

Hargreaves One Year On - An Assessment, Sam Ricketson's slides, Professor Christine Greenhalgh (OIPRC, University of Oxford), Professor Sam Ricketson (IPRIA, University of Melbourne) ()

Hargreaves One Year On - An Assessment, Professor Christine Greenhalgh (OIPRC, University of Oxford), Professor Sam Ricketson (IPRIA, University of Melbourne) ()

Patentability, the Public Interest, and Moral Pluralism: Further Reflections on the Brüstle Decision Professor Roger Brownsword (Kings College London)

Patents and Clean Energy: Bridging the Gap between Evidence and Policy Dr Nikolaus Thumm (Chief Economist, European Patent Office)

The Patent System and Climate Change Professor Josh Sarnoff ( College of Law, DePaul University)

Intellectual Property Law and the Problem of Aesthetic Progress Professor Barton Beebe (School of Law, New York University)

Experiments on Creativity and Innovation for Intellectual Property Law Professor Christopher Buccafusco (Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology)

You've Gotta be Joking: Parody and Copyright Professor Lionel Bently (Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge)

Is the Dragon Learning to Fly? An Analysis of the Chinese Patent Explosion Dr Markus Eberhardt (School of Economics, University of Nottingham)

2011

The Informativeness of On-Line Advertising Dr Greg Taylor (University of Oxford)

To Protect or not to Protect? The Eligibility of Commercially-used Short Verbal Texts for Copyright and Trade Mark Protection Dr Jennifer Davis, Professor Alan Durant (University of Cambridge, University of Middlesex )

EU Accession to the ECHR: Implications for European Patent Law Professor Aurora Plomer (University of Sheffield)

How Idiosyncratic is Patent Value? Exploring the Importance of Firm Characteristics in Patent Valuation George Chondrakis (Said Business School, University of Oxford)

Pivotal Concepts long overlooked? The Work and Authorship in EU Copyright Law Dr Mireille van Eechoud (University of Amsterdam)

Functionality Professor Stacey Dogan (Boston University)

Justifying Intellectual Property Professor Robert Merges (Berkeley Law, University of California)

IP Policy and Economic Research Tony Clayton (Intellectual Property Office)

The Social Value of Patent Disclosure Professor Dietmar Harhoff (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)

Emerging IP Monetization Solutions: The Institutionalization of an IP Exchange Gerard Pannekoek (Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of IPXI Holdings)

Patent Claim Construction in the United States as a Form of Legal Interpretation Dr Christian Mammen (University of California Hastings College of Law)

The Supreme Court as “Prime Percolator” Professor John Golden (University of Texas at Austin)

IP Remedies and What They Reveal About the Nature of IP Professor Peter Jaffey (Brunel University)

The Common Law and IP Hazel Carty (University of Manchester)

The Europeanisation of UK Patent Law Stephen Jones (Baker & McKenzie)

2010

The EU Trade Mark Study - Issues and Proposals Professor Annette Kur (Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property)

Four Paradigms of Unfair Competition Professor Christopher Wadlow (University of East Anglia)

Bounded Openness Professor Christopher May (Lancaster University)

Common and Civil Law Approaches to Inventive Step Mr Paul Cole (Visiting Professor, Bournemouth University and European Patent Attorney)

What is authorship in the digital age? Collaboration, co-ordination, automation (and proving it) Professor Jane Ginsburg, Professor Sam Ricketson (Columbia Law School, University of Melbourne)

Downunder Parody: Fair Use for the Purposes of Parody and Satire in Australian Copyright Law Professor Graeme Austin (University of Arizona)

Current Intellectual Property Problems Lord Justice Jacob (Court of Appeal)

The Implementation Game: The TRIPS Agreement and the Global Politics of Intellectual Property Reform in Developing Countries Dr Carolyn Deere-Birkbeck (University of Oxford)

Copyright Infringement: Normal, Natural Trouble? A View from a Criminologist Dr Loraine Gelsthorpe (University of Cambridge)

Constructing Commons in the Cultural Environment Professor Michael Madison (University of Pittsburgh)

The Future of the European Requirement for an Invention (and with it of Software, Business Method and Biotech Patents) Dr Justine Pila (University of Oxford)

Downunder Parody: Fair Use for the Purposes of Parody and Satire in Australian Copyright Law Professor Graeme Austin (University of Arizona)

Patent Trolls- a European Perspective Professor Ansgar Ohly (University of Bayreuth )

Breach of Confidence/Public Interest Simon Malynicz (Hogarth Chambers )

Is Copyright "Intellectual" Property? Material Fixation in Copyright Law Dr Yoav Mazeh (Ono Academic College )

Software and Business Method Patents Lord Hoffmann ( University of Oxford )

2009

Humanising’ the Intellectual Property System: Fundamental rights as tools to preserve a fair balance within intellectual property Assoc. Prof. Christophe Geiger (University of Strasbourg)

Authors, Editors, Originality and Antiquity Professor Hector MacQueen (University of Edinburgh)

Liability for Keyword Advertising: A Comparative Perspective Professor Graeme Dinwoodie (University of Oxford)

Academic Freedom and Intellectual Property Rights Professor Eric Barendt (UCL)

The Term of Copyright and the Size of the Public Domain Dr Rufus Pollock (University of Cambridge)

Reflections on The Triumph of Music: Copyrights and Performers' Rights in Music Mr Justice Arnold (Patents Court)

Technology and Law: Cross-cultural Issues Affecting the Patenting Process Professor Paul Cole (Visiting Professor IP Law, Bournemouth University, and Chartered Patent Attorney, Lucas & Co.)

The Effect of Market Entry on Innovation: Evidence from UK University Incubators Christian Helmers (Wolfson College, Oxford)

The Challenges of the European Patent System (Bruegel Blue Print, May 2009) Professor Bruno van Pottelsberghe (Université Libre de Bruxelles and Bruegel)

IP Awareness in the UK: The Role of Professional Intermediaries. Dr Robert Pitkethly (Said Business School, University of Oxford)

John Locke, Freedom of the Press and the Boundaries of Authorship Lior Zemer (Radzyner)

International Arbitration and IP Claims William (Rusty) Park (Boston)

Lord Hoffmann and the Speculative Claim David Brennan (Melbourne)

Corporate Financial Governance and IP Reporting Standards Roya Ghafele (Oxford)

Copyright vs Privacy: Issues of European and Comparative Law” Bruno Tassone (Teramo)

Does the Sound Remain the Same? An Empirical Study of Bestselling Musical Comositions (1913-1932) and their Use in Cinema (1968-2007)” Paul Heald (Georgia)

Venturing into Intellectual Property Jointly and Confidentially

2008

Neutral Concern in Copyright Law Marcelo Thompson (OII)

Open source and copyright law Robert Gomulkiewicz (Washington)

Translations, adaptations and derivative works in 19th Century laws: how copyright expanded beyond the right to copy Maurizio Borghi (Brunel)

Copyright in architectural plans Kimberlee Weatherill (Queensland)

The future of digital copyright law in the peer-to-peer Web Wolf Richter (DPhil Student, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford)

The drama of Victorian dramatic copyright Barbara Lauriat (DPhil Student, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford)

Patenting life after the Supreme Court of Canada: Some unhappy compromises and unintended consequences" Dr. Bita Amani (Assistant Professor and Doctor of Juridical Science, Queen's University, Faculty of Law, Ontario)

The use and value of IP in small and medium sized enterprises Dr. Christine Greenhalgh (Economics Director, Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre & Reader in Economics, University of Oxford)