Welcome to the OIPRC

The OIPRC is the focus of intellectual property research at the university, not just in area of law but in other fields including economics and public policy.

The Centre organises a termly Invited Speaker Series and the annual International Intellectual Property Moot. The Centre also hosts a number of academic visitors and research students annually. Members of the Centre have developed enduring and collaborative relationships with leading intellectual property practitioners through the Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice and now with the new MSc in Intellectual Property. The Diploma is a part-time vocational programme offered by the Law Faculty in collaboration between the University and the Intellectual Property Lawyer’s Association.

The Annual Oxford International Intellectual Property Law Moot Competition

Visitors Programme

Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice

MSc in Intellectual Property

Annual Reports

Forthcoming Events

Welcome!

OIPRC graduate student members and visiting researchers discussing food for thought over pizzas

The OIPRC was established in 1990 at St Peter's College by Faculty member Peter Hayward, with an initial gift from the Hitachi Foundation and moved from St Peter’s College to the Faculty of Law in 2008.

Centre Contact: info@oiprc.ox.ac.uk

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OIPRC Invited Speaker Series

Each year the OIPRC hosts a number of leading academics from around the world as part of its Invited Speaker Series. These events typically run from 5:15-6:45pm on Thursday evenings at The Dorfman Centre, St. Peter’s College; if the venue or time is different, it will be noted on the Events calendar.

Schedule

Intellectual Property Discussion Group

OIPRC Members

News

08 May 2024

Professor Gangjee Presents IP Research to National and International Intellectual Property Offices

30 October 2023

Robert Burrell gives The Herchel Smith Intellectual Property Lecture 2023 at Lincoln’s Inn

On Monday 23 October Robert Burrell, Professor of Intellectual Property & Information Technology Law, gave this year’s Herchel Smith Intellectual Property Lecture 2023 at Lincoln’s Inn, speaking on 'Intellectual Property Rights and Dirigiste Innovation Policies'.

Robert teaches and researches across all areas of intellectual property law, and is the author with Michael Handler, of Australian Trade Mark Law (3rd ed. 2023) and with Allison Coleman, of Copyright Exceptions: The Digital Impact (2005).