Events
The Queen Mary Intellectual Property Institute (QMIPRI) hosts the annual Herchel Smith Intellectual Property Lecture, as well as a programme of presentations and talks by leading IP professionals and academics.. Find out more about our events and how to attend.
Upcoming events
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Past events
Past events before 2025
2024
- QMIPRI Workshop on Digital Assets, Ownership and Property Rights, 05 March 2024
- Recent and Emerging Trends in EU and UK Copyright, 12th March 2024
- Żaneta Zemła-Pacud (Polish Academy of Sciences): Regulatory Data Protection – challenges, opportunities and ongoing reform 14th March 2024
- Advertising Regulation in the U.S. Games Industry, 24 April 2024
- Implications of Generative AI for the Protection & Enforcement of IP Rights, 25 April 2024
- Constructing a Complexity Framework for Traditional Knowledge, 21 May 2024
- Doctoral Seminar and Discussion Group with Dr Marc Mimler, City University of London, 31 May 2024
- QMIPRI Conference 2024 - AI Frontiers in Intellectual Property Law: Navigating the Future, 27 June 2024
- Herchel Smith Lecture 2024, 28 October 2024
2023
- Film Fashion Forum: Pick Up The Thread!, 05 June 2023
- Film Fashion Forum - Taking Action!, 04 July 2023
- 21st Century Tech Applications: Property and Intellectual Property Aspects, 07 July 2023
- The Herchel Smith Intellectual Property Lecture 2023, 23 October 2023
- Widening Epistemic Communities and Addressing Societal Challenges: Delivering New Approaches to Governance, Information and Intellectual Property?, 25 October 2023
- Book Launch: European Patent Law. The Unified Patent Court and the European Patent Convention, 23 November 2023
2022
- Film Fashion Forum: Every Cloud has a Textile Lining, 20 July 2022
- Film Fashion Forum: Producing the Goods, 29 June 2022
- QMIPRI Annual Conference 2022: Access to Intellectual Property in New and Emerging Technologies, 09-10 June 2022
- Film Fashion Forum: Coming into Fashion, 08 June 2022
- 8th International IP Congress 2022, 08 June 2022
- An event to launch Performing Copyright Law, Theatre and Authorship by Dr Luke McDonagh, 28 March 2022
- IELR 5.1 pre-publication event: EULAs: Friends or Foes?, 03 March 2022
- Open Seminar 'Open Access to Scientific Publishing', 26 January 2022
2020
- IELR Online Event: Cyberpunk 2077: Intellectual Property Rights Management in an Enterprise, 7 December 2020
- IELR 3.1 Online Launch Event: Copyright Perspectives on Creativity, 26 November 2020
- The Governance of Genome Editing: Addressing the Patent Gap, Patent Scholar Webinar, 16 September 2020
QMIPRI Webinar Series on IP Responses to Covid-19:
- Part 1 - Access to Diagnostics, Vaccines, and Treatments, 16 June 2020
- Part 2 - Innovation during Crisis, Data Tracking Privacy, Pharmaceutical Supply Chains, and 3D Printing, 23 June 2020
- Part 3 - Co-ordinating Access and the Public Interest, 14 July 2020
- CCLS 40th Anniversary Intellectual Property Law Lecture and Q&A
18 June 2020
2019
2018
- More Than Just a Game IV: Culture, Identities, Freedoms and Artificial Intelligence 5 April 2018
- More Than Just a Game Paris Edition 15 February 2018
2017
- Global IP Law Lecture Series 2016/2017: FDI and Nigeria’s IP landscape 7 June 2017
- Global IP Law Lecture Series 2016/2017: The Intellectual Property Covenant 11 May 2017
- More Than Just a Game: Interactive Entertainment and Intellectual Property Law (third edition) 6 April 2017
- Global IP Law Lecture Series 2016/17: UKIPO and AHRC Studies on the IP Implications of 3D Printing 23 March 2017
2016
- More Than Just a Game: Interactive Entertainment and Intellectual Property Law (second edition) 8 April 2016
- 2016 Global Intellectual Property Moot Court (QMUL CCLS Internal Moot) 6 April 2016
- The TRIPS Agreement 20 Years On: The Last Analogue IP Treaty or the First Trade 2.0 Agreement? 11 March 2016
- IP Policy Making in the 21st Century; The Trans-Pacific Partnership, a "Made in America" Agreement3 February 2016
- EQE Training Programme on European Patent Law and Practice - Part 2 11 January 2016
2015
- 2015 Herchel Smith Intellectual Property Lecture: The Hon Mr Justice Carr 7 December 2015
- Reforming Freedom of Expression Legislation in Brazil: from Online Public Participation to the Impact on Intellectual Property 3 December 2015
- More Than Just a Game: Interactive Entertainment and Intellectual Property Law 24 April 2015
- Intellectual Property Law MSc and PGCert online chat 15 April 2015
- 2015 Global Intellectual Property Moot Court (QMUL CCLS Internal Moot) 31 March 2015
2014
- Intellectual Property, Copyright, Licensing and Commercialisation (IPCLC) Workshop 11 December 2014
- PARIS EVENT: Patents and Innovation: Adjustment of the Criteria of Patentability under the Patents Act of India 04 December 2014
- Preparing for the Unitary Patent Package
04 December 2014 - A conversation with the EU's chief negotiator for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership 24 November 2014
- 2014 Herchel Smith Intellectual Property Lecture: The Hon Mr Justice Arnold 13 October 2014
- London Technology Week: Knowing Your IP: IP Explained for Start-ups
18 June 2014 - London Technology Week: Nuts and Bolts, one to one trademark and patent advice 18 June 2014
- European Patent Convention Course 18 March 2014
2013
- 2013 Herchel Smith Lecture: Lord Justice Floyd - "What has IP done for the law?" 14 November 2013
- EQE Training Programme on European Patent Law and Practice 4 November 2013
- QMJIP Seminar: Professor Susy Frankel 'Interpreting the TRIPs Agreement - Plain Packaging, Public Health and Patents'
21 June 2013 - Copyright and Digital Media - the view from Japan 20 March 2013
- QMJIP Seminar: A Fair Use Analogue and its Central Role in Copyright Law Harmonisation, Professor Sheldon Halpern 15 March 2013
- Copyright Reform: How to Legislate in a Hostile Environment 28 February 2013
- Fashion and Intellectual Property Rights: Past and Present 20 February 2013
- CCLS Alumni - Herchel Smith Intellectual Property: Did Kary Mullis 'Really' Invent the Polymerase Chain Reaction 14 February 2013
- IP Guest Lecture: Publicity Rights and Celebrity Licenses in the US 22 January 2013
2012
- Herchel Smith Lecture 2012 - His Hon Judge Birss QC, Patents County Court 4 December 2012
- The Creation of Unitary Patent Protection in the European Union 29 November 2012
- European Intellectual Property Teachers' Network Annual Workshop - Bocconi University 12 July 2012
- Professor Uma Suthersanen's Inaugural Lecture 'Authors and Institutional Users: Finding a Fair and Appropriate Equilibrium in Copyright Law' 4 April 2012
- Seminar - Recent Developments in Japanese Copyright Law - Exceptions and Limitations 21 March 2012
2011
- Professor Johanna Gibson’s Inaugural lecture 11 May 2011




