News
'It's a Crazy Issue' – The Bizarre World of Scam Audiobooks
22 April 2021
Professor Johanna Gibson was featured in Vice
QMIPRI Spotlight Series: Dr Guan H. Tang
18 March 2021
In the seventh part of our series showcasing the research of members of Queen Mary’s Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI) we focus on Dr Guan H. Tang, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law (Asia).
Could The Simpsons replace its voice actors with AI deepfakes?
8 March 2021
Professor Johanna Gibson was featured in Wired discussing the law around deepfake technology.
QMIPRI Spotlight Series: Professor Johanna Gibson
26 February 2021
In the sixth part of our series showcasing the research of members of Queen Mary’s Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI) we focus on Professor Johanna Gibson, Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law.
.jpg)
Professor Duncan Matthews speaks to South Korean radio on vaccine hesitancy and safety
QMIPRI Spotlight Series: Professor Jonathan Griffiths
15 January 2021
In the fifth part of our series showcasing the research of members of Queen Mary’s Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI) we focus on Professor Jonathan Griffiths, Professor of Intellectual Property Law.
.jpg)
QMIPRI Spotlight Series: Professor Uma Suthersanen
15 January 2021
In the fourth part of our series showcasing the research of members of Queen Mary’s Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI) we focus on Professor Uma Suthersanen, Professor of Global Intellectual Property Law.
Professor Duncan Matthews comments on Covid-19 variant, patents and genome editing
4 January 2021
He was interviewed by Korean radio programme This Morning, and featured in WIPO Magazine.
QMIPRI Spotlight Series: Professor Uma Suthersanen
4 December 2020
In the fourth part of our series showcasing the research of members of Queen Mary’s Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI) we focus on Professor Uma Suthersanen, Professor of Global Intellectual Property Law.
J.A.L. Sterling - In Memoriam
3 December 2020
17 April 1927 – 29 November 2020
QMIPRI Spotlight Series: Dr Noam Shemtov
10 November 2020
In the third part of our series showcasing the research of members of Queen Mary’s Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI) we focus on Dr Noam Shemtov, Reader in IP and Technology Law.
QMIPRI Spotlight Series: Dr Gaetano Dimita
23 October 2020
In the second part of our series showcasing the research of members of Queen Mary’s Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI) we focus on Dr Gaetano Dimita, Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law.
QMIPRI Spotlight Series: Professor Duncan Matthews
6 October 2020
Queen Mary’s Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI) is an internationally renowned research institution in intellectual property and related areas of commercial law. Over the next few months we will be featuring members of QMIPRI and showcasing their research. In the first part of the series we focus on Professor Duncan Matthews, Director of QMIPRI.
Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy: Professor Matthews writes in The Conversation
16 September 2020
Professor Duncan Matthews has written an opinion piece for The Conversation in which he argues that the Covid-19 pandemic has been a game changer and biopharma companies need to face up to a new reality.
QMIPRI and Covid-19 in the media
16 September 2020
Professor Duncan Matthews, Director of QMIPRI, has made a number of media appearances in which he has discussed the wide-ranging implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on Intellectual Property.
Genome Editing and Patents
15 September 2020
Professor Duncan Matthews, Director of the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, has convened a high-level expert working group on genome editing and patents.
Building Trust in the Digital Economy - CCLS Partnership with ARGANS and the European Space Agency
7 September 2020
CCLS experts Professor Ian Walden, Dr Noam Shemtov and Dr Michaela MacDonald have joined ARGANS Ltd in a research project, commissioned by the European Space Agency, as a part of a continuous effort to stimulate innovation within the Earth Observation sector.
On the Origin of CCLS by Means of CIPA Selection
2 September 2020
Malcolm Langley, Librarian of the Intellectual Property Archive, describes the lesser-known origins of CCLS with its initial inception in the field of Intellectual Property Law.
The unequal scramble for coronavirus vaccines – by the numbers
27 August 2020
Professor Duncan Matthews interviewed in Nature
Would you be willing to take Russia's new coronavirus vaccine?
12 August 2020
Professor Duncan Matthews speaks about the need for safety approvals for Russia's new Covid-19 vaccine
Covid-19 vaccine nationalism and supply chain transparency
12 August 2020
Professor Duncan Matthews speaks to This Morning radio show in Seoul about Covid-19 vaccine nationalism
UK under pressure to make drug companies put public interest before profits in race for Covid-19 vaccine.
10 August 2020
Professor Duncan Matthews explains compulsory licensing and Crown Use in the i newspaper
Queen Mary launches international training programme for Ukrainian judges
31 July 2020
The Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London has started its intellectual property (IP) training programme for judges in Ukraine.
The Conversation publishes article by Professor Duncan Matthews, addressing Covid-19, vaccine nationalism and lack of transparency in supply chain deals
The Conversation has published an article by Professor Duncan Matthews, addressing Covid-19, vaccine nationalism and the lack of transparency in supply chain deals
Disney and chill
14 April 2020
Professor Johanna Gibson talks to Wired about Disney+, and how much control Disney now has on where and how it's shows can be watched
CCLS partners with Argans Ltd to research IT infrastructure in Earth Observation
18 March 2020
The Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, in partnership with Argans Ltd (Satellite Remote Sensing and Earth Observation), has won a bid to carry out ground-breaking research for the European Space Agency
Reanimating James Dean
25 November 2019
Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Professor Johanna Gibson appeared on BBC World Service to discuss the IP rights of World Wide XR, reanimating James Dean to use in productions.
The messy legal scrap to bring celebrities back from the dead
17 November 2019
Professor Johanna Gibson comments on the trend of resurrecting dead celebrities whose image rights have expired for Wired
Queen Mary School of Law Doctoral Researcher wins prize for best paper
30 September 2019
The paper was authored by QMIPRI and Queen Mary University of London School of Law doctoral researcher Lucius Klobučník and Dr Li (Thomas) Lu, Assistant Professor at Shih Hsin University College of Law, Taiwan.
More Than Just a Game comes to the Netherlands
13 May 2019
New book analyses competition law and intellectual property in China
2 April 2019
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris and Professor Spyros Maniatis co-edit this new volume published by Oxford University Press
Queen Mary leads on Intellectual Property training for China
1 March 2019
Senior Chinese officials from the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) have this week completed a four-month training programme led by Professor Duncan Matthews, Director of Queen Mary’s Intellectual Property Research Institute.
Professor Duncan Matthews invited as a keynote speaker at a Workshop on recent challenges in Pharmaceutical Markets
18 February 2019
has been invited as a keynote speaker at the upcoming Workshop on Recent Challenges in Competition an IP in Pharmaceutical Markets by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
QMUL PhD students Awarded 'Modern Law Review Scholarships
17 August 2015
Three QMUL PhD students, Shane Burke, David Andrew Foster and Angeliki Papantoniou, have been awarded scholarships by the Modern Law Review.
Professor Duncan Matthews speaks at EU-China Intellectual Property Forum, Renmin University
Professor Duncan Matthews visits Masaryk University in Czech Republic
More than just a game: Interactive entertainment and intellectual property law
27 April 2015
On 24 April 2015, QMUL's Centre for Commercial Law Studies convened a group of legal experts to consider and examine issues around gaming an intellectual property law. In this article, Dr Gaetano Dimita, Lecturer in International Intellectual Property Law, sets out the many legal challenges that emerge from this growing and dynamic sector.
Bottom 50 per cent of UK authors made less than £10,500 in 2013
21 April 2015
The median earnings of authors in the UK has fallen below the minimum wage, according to a survey of 2,500 writers, published by researchers at Queen Mary University of London.
Professor Matthews and Professor Suthersanen welcome Chinese delegation from Southwest University of Political Science and Law to CCLS
Delegation from the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of the People's Republic of China visit CCLS
Jonathan Griffiths to speak at ALAI Congress in Brussels
9 September 2014
Chinese patent office delegates visit London
15 July 2014
Queen Mary LLM students compete in Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot
2 May 2014
Three LLM Students represented Queen Mary University of London at the 12th annual Intellectual Property Moot Competition at Oxford on 20 - 22 March 2014. The Queen Mary team was Filip Kufrin, Michael Laws and Severine Riviere Naidoo.
Jonathan Griffiths's co-edited book 'Concepts of Property in Intellectual Property Law' is published
Professor Matthews welcomes Chinese delegation to London
11 October 2013
Professor Uma Suthersanen's co-edited book 'A Shifting Empire: 100 Years of the Copyright Act 1911' is published
Intellectual Property Annual Prize Winners
17 January 2013
European Intellectual Property Institutes Network Congress 2012 in London
Legendary rock music guru talks IP to Queen Mary law students
15 November 2011
New Intellectual Property Journal launched by Queen Mary
13 April 2011
LLM in Intellectual Property, MSc Management of Intellectual Property, Certificate in Intellectual Property
Dr Duncan Matthews' new book published 'Intellectual Property, Human Rights And Development The Role of NGOs and Social Movements'
23 February 2011
Dr Duncan Matthews' new book 'Intellectual Property, Human Rights And Development The Role of NGOs and Social Movements' is published by Edward Elgar.
Dr Guido Westkamp's new book 'Privacy and Publicity' is published
14 February 2011
You can order Dr Guido Westkamp's 'Privacy & Publicity' book from www.nomos-shop.de
Dr Duncan Matthews' research paper on “Patents in the Global Economy”, commissioned by the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) as independent evidence for UK government policy has been published by the Intellectual Property Office.
Dr Duncan Matthews appointed to the IPO Trade and Development Expert Advisory Group
27 January 2011
Dr Duncan Matthews was appointed to the Intellectual Property Office Trade and Development Expert Advisory Group in January 2011.
Jonathan Griffiths is participating in the Copyrights and Wrongs panel discussion as part of the Inside Out Festival on 27 October
19 October 2010
Jonathan Griffiths, who specialises in intellectual property law at the Queen Mary, University of London, is participating in a discussion on Copyrights and Wrongs at the British Society on 27 October.
Gavin Sutter ‘Where to now for English Libel Law?’
27 July 2010
Gavin Sutter, lecturer in Media Law at Queen Mary, comments on The Defamation Bill which is due to go before the committee approval in the House of Lords.
Intellectual Property Institute joins Queen Mary
10 May 2010
Queen Mary, University of London has entered a landmark agreement with the Intellectual Property Institute (IPI). The IPI now operates from the School of Law's Centre for Commercial Law Studies, in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, in collaboration with the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Institute (QMIPRI).
£120,745 awarded for 'Beyond Text' research project
3 February 2010
Professor Uma Suthersanen has been awarded a grant of £120,745.00 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council under the Small Grants (Beyond Text) Scheme.
Intellectual Property and Public Health
17 February 2009
Jonathan Griffiths gave a keynote lecture on "The 'three step test'
20 November 2008
Professor Johanna Gibson's new book
9 September 2008
Professor Johanna Gibson comments on legal blogging
21 August 2008