@ucl_ibil

UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law

 London, England
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Joined March 2017
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🔎 How should trade mark law evolve in an AI-driven, sustainable economy? Join us for the @UCL_IBIL 2026 Sir Hugh Laddie Lecture from Prof Martin Senftleben (University of Amsterdam) for this cutting-edge discussion. 📅 24 June 2026 | 6pm 🎟️ Book now: buff.ly/ZNMDSiH
Professor Martin Senftleben (Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam)

ALT Professor Martin Senftleben (Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam)

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As the new academic year gets under way, IBIL has published its Annual Report for the academic year 2024/2025. Plenty more in the pipeline for 2025/2026. You can read more about what we have been up to here: ucl.ac.uk/ibil/news/2025/sep….
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Last month @ucl_ibil welcomed The Rt Hon Sir Christopher Floyd, Former Lord Justice of Appeal, to deliver the 17th Annual Sir Hugh Laddie Lecture. His talk on patent law harmonisation is available on the UCL Laws YouTube channel: tinyurl.com/5n8s6f9u 📹
The Rt Hon Sir Christopher Floyd, Former Lord Justice of Appeal and Honorary Professor at UCL Faculty of Laws, is standing in front of a microphone delivering a lecture.

ALT The Rt Hon Sir Christopher Floyd, Former Lord Justice of Appeal and Honorary Professor at UCL Faculty of Laws, is standing in front of a microphone delivering a lecture.

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📢 2025 Sir Hugh Laddie Lecture with The Rt Hon Sir Christopher Floyd – Patent Law Harmonisation: How we got this far. 📅 24 June 2025 @ 6pm 🏦 Senate House, University of London 🎟️In person + online 🔗tinyurl.com/y5r4nu98
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Wishing best of luck to @UCLLaws students Kieran Yeo & Guanchen Zhou, who are on their way to Geneva to compete in the final rounds of @WIPO Inaugural IP Moot Court Competition next week! ⚖️#AllRoadsLeadToGeneva. ucl.ac.uk/ibil/news/2025/apr…

UCL's Moot Team off to compete in the Inaugural WIPO International IP Law Moot | Faculty of Laws

UCL Laws students Kieran Yeo and Guanchen Zhou are shortly heading off to compete in the final oral rounds of the Inaugural World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Intellectual Property (IP)

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We're looking forward to @UCamCIPIL's Spring Conference tomorrow - "Is AI transforming IP?". Speakers include our own @alinatrapova. More details: cipil.law.cam.ac.uk/seminars….

CIPIL Spring Conference

CIPIL Annual Spring Conference The CIPIL Spring Conference is held annually in March. The conference aims to bring together academics, practitioners and students to discuss current issues in

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Do join us, and @IPDraughts, at @UCLLaws for our UK Universities’ IP and Spinout Policies conference on 12 May - full details👇: ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/2025/m…
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Conference on UK university IP and spinout policies – hold the date!

IP Draughts is delighted to announce that he and his academic colleagues, Professor Naomi Hawkins of the University of Sheffield, and Dr Alison Slade of Leicester University, together with Dr Josef…

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Wishing best of luck to the @UCLLaws LLM students Victoria Browell (left) and April Wells (right) - who are on their way to Oxford to compete in the oral rounds of the @OxIPMoot this week! ⚖️ ucl.ac.uk/ibil/news/2025/mar…
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Join us @UCLLaws for our Annual Copyright seminar: '#Copyright Law and #AI: Time to Revisit Copyright Registration?' Our panel will evaluate the pros & cons of registries, from transatlantic & EU perspectives. 🗓️ 14 May @ 6pm For full information, see: tinyurl.com/5n6e9d4r
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It seems to have been a busy year on the trade mark front! Join us and @MarquesIP on 25 March @UCLLaws to meet and question some of the judges that are deciding our trade mark disputes. Full details at: ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/2025/m….

Hybrid: Question the Trade Mark Judges 2025 | Faculty of Laws

organised by the UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL) with MARQUES

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Don't miss your opportunity to comment on the future shape of UK design law. What matters more - speed/low cost or validity? Choice of options or simplicity? What features should design law protect? Have your say! 🫵
Intellectual Property Office UK@The_IPO25 Feb 2025
Calling all designers: here’s a chance to shape the future of design IP law in the UK! We need your expertise to ensure that IP laws effectively protect your creative work. Share your priorities in our Design Protection Survey [link]: ipoconsultations.citizenspac…
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Whether post-sale confusion should be actionable is a current hot topic in UK TM law. Still a few places left at our event discussing it next week. It's also the subject of a new article by Prof Ilanah Fhima published in @JIPLP which you can access here: doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpaf00….

Post-sale confusion: a doctrine in development

Abstract. Post-sale confusion occurs when confusion occurs after the trade mark owner’s goods have been purchased. The status of such confusion under Europ

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Join our Annual Brand lecture on post-sale confusion & targeting - with a transatlantic expert panel, inc including Daniel Alexander KC, Christine Farley, Ilanah Fhima, & Jeremy Sheff. In-person & online tickets available. 🗓️ 26 Feb @ 6pm More info: tinyurl.com/mpjxtb26
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Join us on 18 March @UCLLaws for an update on developments in Standard Essential #Patents, hosted by @UCL_CLES. The speaker is Dr @igornikolic17 , Nokia's Director of IP Policy (a former IBIL PhD Scholarship recipient🧑‍🎓) with @IoannisLianos chairing. See: tinyurl.com/jzkj4k52

Standard-Essential Patents: Competition / IP law and recent global developments | Faculty of Laws

Part of the Competition Enforcement Lecture Series organised by UCL Centre for Law, Economics and Society (CLES)

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We are growing! @UCLLaws is looking to recruit a Lecturer or Associate Prof in IP/IT Law! Applications close on 28 Feb. Full details of the positions: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search…

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Book your place at our Annual Privacy Lecture: 'Journalism, Politics & British Journalism' on 12 Feb @ 6pm @UCLLaws. Find out how to protect the identity of sources when reporting news and investigating matters of public interest. For more info, see: tinyurl.com/ymfc75b4

RECORDING | Journalism, Politics and British Justice | Faculty of Laws

The UCL Institute of Brand & Innovation Law Annual Privacy Lecture

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Join our Annual Brand lecture on post-sale confusion & targeting - with a transatlantic expert panel, inc including Daniel Alexander KC, Christine Farley, Ilanah Fhima, & Jeremy Sheff. In-person & online tickets available. 🗓️ 26 Feb @ 6pm More info: tinyurl.com/mpjxtb26
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If you missed our Patents and AI event earlier in the month, or simply want to watch it again, then you can find the link to the recording below. ucl.ac.uk/ibil/news/2024/dec… Watch this space for more IP-related events in 2025!

IBIL panel debates whether patent law is fit for the AI age | Faculty of Laws

On 4 December, IBIL hosted a thought-provoking panel discussion which considered whether UK patent law is equipped to deal with the challenges which artificial intelligence presents.

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Still a few in-person tickets left for our #patents and #AI event next week, or register to join the livestream!
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Join us on 4 Dec @ 6pm @UCLLaws for our Annual Innovation seminar: Patent Law – Fit for an (emotional) AI age?: CIIs, Training ANNs & other stories. Our expert panel includes VirginiaDriver, Matt Hervey, Michael Prior & Noam Shemtov. For full details: ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/2024/d….

RECORDING: Patent Law – Fit for an (emotional) AI age? | Faculty of Laws

The annual UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law's Innovation Seminar

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The recording of this event is now available to view online: youtu.be/amBr_WYi8ok. Thanks again to @CITMAuk for your support!

UK Trade Marks Act 1994 at 30: Going Forward, Looking Backwards

A UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation event, supported by CITMAh...

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UCL IBIL@ucl_ibil11 Oct 2024
On 7 Nov, IBIL & @CITMAuk will join forces to reflect on thirty years of the UK TM Act. Join us at 6pm @UCLLaws (or online), for 'UK Trade Marks Act 1994 at 30 - Going Forward, Looking Backwards: Lessons from Harmonisation.' For more info: tinyurl.com/TMAat30.
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Next week, Ilanah Fhima will be discussing her research on minority rights and trade mark law's 'average consumer' - please join us!
CREATe@copyrightcentre15 Nov 2024
The CREATe Trade Mark Seminar Series is back! Seminar 1: Innovative Methodologies in Researching Current Trade Mark Law 📅 Thursday, 21st November 2024 🕒 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (UK Time) 🌐 Online 🎙 Prof. Ilanah Fhima, @ucl_ibil, @ucl Seminar 2: Trade Mark History 📅 Thursday, 5th December 2024 🕒 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (UK Time) 🌐 Online 🎙 Dr. @andrewvent, School of Communication, @IllinoisStateU, USA Zoom links for the seminars will be sent out a few days before the events to all members of The CREATe Trade Mark Seminar Series mailing list. No RSVP is required. To join the mailing list, please contact @drelena_cooper at: [email protected] Read more here: create.ac.uk/blog/2024/11/14…
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