The Group has hosted a significant number of conferences and seminars in recent years. These conferences and seminars are popular with both academic colleagues and with the local legal and business communities. Reflecting the broad nature of the group, the topics of these conferences and seminars have included product liability, insolvency, competition law, employment law, insurance, sport and tort Law.

In addition, it has hosted a variety of lectures by occasional visiting speakers from other jurisdictions including the UK, the USA, Canada, and Australia.

Distinguished Visiting Scholars

In more recent times, the Group has begun to host an annual Distinguished Visiting Scholar. In the Autumn of 2011, Professor Christopher Symes from the University of Adelaide in Austraila spent a semester at University of Limerick. Professor Symes is a renowned expert in Australian insolvency law. For Autumn 2012, Professor Susan B. Richey of the University of New Hampshire was in residence. Professor Richey is the leading US expert in trademark law.

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IP Law Café 2015/16

Designed for practitioners, business people, academics, and anyone who has to deal with IP issues on a daily basis or is just plain curious about the role intellectual property plays in the modern commercial world, the Café is a series of afternoon engagements focused around a specific topic with input from a recognised expert in the field.

It is then followed by lively discussion among all the participants providing for networking, peer learning, and development in the crucial area of intellectual property. All IP Café events start at 4pm and take place in the Millstream Common Room on the UL Campus. Attendance is free and refreshments and finger-foods will be served.

Other events

  • The Future of IP: Cathal Lane, Tomkins, September 17, 2015
  • Patent  Registration and Protection: Gerard Barret, Patent Office, October 15, 2015
  • The EU Digital Single Market: Professor Robert Clark, Arthur Cox Solicitors, November 19, 2015
  • Employees and IP Law : Keeping Secrets: Eddie Keane, School of Law, UL, December 12, 2015
  • Valuing IP rights: Professor Bill Murphy, School of Law, UNH January 21, 2016
  • IP and Disruptive Technologies : 3D Printing explored: Kate Harnett, William Fry Solicitors, February 18, 2016
  • National and international taxation of IP rights: Professor Jeffrey Maine, University of Maine Law School,March 10, 2016
  • Protecting Patents: Michael Lucy, Patent Attorney, April 21, 2016

For further details contact Raymond J Friel, Director, International Commercial and Economic Law Group on raymond.friel@ul.ie