Description

The presentation will discuss the consequences on the current IP landscape when Britain leaves the EU. What, in particular, will become of IP rights that cover – or are meant to cover – the entire EU? The issue has triggered debates not least with regard to the upcoming unitary patent system. Though much is under a haze right now that will only (hopefully!) lift once the negotiations about the terms of Brexit are taking shape, the legal options as well as the risks and benefits connected therewith are out for scrutiny.

About The Speaker

Professor Kur was a senior member of the research staff and Head of Unit at the Max-Planck-Institute (MPI) for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law until 31 July 2015. She is an affiliated professor of the University of Stockholm and honorary professor at the University of Munich (LMU). She also teaches at Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC), and is a member of the foreign faculty, Santa Clara University (CA). She was a visiting professor (Hauser Global Law School Program) at NYU, New York, as well as at several European universities and at the National University of Singapore (NUS). She was President of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) (2007-2009).

Professor Kur is the author of numerous books and articles in the field of national, European and international trademark, unfair competition and industrial design law as well as international jurisdiction and choice of law.