EIPTN is officially granted the WIPO Observer Status by the Assemblies of WIPO Member States
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The Programme of the EIPTN 2025 Worldwide Annual Conference, in
Portsmouth, United Kingdom, 10-11 October 2025, is published below
The European Intellectual Property Teachers’ Network (EIPTN) brings together individuals from across Europe to exchange ideas on best practice and innovation in teaching and learning activities relating to intellectual property.
EIPTN is interdisciplinary in focus, reflecting intellectual property teaching in a range of disciplines including law, politics, international relations, business studies, economics, computing science, engineering and physics.
The EIPTN Organizing Committee is composed by:
| Prof. Laurent Manderieux, Bocconi University, Italy, Chair, EIPTN | Prof. Nicolas Binctin, University of Poitiers, France
nicolas.binctin@univ-poitiers.fr
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| Prof. Alison Firth, University of Surrey, UK | Prof. Adoracion Perez, University of Alcala, Madrid, Spain |
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Prof. Yolanda Bergel Sainz de Baranda, Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain
ybergel@der-pruc3m.es
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Dr. Ulrika Wennersten, University of Lund, Sweden |
| Prof. George Papanikolaou, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
gpapanik@staff.hua.gr |
Prof. Vishv Priya Kohli, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
vpk.bhl@cbs.dk |
| Prof, Alain Strowel, UCLouvain, Belgium
alain.strowel@uclouvain.be |
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Contact us :info@eiptn.eu |
About EIPTN
EIPTN is multi-disciplinary in focus and aims to bring together intellectual property law (IP) teachers from across Europe to exchange ideas on best practices in IP teaching and learning activities.
In particular, EIPTN aims to raise awareness and disseminate information relating to:
- innovation in the teaching of IP
- problem-based teaching and learning
- multi-disciplinary teaching and learning
- promotion of IP teaching through IP professionals (i.e. patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys and technology transfer offices staff)
The European Patent Academy of the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Academy of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) may freely participate and / or support the EIPTN Annual Conference
17th Anniversary EIPTN Conference 2025
10-11 October 2025
DETAILED IN PRESENCE CONFERENCE PROGRAM
With support from the Future of Law, Innovation & Technology (FLITe)
Research and Innovation Centre
University of Portsmouth
United Kingdom
Venue:
University of Portsmouth Future Technology Centre
Portland Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth PO1 3HE
Conference Program
Day 1
Friday, 10 October 2025
09:15-09:45 Registration
09:45-10:00 Welcome and introduction
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Laurent Manderieux, Chair, EIPTN
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Joe Sekhon, Portsmouth University
Morning Session
10:00-10:30
Keynote Speech
IP Teaching in the forefront in Europe, Prof. Vladia BORISSOVA Dr., EUIPO Academy Director, European Union Intellectual Property Office, Alicante, Spain
10:30-11:30
1- IP as a Real World Tool for Students and Universities
Chairs: Ulrika Wennersten, EIPTN Committee, and Adoración Perez Troya, EIPTN Committee
– Teaching IP beyond the classroom: enabling academics and students to translate their research into innovation and impact, Joe Sekhon, Associate Head (Research and Innovation), Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
– IP Teaching in Action: Empowering IP Education to New Challenges Through Professional Partnerships, Justyna Ożegalska-Trybalska, Director, Intellectual Property Law Chair of Jagiellonian University, Director of Joint Master’s Programme in Intellectual Property and New Technologies, organised with WIPO and Polish Patent Office
– Enhancing IP Law education through academia-private sector synergy , Ruben Cano Perez, FIDE Foundation, Madrid, Spain & Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
– From Commercialisation to Societal Resilience: Expanding the Role of IP in Higher Education and Innovation Support, Fredrik Edman, Business Advisor, IPR Expert , Lund University, Sweden
11:30 – 11:45: Coffee break
11:45-13:00
2- IP Education and Research and New Fundamental Rights Challenges
Chairs: George Papanikolaou, EIPTN Committee, and Laurent Manderieux, EIPTN Committee
– Future-Proofing Intellectual Property Education in the Digital Era: Aligning IP Rights with Fundamental Rights in the Age of Emerging Technologies,Monirul Azam, Associate Professor, Department of Law, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden
– Engineering Human Rights into IP: Designing Predictive Legal-Pedagogical Frameworks for Rights Risk Navigation , Murtaza Mohiqi Assistant Professor, Department of Law, University of Agder, Norway
– Engaging students in the IP learning process while considering the technological and geopolitical challenges of our time, Irini Stamatoudi, Professor, Head of the Department of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
– IP Exhaustion in a Changing World: Sufficiently Green, Globalist and ECHR-Compliant? Simon GEIREGAT Research Professor, Ghent IP Law Institute, Ghent University, Belgium, Assistant Professor, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
13:00 – 14:30: Lunch break
14:30 – 15:15
Special Presentation
The EUIPO Academy teaching and training networks and tools: supporting the European Academic Community, Giorgos Tsaltas and Alexandros Alexandrou, EUIPO Academy, Alicante, Spain
Afternoon Session
3- IP Teaching methods and techniques in the forefront
Chairs: Yolanda Bergel Sainz de Baranda, EIPTN Committee and Vishv Priya Kohli, EIPTN Committee
– From Theory to Fieldwork: The Growing Role of Evidence-Based Research Methods in IP Teaching, Gil Dagan, PhD Candidate, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich, Germany
– Experience + Cutting Edge = Win Win – The case for Intergenerational Teaching Collaboration in Intellectual Property Management: Using Technology to Enhance Engagement and Learning, Ruth Soetendorp, Honorary Visiting Professor, Bayes Business School, City, University of London, Professor Emerita, Associate Director CIPPM, Bournemouth University, and Alia Kahwaji, Lecturer, University of Eastern Anglia, and Visiting Academic, Bayes Business School, City, University of London, United Kingdom
– Serious Games in Intellectual Property law education, Ana Nordberg, Associate Professor and Aurelija Lukoševičienė , Postdoctoral Researcher, Lund University, Sweden
– Intellectual Property Education for Non-Law Students: Pedagogical Strategies in Interdisciplinary Settings, Pratheeba Vimalnath Lecturer in Innovation, Intellectual Property and Sustainability University of Exeter Business School, United Kingdom
– IP and New Tech Challenges, Ingrida Veiksa, Professor, Turiba University, Riga, Latvia
16:15 – 17:00 Coffee break and special keynote speech on Supporting Research for promoting the IP culture at Universities: The experience of 4iP Council in Supporting Research for promoting the IP culture at Universities, Axel Ferrazzini, General Manager, 4iP Council for Europe, Brussels
17:00 – 18:00
4- Technology as a Challenge to IP Teaching: Patent Law
Chair: Vishv Priya Kohli, EIPTN Committee and Nicolas Binctin, EIPTN Committee
– Teaching the limits of the use of Large Language Models in Patent Law, Thibault Gisclard, Law Lecturer, D.U. Director, Lille University, France
– Methods for Active Learning of SEPs/FRANDs Matters in Advanced IP Courses , Andrea Valdo Mocchi, Academic Fellow, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
– Rethinking SEP Regulation: The Need for a Sui Generis Approach in Teaching and Practice, Maryam Pourrahim, IP and Competition Law, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Networking dinner for Speakers and EIPTN Committee
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DAY 2
Saturday, 11 October 2025
Morning Session
10:00-11:15
4- Technology as a Challenge to IP Teaching: Patent Law (cont’d)
– Teaching the Essentials of Standard Essential Patents and Technological Sovereignty in Pro-bono Legal Aid and Classroom Teaching, Kalpana Tyagi, Assistant Professor, Managing Coordinator The Innovator’s Legal Aid Clinic, Maastricht Faculty of Law, Netherlands
5- AI and IP Teaching Methods and Techniques in the Forefront
Chairs: Ulrika Wennersten, EIPTN Committee and Alain Strowel, EIPTN Committee
– Enhancing Intellectual Property Pedagogy through AI, Vishv Priya Kohli, Associate Professor, Department of Business Humanities and Law, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
– Forging Evidences:Using Digital Tools and Generative AI to Create IP Moot Court Files, Julien Cabay, Professor of Intellectual Creation and Innovation Law and Co-director of JurisLab, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
– RISE to the Challenge: Adapting Legal Education for the Age of AI, Amanda Costa Novaes, Guest professor and Researcher, NOVA School of Law, Lisbon, Portugal
– Bridging the Curse of Knowledge Through Student, Teacher and AI CoAuthorship of an IP Law Textbook, Haris Hasić, Associate Professor and Vice Dean for Scientific Research and Development, University of Travnik Faculty of Law, Bosnia and Herzegovina
11:15 – 11:30: Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00
6- AI and IP in Universities’ Approach
Chairs: Alain Strowel, EIPTN Committee, and Alison Firth, EIPTN Committee
– Learning about the Critical Interplay between Copyright and Generative AI through University Policies, Giulia Dore, Assistant professor, Department of Economics and Management, Trento University, Italy & Roberto Caso, Full Professor, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
– Research Exceptions and AI Systems in the EU: navigating Copyright Challenges in Research and Innovation, Dr Galatea Kapellakou, Adjunct Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Piraeus and in Technology Law at the University of Patras, Greece. and Dr Marina Markellou, Assistant Professor in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands
-To Wake the Dead or to Imitate the Living – Legal Questions Regarding Use of Recordings of Actors in Generative AI-Processes, Irina Eidsvold-Tøien, Professor, Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway
Special presentation
The EPO Academy teaching and training networks and tools: supporting the European Academic Community, tbc
13:00 – 14:30: Lunch break
Afternoon Session
14:30 – 15:45
7- IP in the Current Geopolitical Turmoil: IP for a Better World?
Chairs: Laurent Manderieux, EIPTN Committee and Alison Firth, EIPTN Committee
– From Treaties to Trade Wars: Teaching IP With a Geopolitical Perspective , Qinqing Xu, Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
– Intellectual Property in Geoeconomic Contexts; Thinking Outside the Box’, Peter Gottschalk, Lecturer, Lund University, Sweden
– IP in the Era of Geopolitical, Technological, and Fundamental Rights: Academic and Pedagogical Research as Support for Teaching in Challenging Times, Janice Denoncourt. Associate Professor of Law, Nottingham Law School, United Kingdom
– Thinking of a better world: The results of the first year of the Jean Monnet Module on EU IP Law and Sustainability , Giulia Priora, Vice Dean & Assistant Professor, NOVA School of Law, Lisbon, Portugal
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee break
8- EIPTN 2024 Open Committee Meeting: the Way Forward for EIPTN
16:00 – 17:30
Closing remarks:
17:30 – 17:45
Laurent Manderieux, Chair, EIPTN and Joe Sekhon, Portsmouth University
Closing dinner for Speakers and EIPTN Committee
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Call for Abstracts for our 2025 Conference at the University of Portsmouth,
United Kingdom
EIPTN 17th Worldwide Annual Conference,
Portsmouth, United Kingdom, 10-11 October 2025
IP in the Era of Geopolitical, Technological, and Fundamental Rights
Challenges:
Academic and Pedagogical Research as Support for Teaching
in Challenging Times
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS:
10 JULY 2025 18:00 (CET)
Dear Intellectual Property Academic,
You are cordially invited to participate in the 17th-anniversary conference of the European Intellectual Property Teachers’ Network (EIPTN), to be held at the University of Portsmouth, on 10-11 October 2025
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About EIPTN EIPTN is multi-disciplinary in focus and aims to bring together intellectual property law (IP) teachers from across Europe to exchange ideas on best practices in IP teaching and learning activities. In particular, EIPTN aims to raise awareness and disseminate information relating to:
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Conference 2025: again this year with face-to-face format only
Our 2025 Annual Conference will be hosted (face-to-face format) at the premises of the University of Portsmouth, UK, close to major transport hubs.
17th Anniversary Theme – IP in the Era of Geopolitical, Tech and Fondamental Rights Challenges
In the IP teaching and research community in Europe, there is a reviving interest in improving IP teaching, a topic sometimes neglected in the past by academics under pressure to deliver research results. Furthermore, the area of IP pedagogical research is becoming more widely recognized. As a result, both academic research and pedagogical research are fueling quality in IP Teaching.
Teaching techniques are rapidly evolving, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exponentially accelerated existing trends of massive use of technological tools in teaching. At the same time, new geopolitical challenges, along with issues related to intellectual property (IP) and fundamental rights, are becoming increasingly important to discuss and they are further intertwined with technological advancements. Consequently, the central theme of the 17th Anniversary of our Network is: “IP in the Era of Geopolitical, Technological, and Fundamental Rights Challenges: Academic and Pedagogical Research as Support for Teaching in Challenging Times”.
Focus of our Call for Abstracts
This evolution raises considerable interest and questions in the IP teaching community. Hence, this year our Call for Abstracts focuses on recent substantive publications, or teaching programs and pedagogic methods introduced by IP academics on:
- a- substantive IP issues that relate to IP and new Geopolitical Challenges and effectively contribute to enhancing quality and/or new channels in IP Teaching;
- b- substantive IP issues that relate to IP and new Tech Challenges and effectively contribute to enhancing quality and/or new channels in IP Teaching
- c- substantive IP issues that consider IP and new Fundamental Rights Challenges and effectively contribute to enhancing quality and/or new channels in IP Teaching
Abstracts selection priorities
Given the informal nature of the conference, we do not expect selected speakers to prepare a full paper to present at the conference. Instead, we are issuing this call for proposals asking participants to give 20-minute presentations (plus Q&A) on issues relating to IP teaching experiences. We would encourage you to provide feedback from the students or evidence of any impact on teaching outcomes due to the issues discussed. Examples of presentations given at the Annual Conferences in previous years can be found on the EIPTN website at www.eiptn.eu.
Please note that, as per traditional practice at our Annual Conferences, the EPO and EUIPO will also be invited to hold a ‘best practice’ session devoted to illustrating and discussing the IP teaching materials they have developed, in particular online publications and tools that facilitate the work of Academics.
How to get involved in the 2025 EIPTN Annual Conference
The working language of the Annual Conference is English.
If you would like to participate in the EIPTN 17th Anniversary Conference 2025 by giving a short presentation on one of the above items, please send the title of your proposed presentation and a 500-word abstract to info@eiptn.eu.
The deadline to send abstracts is 10 JULY 2025 18:00 (CET)
. The EIPTN Committee will then select abstracts based on their innovative character and potential contribution to the teaching of IP.
Under its traditionally dynamic orientations, EIPTN wishes to enlarge and extend its membership basis. To this end, contributions are encouraged not only from European IP teachers but also from young IP researchers and from public organizations engaged in IP teaching activities. In this respect, non-EIPTN members are welcome. One or more special sessions may be dedicated to their presentations.
Financial Support for presenters of Selected Abstracts
Presenters of Selected Abstracts will receive financial support for travel to /from Portsmouth and accommodation there for a maximum of Euro €500, upon presentation of expenses documentation. Only one presenter per selected abstract is eligible for such support.
Special Session for Attending Young Academics
Up to 4 selected Young Academics will participate to a dedicated session aiming at sharing their new teaching ideas and challenges they are facing. Applicants to this Session must possess
– a University IP teaching experience
– this experience must be not superior to 3 years
Selected candidates will receive financial support for travel to /from Portsmouth and accommodation there for a maximum of Euro €500, upon presentation of expenses documentation. Interested Young Academics are invited to send their CV with a motivation letter to info@eiptn.eu , for review and selection.
Other Conference Delegates
We welcome delegates who are IP teachers and IP professionals (e.g. patent and trademark attorneys, technology transfer offices staff, scientific researchers) to attend EIPTN 2025 without giving a presentation: they will get full access to our debates and will only pay for social program activities. Please contact info@eiptn.eu.
2025 EIPTN Annual Conference Programme
Notification of the programme of the annual Conference and further details about how to register for the event if you are not a speaker will be sent once all abstracts are selected. SAVE THE DATE: We confirm that the “formal” Annual Conference will take place on 10-11 October 2025.
Global AI/IP Talks
AI In The Forefront
For this new initiative, the European Intellectual Property Teachers’ Network (EIPTN) pools its resources with FIDE Global Digital Encounters to offer a series of empowering talks on:
GDE | AI/IP Talks 1: Creating Multiple choice questions/ quiz using AI
GDE | AI/IP Talks 2: Creating IP podcasts using AI
GDE | AI/IP Talks 3: Making Reading guides using AI
GDE | AI/IP Talks 4: Making IP case law summaries using AI
https://thinkfide.com/en/the-gde/global-ai-ip-talks/
EIPTN granted the WIPO Observer Status by
the Assemblies of WIPO Member States
on Friday, 14 July 2023, at their Sixty-Fourth Series of Meetings in Geneva (that took place from July 6 to 14, 2023),the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, in ITEM 6 OF THEIR CONSOLIDATED AGENDA (ADMISSION OF OBSERVERS), each as far as it is concerned, decided to grant the WIPO Observer status to the European Intellectual Property Teachers’ Network (EIPTN).
Approval was based on WIPO Assemblies Document A/64/3.
The EIPTN Committee is proud that EIPTN is now officially recognized with the WIPO Observer Status. This no doubt permits to increase international focus on IP Teaching in Europe and on our efforts at EIPTN.