The annual Sir Hugh Laddie Lecture is a public lecture which takes place every year in June (usually) in honour of IBIL's founder.
Obtain more information about each of our lectures and (where available), access a recording of the event.
- 16th Annual Lecture (2024) - Gadi Oron
20th June 2024
Artificial Intelligence and Collective Rights Management: the Future or the End?
Delivered by Gadi Oron,ÌýDirector General of .Ìý
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- 15th Annual Lecture (2023) - Judge Rian Kalden
21st June 2023
The UPC Sets Sail
Delivered by: Judge Rian Kalden
Vice-President of the Unified Patent Court, former Presiding Judge of the Court of Appeal of The HagueClick here to access more information about the event,Ìý²¹²Ô»å click , or below, to view a recording of the lecture. You can also read a copy of the speech here.Ìý
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- 14th Annual Lecture (2022) - Professor David Vaver
22nd June 2022
Mr Justice Laddie and his intellectual property cases: Of millefeuilles and a fish called Elvis
Delivered by: ProfessorÌýDavid Vaver
Osgoode Hall Law School & University of Oxford (Emeritus)ÌýClick here to access more information about the event and click , or below, to view a recording of the lecture. You can also read a copy of the speech, which has been published inÌýIntellectual Property Quarterly, see: D. Vaver, 'The 14th Annual Sir Hugh Laddie lecture: Mr Justice Laddie and his intellectual property cases: of millefeuilles and a fish called Elvis'Ìý[2022] IPQ 119.
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- 13th Annual Lecture (2021) - Professor Barton Beebe
3rd November 2021
Is Europe Running out of Trademarks?
Delivered by: Barton Beebe
John M. Desmarais Professor of Intellectual Property Law at NYU School of Law and a Co-Director of the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU.Click here to access more information about the event,Ìý²¹²Ô»å clickÌý, or below, to watch the lecture recording.ÌýThis research builds upon earlier research,Ìýco-authored with Professor Jeanne Fromer, published in the Harvard Law Review in 2018, which you can read , and a subsequent article, published in The Trademark Reporter in 2022, which you can read .Ìý
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- 12th Annual Lecture (2020) - Professor Daniel Gervais
10th November 2020
Machina Sapiens: The Conflation of Natural and Artificial Creativity and Inventiveness
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Delivered by: Daniel Gervais
Director of the Vanderbilt Intellectual Property ProgrammeÌý²¹²Ô»å Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law at Vanderbilt Law SchoolClick here to access more information about the event, or read the paper, ,Ìýbased upon Professor Gervais' talk.
- 11th Annual Lecture (2019) - Willem Hoyng
13 June 2019
ÌýNo cats and no doctrine of equivalence?
Delivered by: Willem Hoyng
Founding member and partner of European IP Firm, Hoyng Rokh MonegierClick to find out more about the event, and click , or below, to watch the lecture recording.Ìý
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- 10th Annual Lecture (2018) -ÌýHH Michael Fysh QC SC
20 June 2018
ÌýApologia pro vita sua: A hifi retrospective and a modest prospective
Delivered by: HH Michael Fysh QC SC
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- 9th Annual Lecture (2017) -ÌýShira Perlmutter
21 June 2017
Towards a Global Copyright Policy?Ìý
Delivered by: Shira Perlmutter
Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs, United States Patent and Trademark OfficeClick here to access more information about the event, and clickÌý, or below,Ìýto watch the lecture recording.
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- 8th Annual Lecture (2016) -ÌýThe Hon Dr Annabelle Bennett
22 June 2016
Patents and PopulismÌý
Delivered by:ÌýThe Hon Dr Annabelle Bennett AO SC
former Judge of the Federal Court of AustraliaClick here to access more information about the event, and clickÌý, or below, to watch the lecture recording.
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- 7th Annual Lecture (2015) -ÌýJudge Alex Kozinski
24 June 2015
IP and Advocacy
Delivered by:ÌýJudge Alex Kozinski
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitÌýClick here to access more information about the event; click to view our photo album, and clickÌý, or belowÌýto watch the lecture recording.
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- 6th Annual Lecture (2014) -ÌýProfessor Hugh Hansen
25 June 2014
Culture of the Public Domain: A Good Thing?
Delivered by:ÌýProfessor Hugh Hansen
Fordham Law SchoolClick hereÌýto access more information about the event, and clickÌý, or below,Ìýto watch the lecture.
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- 5th Annual Lecture (2013) -ÌýProf.ÌýDrÌýJoachmin Bornkamm
12 June 2013
Community Trade Marks: Are they a Swiss Cheese?
Delivered by:ÌýProfessor Dr. Joachmin Bornkamm
German Supreme CourtÌýClick hereÌýto access more information about the event, and clickÌý, or below,Ìýto watch the lecture.
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- 4th Annual Lecture (2012) - Chief JudgeÌýRandall Rader
27 June 2012
The Growing Imperative to Internationalise the Law
Delivered by:ÌýRandall Rader
Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitÌýClick hereÌýto access more information about the event; click to view our photo album, and clickÌý, or below, to watch the lecture.
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- 3rd Annual Lecture (2011) -ÌýThe HonÌýMrs Justice Macken
22 June 2011
Use and Intention to Use in EU Trade Mark Law
Delivered by:ÌýThe Hon. Mrs Justice Macken
Irish Supreme CourtClick hereÌýto access more information about the event, or download a copy of the lecture here.
- 2nd Annual Lecture (2010) -ÌýRaimund Lutz
15 June 2010
From National Patent Litigation to a European Patent Court: A Dream, A Wish or Soon Reality?
Delivered by:ÌýRaimund Lutz
President of the German Federal Patent Court, MunichClick hereÌýto access more information about the event, and clickÌý, or below,Ìýto watch the lecture.
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- 1st Annual Lecture (2009) -ÌýLord Hoffmann
16 June 2009
The Function of a Trade Mark: Hugh Laddie and the European Court of Justice
Delivered by:ÌýLord Hoffmann
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (Law Lord)Click here to access more information about the lecture. Click Ìýto listen to the lecture.