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Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute
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Research

Professor Duncan Matthews speaks on anti-suit injunctions at the 1st International Symposium on Judicial Protection for Intellectual Property in Beijing on 18 January 2020, organised by Renmin University of China Law School. Seated with Mark Cohen (University of California, Berkeley) and Professor Guo He (Vice President and Secretary General of the China Law Society Intellectual Property Law Association)
Professor Duncan Matthews speaks on anti-suit injunctions at the 1st International Symposium on Judicial Protection for Intellectual Property in Beijing on 18 January 2020, organised by Renmin University of China Law School. Seated with Mark Cohen (University of California, Berkeley) and Professor Guo He (Vice President and Secretary General of the China Law Society Intellectual Property Law Association)

Members of the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Institute (QMIPRI) contribute to the research profile of the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London. In the latest Research Assessment Exercise (REF 2014) the School of Law is ranked ninth in England, based on 86 per cent of our research activity classed as world-leading (4* the highest score possible) or internationally excellent (3*).

As with other subject areas, we adopt a wide spectrum of approaches to legal research, including doctrinal, theoretical, applied, comparative, historical, sociological, empirical and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Researchers at QMIPRI cover a broad scope of topics in the area of intellectual property law.

  • Copyright and Related Rights
  • Patents, Invention & Innovation
  • Trade Marks and Unfair Competition
  • Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology
  • Technology Transfer and Economic Development
Jonathan Griffiths, Professor in Intellectual Property Law
Jonathan Griffiths, Professor in Intellectual Property Law
  • Multimedia and the Internet
  • Intellectual Property Theory
  • Applied University Research
  • Cultural Rights
  • Enforcement of IPRs

PhD programme

We offer supervision in the field of intellectual property for the PhD in Law research degree programme at Queen Mary University of London. We offer a friendly, supportive and cosmopolitan community to undertake a PhD degree that includes researchers from across the world.

Dr Gail Evans, Reader in International Trade and Intellectual Property Law
Dr Gail Evans, Reader in International Trade and Intellectual Property Law

Intellectual Property Archive

The Intellectual Property Archive at Queen Mary University of London is one of the finest specialist intellectual property collections in Europe, with significant contributions from the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA).

Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property

The Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property (QMJIP) has become an important forum for quality scholarship in the field, publishing full-length articles as well as analysis pieces and case reports, on a quarterly basis.