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Paul Torremans

Professor of Intellectual Property Law and co-director of the University of Nottingham Commercial Law Centre, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Expertise Summary

Professor Torremans taught at the Universities of Leicester and Leeds, before joining the University of Nottingham in September 2002. He also served as a Sub-Dean for Graduate Studies at the Faculty of Law of the University of Leicester. His areas of expertise are Intellectual Property Law and Private International Law. In relation to the latter area Professor Torremans was also a member of the Department of Private International Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Ghent, Belgium until 30th September 2008. Professor Torremans is a member of the Association Littéraire et Artistique International (ALAI) and of its British branch BLACA, where he sits on the Executive Committee. He is also a member of the Association for the Enhancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property - ATRIP (the worldwide association of teachers and researchers in intellectual property).

Professor Torremans has acted as an expert for the World Intellectual Property Organisation, the European Commission and other international organisations.

He is also a member of CLIP, an international group of experts developing a set of principles on the interaction between intellectual property and private international law.

Teaching Summary

Intellectual Property

Private International Law

Research Summary

Intellectual property and human rights

EU copyright law

Recent Publications

  • TORREMANS, P.L.C., 2024. Intellectual Property and Private International Law 3rd. Oxford University Press.
  • TORREMANS, P.L.C., 2024. Meerdere verweerders voor één rechter in zaken van intellectuele eigendom: van Roche tot Beverage City TBH-RDC. 2024(1), 60-70
  • TORREMANS, P.L.C., 2024. De "return with a vengeance" van de anti-suit injunction TBH-RDC. 2024(1), 50-59
  • TORREMANS, P.L.C., 2024. Is er een rol weggelegd voor het toepasselijk recht bij de bepaling van de bevoegdheid? TBH-RDC. 2024(1), 80-89

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