Whilst  IP Wales is a business support initiative, as a constituent member of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, a major strand of its activities is to critically reflect upon the phenomenon of IP as a mechanism for promoting economic development.

Professor Iwan Davies

Pro-Vice Chancellor (Internationalisation & External Affairs)

Research Director, IP Wales

IP Wales/Capital Law Annual IP Lecture (click to download)

• 2011 (Professor Ian Hargreaves)

Published Reports (click to download)

Articles & Chapter Headings

• A. Beale “IP as a Tool for Economic Development”, (2011) World Trade Organization.
• I. Davies “Technology-based small firms and the commodification of intellectual property rights” in The Reform of UK Personal Property Law (ed de Lacy)(2010) 308-327.
• A. Beale and D. Blackaby and L. Mainwaring “University Patenting in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: a Comparative Analysis”, (2008) Volume 62 Higher Education Quarterly 101-119.
• I. Davies "Secured Financing of Intellectual Property Assets", (2006) 3 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 559-584.
• J. Allan and A. Beale, "Patent & Trade Mark Statistics for Wales", (2005) Volume 4 Issue 1 Wales Journal of Law and Policy 122–127.
• I. Davies “Patent Activity and the Development of a Knowledge-Driven Economy: Reflections from Wales”, (2004) Voume 3 Issue 1 Wales Journal of Law and Policy 34– 45.
• K. Beynon “Legal Expense Insurance for Intellectual Property Research: Results and Discussion” (2002) Volume 2 Issue 3 Wales Journal of Law and Policy 296 – 322.
• K. Beynon, N. Moore “Legal Expense Insurance and Intellectual Property: Theory” (2002) Volume 2 Issue 2 Wales Journal of Law and Policy 200 -217.
• A. Beale and A. George, "IP Wales: A Web Based Project", (2001) Volume 1 Issue 4 Wales Journal of Law and Policy 423 – 453.
• A. Beale, M. Clement, I. Davies "Intellectual Property Activity in Wales: A Report on the Support for Innovative SMEs Project" (2001) Volume 1 Issue 3 Wales Journal of Law and Policy 256-263.
• L. Fisher, G. Fowler, M.Lindsey “Design Rights: Novum (Overseas) Limited v Iceland Foods Plc & Austria Haustechnik A.G. Volume 1 Issue 3 Wales Journal of Law and Policy (Case Notes).        

Papers & Presentations

• Software Alliance Wales: Knowledge is Power, 2010 – A.Beale
• World Trade Organization/World Intellectual Property Organization: Colloquium for Teachers of IP (2010) - A. Beale
• IP Crime Tactical Group (City of London Police): (2010) – A. Beale
• University of Winchester: Opening of the Trevor Baylis Resource Centre, 2010 – A.Beale
• World Intellectual Property Organization: ‘Forum on Intellectual Property & SMEs for IP Offices of OECD & EU Enlargement Countries' Geneva, 2009 – A. Beale
• European Commission: ‘Sub-Regional Conference on Intellectual Property and the Competitiveness of Small and Medium – sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Agro-Foods Sector in Latin America’ Guadalajara & Veracruz, 2009 – A. Beale
• World Intellectual Property Organization: 'League of Arab States Regional Training Program on Intellectual Property and Management of Innovation by Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises’ Cairo, 2009 – A. Beale
• BRASS (Cardiff University): “How good is Wales at commercialising intellectual property and research in its colleges and universities?” 2009 – A. Beale
• World Intellectual Property Organization: 'Forum on Intellectual Property & SMEs for IP Offices of OECD & EU Enlargement Countries' Cardiff, 2008 – A. Beale (Co-organizer)
• World Intellectual Property Organization: 'Forum on Intellectual Property & SMEs for IP Offices of OECD & EU Enlargement Countries' Geneva, 2007 – A. Beale
• European Commission: 'Innovating through EU Regional Policy' Brussels, 2006 – A.Beale
• World Intellectual Property Organization: 'Forum on Intellectual Property & SMEs for IP Offices of OECD & EU Enlargement Countries' The Hague, 2006 – A. Beale, Dr. G. Davies
• IP Australia: (2005) – A. Beale
• Ministry of Economic Development, New Zealand: (2005) – A.Beale
• World Intellectual Property Organization – World Association of Small and Medium Enterprises: 'Forum on Practical IP Issues for SME Support and Financial Institutions, including Technology/Business Incubators' Geneva, (2005) – A. Beale
• Enterprise Ireland: (2004) A.Beale, Sir J. Cadogan, I. Davies, W. Sinnott
• WIPO: 'Forum on Intellectual Property & SMEs for IP Offices of OECD & EU Enlargement Countries' Alicante, 2004 – A.Beale, G.Williams
• University of Swansea: L. Mainwaring, N. Moore “Intellectual Property in the Welsh Production Sector”, (2004) Economics Discussion Paper 04-01.
• European Patent Office: 'PATLIB: Investing in the Future' Liege, (2003) – A. Beale
• University of Swansea: L. Mainwaring, N. Moore “Patent Holdings of Production Firms”, (2003) Economics Discussion Paper 03-09.
• European Commission: 'PATINNOVA: Sixth European Congress on Patents – Patents in the digital era & Patents serving entrepreneurship' Cardiff, (2001) – A.Beale

Research Scholarships
Supporting doctrinal research in Intellectual Property Law at Swansea University:-
2010

• Jane Foulser McFarlane, lead Counsel in Intellectual Property for the Welsh Assembly Commission. (Supervisors: Professor Dennis Patterson & Andrew Beale O.B.E.)

IP Wales Internship [Capital Law Solicitors]

This post is advertised to LPC students studying at Cardiff and Swansea Universities (the two leading providers of professional legal education in Wales) & the successful applicant appointed under conditions of open competition:-

2011

• Kate Walsh

Student Papers
Selected postgraduate law students (past and present) at Swansea University have been invited to research the followings areas of interest:-

2010

• Leone Kemp ( PGI )

• Chris Davies ( A Welsh Study on Topography )