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LML is excited to announce that our Hatton-WYNG postdoctoral fellow, Dr Ira Chadha-Sridhar will be joining the faculty at Warwick University as Assistant Professor. This accomplishment is a great recognition of her exceptional scholarly work during her time with us at Cambridge. We wish her all the best in her academic pursuits and look forward to …

This summer, LML was delighted to host Dr Gabriela Lenarczyk, an Inter-CeBIL  postdoctoral researcher from the Centre for Advanced Studies in Bioscience Innovation Law (CeBIL). During her time at LML, Gabriela continued her work on the regulation of clinical trial data, developing ideas for her habilitation monograph. In particular, she focused on …

This August, LML was pleased to meet with Professor Roman Grinblat, Professor of Social Management at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, Germany. During his visit, Professor Grinblat interacted with several LML members, including Professor Liddell, Professor Aboy as well as with LML affiliates Professor Hahn, and Dr Gabriela Lenar…

LML was pleased to participate in the 2026 Inter-CeBIL Annual Retreat, held at Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School, alongside partners from across the Inter-CeBIL Programme, including colleagues from the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School, CeBIL at the University of Copenhagen, the Technical University of Denmark, and other leading academic …

A new article co-authored by LML members argues that the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has developed a "technology-neutral and methodology-agnostic" test for inventive step, bringing greater consistency to the European patent law approach to inventive step. In this article, Professor Mateo Aboy (LML, Director of Research), Dr Katarina Foss-Solbrekk, a…

A recent decision from the European Patent Office (EPO) is set to affect the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries by lowering the evidentiary threshold for patent filings, according to a new article by LML members. Published in GRUR International, the article is co-authored by Professor Mateo Aboy (LML, Director of Research), Dr Katarina Fos…

This May, LML members came together for a relaxing pint by the River Cam to mark the end of the 2025/26 academic year. We were also pleased to welcome three early career visitors: Dr Tullia Penna, Ms Julia Fuchs and Mr Jan van Staalduinen to the End of Year Pub Evening. The event provided an opportunity for members to catch up, strengthen connectio…

LML is delighted to host Mr Jan van Staalduinen a PhD candidate and Lecturer from Leiden University. Jan joins LML following research visits to Oxford's Institute of European and Comparative Law and Vienna's Department of European, International and Comparative Law and Institute for European Tort Law.During his time at LML, Jan will focus on questi…

This March, LML was pleased to host Professor Timo Minssen, a long-standing Research Affiliate of the Centre. Professor Minssen leads the Inter-CeBIL collaboration under the Novo Nordisk Foundation grant, which focuses on developing knowledge and tools to support a competitive and sustainable life sciences innovation ecosystem. The collaboration br…

On 30 March, Professor Kathy Liddell (LML Director), Professor Michael Hopkins (LML Senior Research Associate), and Professor Timo Minssen (LML Research Affiliate) took part in the conference “Sustainability of the EU Pharma and Healthcare Market” at Jagiellonian University in Kraków. The conference was convened by the Intellectual Property Chair, …

On Wednesday 18 March 2026, LML hosted the Baron de Lancey lecture, which was delivered by Prof. Sir Ian Kennedy KC(Hon) FBA LLD. The Baron de Lancey Lecture is an annual public lecture hosted by the Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Law. It provides distinguished lawyers with a forum to share th…

On 10 March, LML Director Prof Kathy Liddell hosted a sandwich lunch for the 2025/26 LLM class in Law, Medicine and Life Sciences, offering them an opportunity to socialise and share their experiences as they anticipated the end of Lent Term.Throughout the term, the class explored key areas of medical law and ethics, from clinical negligence and pu…

On 26 February, LML members gathered during Lent Term for the Early Career Coffee Morning, reconnecting with colleagues and welcoming new attendees from beyond the Law Faculty, as well as visiting scholars and representatives from the Cambridge University Medical Law Society (CUMLS). The morning was marked by lively conversation, fresh perspectives…

This February, LML was pleased to host Professor Justyna Ożegalska-Trybalska, Deputy Director of the WIPO Joint Master’s Programme in Intellectual Property and New Technologies and Chair of Intellectual Property at Jagellonian University in Krakow, Poland. During her visit, Prof. Ożegalska-Trybalska explored the UK’s regulatory and legislative fram…

This January, LML Director Professor Kathy Liddell moderated a roundtable discussion entitled ‘Data Citizenship: Who Owns Your Genome’ at the 2026 Festival of Genomics and Biodata in London. The Festival, one of the UK’s largest life sciences events, focusses on AI, biodata, diagnostics, drug discovery, women’s health, and genomic medicine.The roun…