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The Rt Hon Professor Sir Robin Jacob needs little introduction. Having enjoyed a distinguished career spanning 40 years as a leading member of the IP Bar, a High Court Judge and then a judge in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, he has left an indelible mark on IP laws in the UK and influenced the law鈥檚 development in Europe and beyond. On retirement from the bench ten years ago, Sir Robin joined 果冻影院 Laws as the Sir Hugh Laddie Professor of Intellectual Law. It has not been a restful retirement! As Director of the Institute of Brand and Innovation (IBIL), Sir Robin oversees the Institute鈥檚 numerous public engagement events, is active in the research and teaching activities of the Faculty, while also contributing to IP events and policy around the world.

In a special IBIL event, a global audience of over 450 from the IP community around the world, including current and former judges, academics, practitioners and students, joined , of 8 New Square, in conversation with Sir Robin. The event celebrated Sir Robin鈥檚 contribution to IP law over his 50-year career on the auspicious occasion of his 80th birthday.

The event was opened with a welcome by 果冻影院鈥檚 President and Provost, Dr Michael Spence AC, himself an IP scholar, who noted the serendipitous coincidence of Sir Robin鈥檚 birthday falling on World IP Day! Having only recently joined 果冻影院, he confirmed the Laws Faculty鈥檚 global reputation as a leading centre of IP education which was underpinned by IBIL鈥檚 extensive activities. He thanked Sir Robin for 鈥渢he extraordinary contribution he continues to make鈥�, ensuring that 果冻影院 remains at the heart of the exchange of ideas in IP law, policy and practice.听听 听

During the main event, Daniel posed a series of wide-ranging questions, including some submitted by members of the audience, which revealed more about the various stages of Sir Robin鈥檚 illustrious career: his route into law (his second choice, following dashed aspirations of becoming a Nobel Prize-winning physicist); those who had been most influential (his father, Sir Jack Jacob, a leading expert in the field of Civil Procedure; Thomas Blanco White, his former Head of Chambers; Tom Bingham, later to become Senior Law Lord; and Sir Hugh Laddie); the importance of having fun at work (鈥淚鈥檝e loved every job I鈥檝e had, from being a junior junior to what I鈥檓 doing now鈥�); his most important case while at the IP Bar (); the decision he got wrong () and his students (鈥淭his year鈥檚 class [of 果冻影院 IP students]鈥� have been brilliant. 鈥� the best year I鈥檝e seen of the 10 years that I鈥檝e been at 果冻影院.鈥�)

The second part of the event was a birthday 鈥渟urprise鈥� for Sir Robin: a special film of 听messages recorded by representatives of various branches of the global IP fraternity. The participants, representing the academy, the judiciary, the IP offices and students听 were:

• Annabelle Bennett AC SC 鈥� former judge of the Federal Court of Australia
• Professor Lionel Bently 鈥� Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property, University of Cambridge
• Sir Colin Birss 鈥� Lord Justice of Appeal & Deputy Head of Civil Justice, England & Wales
• Professor Graeme Dinwoodie 鈥� IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, USA
• Sir Christopher Floyd 鈥� former judge of the Court of Appeal, England & Wales
• Karolina Fryzlewicz 鈥� 果冻影院 Laws Student
• Gordon Humphries 鈥� Chair of the First Board of Appeal, EUIPO
• Professor Annette Kur 鈥� Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
• Fidelma Macken SC 鈥� former judge of the Irish Supreme Court and ECJ
• Annsley Merelle Ward 鈥� 果冻影院 Laws Alumna and IPKat
• Arty Rajendra 鈥� Secretary of the IPLA
• Gwilym Roberts 鈥� Honorary Secretary CIPA
• Catherine Wolfe 鈥� Past President CITMA

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