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Nicky Isaacs

 

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Dr Nicky Isaacs - (Dr Nicola Isaacs)

  • Job title: Lecturer in Law, Plymouth Law School (Plymouth Business School (Faculty))
  • Address: Room 1, 20 Portland Villas, Drake Circus,
    Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
  • Postal address: Room 1, 20 Portland Villas, Drake Circus,
    Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
  • Telephone: +441752585814
  • Email: nicky.isaacs@plymouth.ac.uk


Role
Lecturer in Law 

Qualifications & background
Qualifications
1992 - LLB (Hons), University of Exeter - First Class
1998 - PhD in Law, University of Exeter
2007 - Bar Vocational Course, University of the West of England - Graded 'Outstanding' overall

Background
1992-2004 - Lecturer in Law - University of Exeter
2004-2008 - Lecturer in Law - University of Plymouth
2008-2009 - Senior Lecturer in Law - University of Gloucestershire
2009- present - Lecturer in Law - Univeristy of Plymouth
2007 - present - Practising Barrister now a Tenant at Devon Chambers, Plymouth

Scholarships
2006 - Prince of Wales Scholarship - The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn

 

Professional membership

  1. Barrister member of The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn
  2. Practising Barrister and Tenant at Devon Chambers, Plymouth
 


Teaching interests
Family Law, Contract Law and Company Law 


Other research
Family Law 


Publications

PUBLICATIONS – SOLE AUTHOR (selection)

Books

The Law of Trade Marks - practitioner’s text, September 1996. 190 pages. Central Law Publishing. Sold in UK and rest of Western Europe.

Book Chapters

Chapter on Trade Marks. 30 pages. Business Law Handbook published by Croner Publications Ltd. Issue 58, E.8.1.-E.8.6. 1995

Articles & Case Notes

'Birkenstock Business - The intellectual property implications of the Birkenstock feud for owners of family businesses', Trade Mark World, November 2005, p. 25-28

'Should the Trade Marks Registry scrap searches for relative grounds of refusal?', Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, February 2006, p.165-167

'Should the UK adopt a European System for the Registration of Trade Marks?', European Intellectual Property Review, February 2006, p. 71-73

‘Compulsory Patent Licenses - Recent Developments’, European Intellectual Property Review, Volume 15, issue 4, D-93. April 1993

‘The Obligation on National Patent Authorities to Comply with Articles 30 & 36 EEC Treaty’, European Intellectual Property Law Review, Volume 15, issue 8, D-198. August 1993

Updates on the Trade Marks Act 1994, Business Law Handbook, published by Croner Publications Ltd. Issues 55 and 56, E.8. October 1994 and March 1995

News contribution on the case of Bravado Merchandising v Mainstream Publishing, European Intellectual Property Review, Volume 18, issue 2, D-54. February 1996

‘Trademarks in the European Community’, European Business Law Review, Volume 7, No.11, pp. 248-252. November 1996

‘Infringement Criteria under the European Trade Mark Directive’, European Business Law Review, Nov/Dec issue 1999