UNH Law has long been a recognized leader in the area of intellectual property law education so it is only natural that UNH should seek to forge and strengthen bonds with legal institutions and professionals in Ireland

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University of New HampshireUniversity of New Hampshire Scholars' RepositoryFaculty Travel Reports Global Education Center2016William Murphy, Professor of Law and Chair,Commerce and Tecnology Law Graduate Programtravels to IrelandWilliam MurphyUniversity of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/international_travelThis Report is brought to you for free and open access by the Global Education Center at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It hasbeen accepted for inclusion in Faculty Travel Reports by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For moreinformation, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.Recommended CitationMurphy, William, "William Murphy, Professor of Law and Chair, Commerce and Tecnology Law Graduate Program travels to Ireland"(2016). Faculty Travel Reports. 109.https://scholars.unh.edu/international_travel/1093/19/2018 William Murphy | UNH Globalhttps://www.unh.edu/global/william-murphy 1/5UNH Global(l. to r.) Attorney Foley, Professor Murphy (UNH), andProfessor Friel (University of Limerick)William MurphyProfessor of Law and Chair, Commerce and Technology Law GraduateProgram - Ireland It is di icult to find a major U.S. corporation with extensive intellectual property assets that does nothave some of those assets located in the small, picturesque Republic of Ireland.  Favorable tax laws,a well educated English speaking population with strong bonds to the Irish diaspora, a common lawbased legal system tied to a market based economy, and the closest member country of theEuropean Union to United States, have all contributed to the transformation of Ireland from a largelyrural economy on an island on the outskirts of Europe (that even the Romans avoided) into a desiredlocation for the international management of intellectual property assets critical for the informationage economy. As my principal contact on this trip, ProfessorRaymond Friel, current head of theInternational Commercial and Economic LawResearch Group at the School of Law at theUniversity of Limerick and former head of thelaw school, put it in his invitation to exploregreater collaboration between UNH and UL,“Ireland is essentially the capital of U.S.intellectual property management outside ofAmerica.”  Information age giants such asApple, Google, Facebook, Intel, and Microso ,3/19/2018 William Murphy | UNH Globalhttps://www.unh.edu/global/william-murphy 2/5not to mention nearly all major pharmaceuticalcompanies, have a significant presence in Ireland and have become a critical component of the Irisheconomy.  UNH Law has long been a recognized  leader in the area of intellectual property law education so itis only natural that UNH should seek to forge and strengthen bonds with legal institutions andprofessionals in Ireland.  Students and faculty in both countries can benefit greatly from increasedcollaboration and interaction.  It is with this goal in mind that this particular trip to the University ofLimerick was undertaken.The University of Limerick is one of the younger major universities in Ireland and it is noted for itscreative and entrepreneurial approach to higher education.   It was established in 1972 (it started asthe National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, and was renamed as the University of Limerickin 1989) and as such has a more modern and open campus compared to the older Irish universities -such as University College Cork and Trinity, which were founded in 1845 and 1592 respectively, andare located in and surrounded by their respective urban environments. Although relatively young the University ofLimerick has recently been on a roll ofrecognition.  The Sunday Times selected theUniversity of Limerick as the University of theYear in 2015.  The University was also recentlyranked in the “top 150 of Young Universities ofthe World” by The Times Higher Education(THE) World University Rankings.The modern campus, with its unique student“villages,” occupies a nearly 330 acre site a fewmiles east of historic Limerick City in the townof Castletroy.  The river Shannon flows throughthe University dividing it into a north campus(in Co. Clare) and south campus (in Co.Limerick).   One well-known feature of the123/19/2018 William Murphy | UNH Globalhttps://www.unh.edu/global/william-murphy 3/5Prof. Murphy with Eddie Keane (l.), Director of Teaching and Learning in the School of Lawcampus is the unusual “Living Bridge” thatprovides easy pedestrian access between thetwo parts of the campus.[1]The University has approximately 12,000 students who are served by 1300 sta  and faculty.  Most ofthe students are enrolled in what we would call undergraduate education (they call it third level) butthey o er a full range of academic programs up to doctoral and postdoctoral levels in a variety ofdisciplines including the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Business, Medicine, Science andEngineering, and Law. In December of 2014 I was invited to work with the International Commercial and Economic LawResearch Group  (known as ICEL) at the University of Limerick during the spring semester startingJanuary 2016.  During that sabbatical visit the possibility of greater inter-institutional cooperationand collaboration arose.  The invitation to return in 2017 (supported by a CIEGE travel grant and theUniversity of Limerick’s generous provision of housing) to strengthen the ties between UNH and ULresulted in this particular trip.The University is currently undertaking a “€224million Capital Development Plan that will consists of12 infrastructural developments on the University’s north and south campus, construction of a newClinical Education Research building on the site of the University Hospital Limerick, anddevelopment of a City Centre Campus including student residences and an academic building inLimerick City Centre.”  As part of the plan a new modern courtroom for the law school is beingconstructed as part of the library expansion.  This will be a trial courtroom to augment their existingappellate courtroom.While in Limerick I met with a number of faculty, legal professionals and students.  Of particularinterest was the e ort to develop a blended learning, transatlantic course exploring the interface ofemerging technologies, law and commerce.  A pair of “exchange modules” was agreed upon fordevelopment and inclusion in already existing courses at both law schools as a proof of concept. While there we had fun experimenting with using green screen video techniques for some of theplanned asynchronous modules.  Already the trip has shown positive results with Professor Friel coming to Durham at the end of Mayto deliver a series of teaching modules in the first World Intellectual Property Summer Institute atUNH, providing a critical perspective in a number of topic areas such as international copyright and33/19/2018 William Murphy | UNH Globalhttps://www.unh.edu/global/william-murphy 4/5international trademark law.  In addition, Professor Friel will join with me in a joint interactivesession on the legal challenges facing the open innovation paradigm. Legal education focusing on intellectual property, technology and commerce increasingly requiresan international perspective.  Fortunately, the same information technology that has introducedonce wondrous products that are now ubiquitous and new methods of business for coordinatingworldwide manufacturing and distribution can also help lower the costs of delivering this globalperspective directly from international scholars to our students.  It is hoped that the ties with theIrish legal academic community strengthened during this trip will lead to creative education andresearch opportunities that will benefit all participants. UNH Law has been consistently ranked in the top ten law schools for intellectual property laweducation, and most recently has been ranked in the top five by U.S. News and World Report. For example, the University recently opened the first graduate entry medical school in Ireland –modeled along the U.S. model – in contrast to the normal Irish medical education system of startingmedical students at the beginning of undergraduate studies.  Their law program has also pioneeredwhat they call “Law Plus” (which allows law students to supplement their legal education withelectives from a wide range of subjects and disciplines), and a well regarded “Law and Accounting”program focused on the acquisition of extra skills sets from the fields of economics, taxation andmathematics.  It has also pioneered a two year graduate entry LLB for students who already have auniversity undergraduate degree in an area other than law.  This has been a help to those withscience degrees who might want to use that knowledge and training in the legal sector (such aspatent law). 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William Murphy, Professor of Law and Chair, Commerce and Tecnology Law Graduate Program travels to Ireland

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