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Dr Marc Mimler

Senior Lecturer in Law

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Dr Marc Mimler is a Senior Lecturer and joined City Law School in 2021. He is a fully qualified German lawyer after obtaining his undergraduate degree in law from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and completion of his bar school (Referendariat) at the Higher District Court of Munich. He then obtained a Master’s degree in intellectual property law and a PhD in patent law from Queen Mary’s Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI) in London. He has taught on all fields of intellectual property at various higher education institutions (e.g. Queen Mary, King's College London, UCL, LSE, Warwick, Bournemouth University, CEIPI, The George Washington University, University of Toronto and the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC)) and for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). 

Marc has held a position as visiting scholar at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan from January to April 2025 as well as a position as visiting research fellow at Meiji University in Tokyo, Japan in December 2023. He also used to be the founding General Editor of the Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property (QMJIP) and currently acts as one of the General Editors of the Interactive Entertainment Law Review (IELR) published by Edward Elgar. In 2021, he took on the position of Editorial Advisor for the bi-monthly Japanese IP journal Patents &Licensing.

Marc’s research interests cover intellectual property law in general, with its interfaces with human rights and international trade law, information technology law and competition law. Marc has a particular interest in exceptions to intellectual property rights from a doctrinal and practical perspective and is currently developing a monograph on this issue with Edward Elgar.

Qualifications

  • Senior Fellowship, Higher Eduaction Academy, August 2020
  • Fellowship, Higher Education Fellowship, June 2018 - August 2020
  • PhD, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
  • LLM in Intellectual Property, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
  • Second State Examination in Law, Federal State of Bavaria, Germany
  • First State examination in Law, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany

Postgraduate training

  • SHAPE research grant writing course, City, University of London, London, United Kingdom, June 2026
  • Research Team Leadership Programme, City, University of London, London, United Kingdom, June 2023
  • Certificate in Programme Leadership, Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom, September 2019 - July 2020

Employment

  • Visiting Scholar, Waseda University, Japan, January - April 2025
  • Visiting Research Fellow, Meiji University, Japan, December 2023 - January 2024
  • Senior Lecturer in Law, City, University London, United Kingdom, June 2021 - present
  • Senior Lecturer in Law, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom, January 2018 - May 2021
  • Lecturer in Law, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom, January 2016 - January 2018
  • Teaching Fellow, University College London, United Kingdom, January 2015 - January 2016
  • Teaching and Research Fellow, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom, January 2015 - January 2016
  • Teaching Fellow, University of Warwick, United Kingdom, January 2014 - January 2015
  • Intern, Trowers & Hamlins LLP, United Kingdom, 2006
  • Judicial Law Clerk, German Patent and Trade Mark Office (Germany), Germany, 2006
  • Associate Lawyer, Mattil & Kollegen, Germany, 2005 - 2007
  • Intern, Wienberg Abogados, Spain, 2001
  • Intern, European Patent Organisation, Germany, 2001

Administrative roles

  • Lead for Global Engagement (Maternity cover), February 2026 - present
  • PhD Training Co-ordinator, December 2025 - present
  • LLM Director, City Law School, September 2022 - August 2025
  • LLM Co-Director, City Law School, March - August 2022
  • LLM Director, Bournemouth University, May 2018 - May 2021

Visiting appointments

  • Visiting Scholar, Waseda University, Tokyo, January - April 2025
  • Visiting Research Fellow, Meiji University, Tokyo, December 2023

Memberships of professional organisations

  • ATRIP (International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property), September 2023 - present

Awards

  • Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (2022). Daiwa Foundation Small Grant
    £3.400,- Support for travel to Japan by academics from City to take part in workshops and interviews with lawyers and CEOs at video-game companies and with fans in order to evaluate the impact of IP rights in Europe and Japan on video game fans in relation to derivative works, memorabilia and e-sports.
  • UK Higher Education Innovation Funding (2021). Protecting Jamaican Geographical Indications in the UK and the European Union
    £20,400 (with Professor Enrico Bonadio)
  • UK Higher Education Innovation Funding (2021). "Mind the Gap: Analysing the Disconnect between IP Research and Policy"
    £6,390 (with Dr Patrick Goold and Professor Enrico Bonadio)
  • ECTA (2021). ECTA Award
  • Global Challenges Research Fund (2021). "Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property in Jamaica"
    £15,000 (with Professor Enrico Bonadio)
  • Herchel Smith Foundation (2008). Herchel Smith Scholarship

Languages

French (can read, speak, understand spoken), German (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review), Japanese (can write, speak, understand spoken) and Spanish; Castilian (can read, write, speak, understand spoken)

Expertise

Geographic Areas

  • Americas - North
  • Asia
  • Europe

Research students

2ndsupervisor

Publications

Publications by category

Book

  • Dimita, G., Lee, Y.H., MacDonald, M. and Mimler, M. (Eds.), (2026). Research Handbook on Interactive Entertainment Law. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781800883543.

Chapters (20)

  • Mimler, M. and Imamura, T. (2026). Intellectual property and the Japanese media mix: video games between fan culture and business strategies. In Mimler, M., Dimita, G., Lee, Y.H. and MacDonald, M. (Eds.), Research Handbook on Interactive Entertainment Law (pp. 171-171). Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781800883543.
  • Stones, R. (2026). Video games and competition law. Research Handbook on Interactive Entertainment Law (pp. 333-363). Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781800883543.
  • Dimita, G., Lee, Y.H., MacDonald, M. and Mimler, M. (2026). Interactive entertainment law – the manifesto. Research Handbook on Interactive Entertainment Law (pp. 6-9). Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781800883543.
  • Dimita, G., Lee, Y.H., MacDonald, M. and Mimler, M. (2026). Introduction: from code to culture – Understanding games and interactive entertainment as complex intellectual property works. Research Handbook on Interactive Entertainment Law (pp. 1-5). Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781800883543.
  • Mimler, M. (2025). “A bridge too far?”: trade mark protection for cannabis-related products and services in the European Union. Intellectual Property and Cannabis (pp. 40-60). Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781035329380.
  • Lee, J. and Mimler, M. (2023). ‘Do the Right Thing ’ or ‘ Fight the Power ? ’ : Hip-Hop Music, Sampling and Copyright Law. In Bonadio, E. and Zhu, C.W. (Eds.), Music Borrowing and Copyright (pp. 127-144). London, UK: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781509949403.
  • Mimler, M. (2023). Digital trade and intellectual property. Research Handbook on Digital Trade (pp. 455-473). Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781800884946.
  • Mimler, M. (2023). 27 The co-existence between EPC and patents with unitary effect. European Patent Law (pp. 449-462). De Gruyter.
  • Mimler, M. and Suthersanen, U. (2020). Trade Marks. In Dutfield, G. and Suthersanen, U. (Eds.), Dutfield and Suthersanen on Global Intellectual Property Law (pp. 197-229). Edward Elgar.
  • Mimler, M. (2019). Street art, graffiti and copyright: A German perspective. Cambridge Handbook of Copyright in Street Art and Graffiti (pp. 188-206).
  • Mimler, M.D. (2019). 3D printing and patent law-a UK perspective: Apt and ready? 3D Printing and Beyond Intellectual Property and Regulation (pp. 115-136).
  • Mimler, M. (2019). Street Art, Graffiti and Copyright: A German Perspective. In Bonadio, E. (Ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of Copyright in Street Art and Graffiti (pp. 188-206). Cambridge University Press.
  • Mimler, M. (2019). Inventor. Dictionary of Statuses within EU Law (pp. 331-337). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783030005535.
  • Mimler, M. (2018). On how to deal with Pandora's box-copyright in works of Nazi leaders. Non Conventional Copyright do New and Atypical Works Deserve Protection (pp. 432-453).
  • Mimler, M. (2018). The Effect of Brexit on Trademarks, Designs and Other "Europeanized" Areas of Intellectual Property Law in the United Kingdom. In Fitzgerald, O. and Lein, E. (Eds.), Complexity's embrace: The International Law implications of Brexit (pp. 191-205). CIGI Press.
  • McDonagh, L. and Mimler, M. (2017). Intellectual Property Law and Brexit: A Retreat or a Reaffirmation of Jurisdiction? In Dougan, M. (Ed.), The UK after Brexit (pp. 159-179). Cambridge, UK: Intersentia. ISBN 1780684711.
  • Mimler, M. and Minssen, T. (2017). Patenting Bioprinting-Technologies in the US and Europe: The Fifth Element in the Third Dimension. In Ballardini, R.M., Norrgård, M. and Partanen, J. (Eds.), 3D printing, Intellectual Property and Innovation – Insights from Law and Technology (pp. 117-148). Kluwer Law International.
  • Mimler, M. and McDonagh, L. (2017). Intellectual Property Law and BREXIT: A Retreat or a Reaffirmation of Jurisdiction? In Dougan, M. (Ed.), The UK after Brexit: Legal and Policy Challenges (pp. 159-179). Intersentia.
  • Mimler, M. (2016). Chapter 4: United Kingdom. In Chrocziel, P., Lorenz, M. and Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, W. (Eds.), Intellectual Property and Competition Law (pp. 125-144). Wolters Kluwer.
  • Mimler, M. 3D Printing and patent law - The UK perspective. In Mendis, D., Lemley, M. and Rimmer, M. (Eds.), 3D Printing and Beyond: The Intellectual Property and Legal and Implications Surrounding 3D Printing and Emerging Technologies (pp. 115-136). Edward Elgar.

Internet publications (6)

  • Mimler, M.(2021).“Partial designs can be protected by publication of the whole product – Ferrari (C-123/20)”. EU Law Live.
  • Mimler, M., Bonadio, E. and McDonagh, L.(2020).Another CJEU ruling on standard-essential patents and FRAND looks inevitable. Kluwer Patent Blog.
  • Mimler, M. and Bonadio, E.(2018).Brexit: champagne, parmesan, prosecco and feta could soon be at the centre of negotiations. The Conversation.
  • Mimler, M.(2009).Monsanto strikes back - Company takes action against the ban of its transgenic maize by the German government. Patenting Lives Life Patents, Development, and Culture.
  • Mimler, M.(2009)."Pig patent" and ban of genetically modified crops - The week on biotech patents in Germany. Patenting Lives Life Patents, Development, and Culture.
  • Mimler, M.(2009).Sausage GI applicants 'meat' their match. IP Kat.

Journal articles (36)

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Working papers (2)

Professional activities

Editorial activity (3)

  • Patents & Licensing, Editorial Advisor, June 2021 - present.
  • Interactive Entertainment Law Review (IELR), Editor in Chief, 2018 - October 2022.
  • Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property (QMJIP), General Editor, 2011 - 2014.

Events/conferences (33)

  • 44th ATRIP Conference. (Conference) University of São Paulo Law School, Brazil (2026). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Intellectual Property Exceptions as Interfaces Between Law and Politics: A Systems-Theoretical Perspective
    Author: Mimler, Marc
  • Art of Manga. (Seminar) School of Law at Santa Clara University, California, USA (2025). Panel Member Invited speaker.
  • Commercialization of Intellectual Property. (Conference) Izmir University of Economics & Izmir Chamber of Commerce, Izmir, Türkiye (2025). Panel Member Invited speaker.
  • FICPI Sweden Webinar: Copyright overlapping with other IP Rights. (Seminar) (2025).
    Paper: Copyright overlapping with other IP Rights – ​ The EU Perspective
    Author: Mimler, Marc
  • 5th IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Network Conference. (Conference) Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (2025).
    Paper: Exceptions as Collision Norms – A Systems Theoretical Analysis of Exceptions to Intellectual Property Rights
  • RCLIP Law & Technology Evening Seminar. (Seminar) Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (2025). Invited speaker.
    Paper: The Digitalization of Patent Infringement: Legal Challenges in the Era of 3D Printing
    Author: Marc Mimler
  • Doctoral Seminar Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI). (Seminar) London, UK (2024). Session/Day Chair Invited speaker.
    Paper: ‘Do the Right Thing ’ or ‘Fight the Power? ’: Hip-Hop Music, Sampling and Copyright Law’
    Author: Mimler, M.D.
  • "The Long Journey from the European Patent Convention to the Unified Patent Court: History, Opportunities and Challenges". (Public lecture) University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (2023). Invited speaker.
    Paper: "The Long Journey from the European Patent Convention to the Unified Patent Court: History, Opportunities and Challenges"
    Author: Mimler, Marc
    Co-authors: Bonadio, Enrico
  • Patent limitations and exceptions: the latest developments. (Seminar) University of Tokyo (2022). Invited speaker.
    Author: MImler, M.
    Co-authors: Bonadio, E.
  • The latest developments of the law of geographical indications in Europe. (Seminar) Meiji University Tokyo (2022). Invited speaker.
    Author: Mimler, M.
    Co-authors: Bonadio, E.
  • 40th. ATRIP annual Congress. (Conference) Copenhagen (2022). Invited speaker.
    Paper: 3D Printing, IPR and Health Emergencies
    Author: Mimler, M.
  • QMIPRI Annual Conference 2022 - Access to Intellectual Property in New and Emerging Technologies. (Conference) Lincoln's Inn, London (2022). Chair
    Paper: Performance in Film and Fashion
  • Intellectual Property Law and Policy (IPLP) Invited lecture. (Seminar) Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan (via Skype) (2020). Invited speaker.
    Paper: ““Relationship is everything” - A systems theoretical approach to Intellectual Property Law queries in 2 acts (Scope of protection and Exceptions/Limitations)”,
  • British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association (BLACA) Seminar. (Seminar) London, UK (2020). Invited speaker.
    Paper: “Cofemel: Why the CJEU may be right”
    Co-authors: Suthersanen, U.
  • Northern IP Research Symposium. (Workshop) University of Sheffield, UK (2019). Invited speaker.
    Paper: “Exceptions as collision norms: a systems theoretical analysis of limitations to IP rights”
  • XXth EIPIN Congress. (Conference) London,United Kingdom (2019). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Perspectives on the Public Domain in European Patent Law
  • OIPRC Invited Speaker Series. University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (2019). Invited speaker.
    Paper: “The Doctrine of Equivalents in UK Patent Law”
    Co-authors: McDonagh, L.
  • Can Copyright be applied to Street Art and Graffiti? (Conference) (2019). Invited speaker.
    Paper: “The right of integrity in street art and graffiti: Challenges and solutions under German Law"
  • Limitations on Trademark Rights from Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. (Conference) University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong, China (2019). Invited speaker.
    Paper: “Limitations as Collision Norms – A Systems Theoretical Analysis of Limitations to Trade Mark Rights”
  • European Photonics Roadshow Series. (Public lecture) Marseille, France (2018). Invited speaker.
    Paper: “The European and International IP landscape for MedTech“
  • "The public interest and the construction of exceptions to patent rights". (Workshop) University College London, UK (2017). Invited speaker.
  • International Workshop on Intellectual Property Law in Perspective of Economic Growth and Wealth Creation. (Workshop) Izmir, Turkey (2017). Invited speaker.
    Paper: “Human Rights Considerations and Their Impact on Exceptions to IP Rights”
  • Intellectual Property for Social Enterprising - Solving Social Problems through University Innovation. (Conference) Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico (2017). Invited speaker.
    Paper: “The chilling effects of IP: Transparency rules and practice by public authorities and universities
  • ISHTIP 2017 workshop. (Conference) University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (2017). Invited speaker.
    Paper: “Rules of Improvement for derivative works - Transplanting patent doctrine into copyright law”
  • IP and/in practice Workshop. (Workshop) University of Exeter, Exeter, UK (2017). Invited speaker.
    Paper: “The public interest and the construction of exceptions to patent rights”
  • European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Webinar. (Public lecture) Alicante, Spain (2017). Invited speaker.
    Paper: “3D printing and its implications for design law”
  • Inter-Agency Legal Network Meeting, European Food Safety Agency (EFSA). Parma, Italy (2017). Invited speaker.
    Paper: “Access to information and IP rights – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 in the context of IP Rights protection and overriding public interests”
  • IP4Growth Regional Conference. (Conference) Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (2016). Invited speaker.
    Paper: “Alternative protection schemes - “The new Swissness Legislation”
  • (Seminar) University of Milan, Milan, Italy (2015). Invited speaker.
    Paper: “3D Printing and Patent Law – Is the private and non-commercial use exception obsolete?”
  • Roundtable discussion at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies. (Public lecture) Queen Mary University of London, London, UK (2015). Panel Member Invited speaker.
    Paper: "Ban the Product, Not the Trade Mark"
  • Queen Mary School of Law PhD Workshop. (Workshop) Queen MAry University of London, London, UK (2009). Invited speaker.
    Paper: “After Microsoft – Recalibrating the Interface between IP and Competition Law”
  • 11th WIPO Advanced Intellectual Property Research Seminar, World Intellecual Property Organisation (WIPO). (Seminar) Geneva, Switzerland Invited speaker.
    Paper: "Bioprinting stem cells - opportunities and obstacles for patenting"
    Co-authors: Prifti, V.
  • EIPIN Doctoral Meeting. University of Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands Invited speaker.
    Paper: “Exceptions to patentee’s rights and legislative freedom”

Other (8)

  • External Examiner (PhD), Queen Mary, University of London (Nov 2025) (November 2025).
  • External evaluator - LLM in AI Law , Queen Mary, University of London (January 2025).
  • External evaluator LLM Law (Conversion) , University of Winchester (January - May 2025).
  • External Examiner (PhD) , Queen Mary, University of London (November 2024).
  • External Examiner (PhD) , Queen Mary, University of London (May 2023).
  • External Examiner (PhD) , University of Alicante (January 2023).
  • External Examiner , Kent Law School, University of Kent ( 2020 - December 2024).
  • External Examiner , Coventry Law School, Coventry University ( 2019 - present).