Dr Richard Bunworth joins Trinity as IP law assistant professor

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Intellectual property law expert Dr Richard Bunworth has joined Trinity College Dublin School of Law as an assistant professor.
Dr Bunworth will lecture on intellectual property law, industrial property and related subjects, as well as supervising dissertations on intellectual property, technology, and competition law.
A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, the University of Oxford, and King’s College London, Dr Bunworth completed his PhD at University College Dublin as an Irish Research Council postgraduate scholar and Sutherland doctoral scholar.
His research is primarily in the area of EU law, with a particular emphasis on competition law. In addition, he focuses on digital markets and emerging technologies and the ways in which intellectual property law and competition law should respond to the challenges posed.
His research has been published in leading international journals, including the European Competition Law Review, the IIC – International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, and the International Sports Law Journal.
Before returning to academia, Dr Bunworth practised as a solicitor in one of Ireland’s largest law firms, specialising in debt finance.
In 2024, he was appointed as a non-governmental advisor to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), leading its work in the International Competition Network mergers working group.