The future of law, innovation and technology
The FLITe research centre involves researchers and practitioners from the fields of intellectual property and emerging technologies law, innovation, sustainability, economics, artificial intelligence, data science and robotics.
Our core mission is knowledge transfer. We help the people and organisations that we work with, as well as broader society, to better understand the relationship between law, innovation and technology, and to discover how best to use this understanding for commercial benefit and societal impact.
FLITe brings together a diverse and interconnected body of researchers from different faculties across the 91¸£ÀûÍø, as well as from other research intensive universities both in the UK and Europe. Our members also include industry facing personnel from technology transfer offices, and patent attorneys and patent examiners from leading law firms and NGOs including the European Patent Office.
Our research includes:
- Intellectual property law and the innovation life cycle
- Regulatory and legal governance of emerging technologies
- Global business sustainability and strategy
- The protection of personal data in cyberspace and high tech industries including fintech
- The digital economy
- The implications for intellectual property law of artificial intelligence
Research highlights
We aim to develop outputs in:
- Research — bringing together our expertise in law, innovation and technology to address the full spectrum of issues at the forefront of these disciplines
- Education — by producing executive and professional development programmes that combine a comprehensive grounding in our core disciplines, along with a practical application to industry
- Knowledge transfer — by partnering with organisations across industry, government and academia to support them in solving complex challenges using approaches and knowledge developed within FLITe
Active research projects
Ju, Z., Liu, H., Zhou, D.
01/03/2024 → 30/10/2026
Leonard, A., Middleton, K., Sekhon, J., Turnbull, S.
01/03/2024 → 01/09/2026
Bemmer, V., Callaghan, A., Cox, P., Cragg, S., Farrand, L., Lichtenstein, B., Pickford, A., Robson, S.
14/02/2024 → 13/02/2029
Publication highlights
2025
James, T. J., Mayes, H., Alnajjar, M., Newell, Y., Kohlert, E., Shute, J., Perissiou, M., Corbett, J., Costello, J. T., Neupert, E., Moore, J. M., Morgan, P. T., Simms, C., Saynor, Z. L., Shepherd, A. I.
15 May 2025, In: The Journal of Nutritional Physiology. 1, 11p., 100003
Research output: Article
Arshad, R., Chakhar, S., Hedaux, S., Williams, N. L., Smart, E., Simms, C., Bolle, J.
17 Jan 2025,
Research output: Conference contribution
2024
Zharikov, A.
5 Dec 2024, In: Transnational Dispute Management. 4, 15p.
Research output: Article
Esmeli, R., Abdullahi, H., Bader-El-Den, M., Can, A. S.
1 Dec 2024, In: Decision Support Systems. 187, 11p., 114339
Research output: Article
Jacobson, L. E. O., Masum, S. K., Bader-El-Den, M., Hopgood, A. A., Tamma, V., Prendergast, D., Osborn, P.
29 Nov 2024,
Research output: Conference contribution
Pearce, H.
1 Nov 2024, In: Computer Law & Security Review . 55, 14p., 106052
Research output: Article
Forouzesh Nejad, A. A., Arabikhan, F., Williams, N. L., Gegov, A., Sari, O. F., Bader-El-Den, M.
9 Oct 2024,
Research output: Conference contribution
Sari, O. F., Bader-El-Den, M., Ince, V., Arabikhan, F.
9 Oct 2024,
Research output: Conference contribution
Golcarenarenji, G., Khusainov, R., Gegov, A., Martinez-Alpiste, I.
9 Oct 2024,
Research output: Conference contribution
Bai, D., Jiang, D., Jiang, G., Hao, Z., Zhou, D., Ju, Z.
1 Oct 2024, In: Measurement Science and Technology. 35, 10, 12p., 106131
Research output: Article
Further members
- Claire Dunning — 91¸£ÀûÍø Executive Director, Corporate Governance
- Peter Aldred — 91¸£ÀûÍø Solicitor
- Pam Jones — Regional Development Manager, Research and Innovation Services 91¸£ÀûÍø
- Chris Worrall — Innovation Director 91¸£ÀûÍø
- Pat Smith — SME Business Unit Manager, Faculty of Business and Law, 91¸£ÀûÍø
- Courtney Elkins — Business Support Coordinator, Faculty of Business and Law, 91¸£ÀûÍø
External members
- — Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Bocconi University
- — Patent Advisor and Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, Lund University
- Georgia Tseliou — Patent Examiner Wireless Telecommunications,
- — Partner: German and European Patent Attorney
- — Associate Professor of Intellectual Property Law
- — Lecturer in Innovation, Intellectual Property and Sustainability, Exeter University
- — Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, Lund University
- — Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, Lund University
- Charlotte Henderson — Co-Founder & CEO of RevoNA Ltd
- Freya Piper — Trainee Solicitor, Capital Law Ltd
- Julian Kothe - Senior Legal Counsel IP&IT, Siemens Energy
Contact us
To find out more about our work, contact our Research Centre Director Joe Sekhon on joe.sekhon@port.ac.uk.