- Reader in Intellectual Property Law, Brunel University of London
Dr Hayleigh Bosher is a Reader in Intellectual Property Law at Brunel University of London, as well as, Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Intellectual Property, Policy and Management, a legal consultant in the creative industries.
Hayleigh is internationally recognised in the field of intellectual property law, in particular copyright law and policy in the creative industries. Her work in this area has been cited extensively in academic, practitioner and policy outputs and she is regularly interviewed by numerous national and international media outlets.
She is the author of Copyright in the Music Industry (Edward Elgar, second edition, 2026) and host of the Whose Song Is It Anyway? Podcast. Hayleigh runs the IP Pro Bono Service at Brunel Law School. She holds a PhD in Copyright Law from Bournemouth University.
Experience
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2023–presentReader, Brunel University London
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2018–2023Senior lecturer, Brunel University London
Education
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2017Bournemouth University , PhD Law
Publications
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2018An analysis of the fundamental tensions between copyright and social media: The legal implications of sharing images on Instagram, International Review of Law, Computers & Technology
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2017The UK IPO’s decision in The Willow Tea Rooms trade mark dispute, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
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2016Swings and roundabouts: The impact of legal drafting on the language and understanding of copyright law and the need for educational materials, International Review of Law, Computers & Technology
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- Location: London, UK
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- YouTube: @whosesongisitanyway
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