Dr. Oliver Mills

Dr. Oliver Mills
B.Sc.(NUI), BCL (NUI), LL.M.(Cantab.), Ph. D. (Edin.)
Tel.: + 353 (0)91 493362
Room 410, Floor 2, Tower 2
Office hours: Wednesday 3-4pm & Thursday 2-3pm.
email: oliver.mills
nuigalway.ie
Oliver Mills has been a staff member in NUI, Galway since
1994.
AREAS OF RESEARCH
- Intellectual Property Law - in paticular moral issues associated
with the patenting of biotechnological inventions.
COURSES TAUGHT
-
Banking Law
- Company Law
-
Insurance Law
-
International
Business Law
PUBLICATIONS
- Biotechnological Inventions: Moral Restraints and Patent Law (Ashgate Publications UK: 2nd edition, 2010).
- Biotechnological Inventions: Moral Restraints and Patent Law (Ashgate Publications UK: 1st edition, 2005).
- Irish Law Times, "Moral Concerns Need Not Inform the Law's
Response to New
Technology," vol 18 September 2000.
- The Bar Review, "Biotechnology and the Ethical and Moral
Concerns of European Law," vol 6 October 2000.
- Technology and Entertainment Law Journal, "The Biotechnology
Directive and Plant Variety Rights," vol 1 November 2000.
- The John Marshall Law School, Intellectual Property News Source,
"Obligations of European Union States are Conflicting Regarding
Moral Criteria of Patentability," vol 1 Autumn 1999.
- The Commercial Law Practitioner, "International Contractual
Disputes: The Conundrum of Options" vol 4 January 1997.
- The Commercial Law Practitioner, "International Enforcement
of Foreign Arbitral Awards", vol 4 February 1997.
- The Commercial Law Practitioner, "Intellectual Property
and Biotechnology-Life after the Death of the Draft Directive"
vol 3 February 1996.
- The Commercial Law Practitioner, "Intellectual Property
Law Protection of Computer Programs: Why is Protection Needed?"
vol 2 January 1995.
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
- Class Advisor,
3rd B. Corp
Law
PROFESSIONAL BODIES
- Member of the Irish Association of Law Teachers
- Member of the Irish Centre for Commercial Law Studies
- Member of the Irish Centre of European Law