Ms Maureen O'Sullivan BA, BCL, LLM, PGCHE
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Biography:
| "Intellectual property, ethics and biotechnology, focusing on human-animal hybrids and chimeras. Other research interests include copyright, technology and art." Maureen did a B.A. in Philosophy and English and taught T.E.F.L. in Spain for five years. Subsequently she did a Diploma in Law and a B.C.L. in Cork and pursued a research LL.M. at Warwick University. The title of her LL.M. was “The Linux Operating System: A Socio-Legal Study”. She taught on the Property Law course at Warwick for three years and later took up a lectureship in the University of the West of England, Bristol. There she continued teaching Property Law, eventually becoming module leader of that course. She also taught on the Cyber Law course and introduced a course on the LL.M. in Commercial Law, entitled “Software Licensing and Legislation”. While in Bristol, she took the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education. Maureen was appointed as a lecturer at NUI, Galway in 2006 and served as Interim Head of School from 2008 to 2009. She then took a sabbatical to pursue doctoral studies at Edinburgh University. The provisional title of her thesis is: “Reinventing Patents at the Edge of Reason”. She teaches Industrial and Intellectual Property, English Land Law and Jurisprudence and at masters level, she has designed a course, “Publishing Law: Theory and Practice” for the M.A. in Literature and Publishing in the English Department. She also teaches “Copyright in the Digital Era” to the LL.M. in Law, Technology and Governance and “Copyright and Art” to the M.A. in Arts, Policy and Practice in the Huston Film School. She supervises three Ph.D. students in areas which span open source software, property law and animal rights. Maureen sits on the University’s Ethics Committee and on the Anonymous Marking Board. Selected Publications
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Book Chapters
| O'Sullivan,M. (2010) 'Commentary on the case of Porter v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [1999] All ER (D) 1129' In: Hunter,R; McGlynn,C; Rackley,E (eds). The Feminist Judgments Project. Hart Publishing. [Details] |
| O'Sullivan,M. (2009) 'Lockean Style Property Rights in Land, Software and Genes' In: Ethics and Health in the Global Village In Mordini, E. CIC Edizioni Internazionali Roma. [Details] |
| O'Sullivan,M. (2005) 'Creatividad Legal para el Mundo de Software Libre, Libro Blanco de Software Libre en España' In: Junta de Extremadura: Merida. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Osimiri, J, O'Sullivan, M, Okogbule, N, Okene, O.V.C. (2009) 'External Examiners as Quality Assurance Mechanism in Legal Education'. European Journal of Legal Education, 5 (1):57-88. [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2008) 'Creative Commons and Contemporary Copyright: A Fitting Shoe or a Load of Old Cobblers?'. First Monday, 13 . [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2007) 'FLOSS Licensing: Trends, Exposition and Critique'. Panóptica, Vitória, 2 (10). [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2004) 'Governing Against the Grain - Part I'. Journal of Environmental Law and Management, 16 (1). [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2004) 'The Pluralistic, Evolutionary, Quasi-legal Role of the GNU General Public Licence in Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS)'. European Intellectual Property Review, 26 (8). [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2002) 'Making Copyright Ambidextrous: An Expose of Copyleft'. Journal of Information, Law and Technology, . [Details] |
Conference Paper
| O'Sullivan, M. (2010) Six Flavours of Copyright in Ireland and their impact on Free Software. International Intellectual Property Congress. University of Alicante, Spain: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2007) Aspectos Socio-Legales de Linux. I Congreso Internacional de Software Libre, Alfabetización Tecnológica y Economía Solidaria. Bogotá, Colombia: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2007) Plan de Alfabetización Tecnológico Solidario en Irlanda. I Congreso Internacional de Software Libre, Alfabetización Tecnológica y Economía Solidaria. Bogotá, Colombia: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2007) Top-Down and Ground-Up Legal and Quasi-Legal Issues in Copyright Law. Before the Law: Language, Property, Community, Sovereignty International Institute for the Sociology of Law. Oñati,Basque Country, Spain: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2006) Patentes, Propiedad y El Software Libre. Second International Free Software Conference. Málaga, Spain: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2006) A Theoretical Approach to IPRs, Presentation based on critical approaches to IPRs. Bioethical Implications of Globalisation workshop. European Commission Brussels, Belgium: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2006) La Historia del Derecho de Autor y Movimientos Sociales en la Edad de la Informatión. Government sponsored conference: “Conference on Technology - Technology, Creativity and Society: Digital Reconstructions”. Badajoz, Spain: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2005) Teorias de Propiedad Intellectual. Second International Free Software Conference. Mérida, Spain: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2004) Ordem e Progresso: Licenças e Legislação do Software Livre. Fifth International Forum on Free Software Pontificate. Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, Brazil: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2004) Leis Legais: Direitos Direitistas, Ambidestros e Esquerdistas do Software Livre. CIBERCON - International Information Technology Law Conference. Salvador, Brazil: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2003) Los Pinguinos, Las Comunidades, La GNU GPL y una Nueva Legislación para el Software Libre. Linux Users Group Conference. Montevideo, Uruguay: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2003) Property Rights in Land, Software and Genes. Bioethical Implications of Globalization (B.I.G. Conference 2003). University of Lancaster University of Lancaster, UK: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2003) Licencias y Legislación para el Software Libre. Fourth Hispalinux Conference. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Madrid, Spain: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2003) An Intellectual Property Angle on Free Software Development. First Free Software Conference (JAIIO). Universidad Argentina de la Empresa Buenos Aires, Argentina: Conference Paper [Details] |
Media
| O'Sullivan, M. (2008) Podcast with First Monday. Media [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2005) A law for free software: Don't we have enough laws already?. The Free Software Magazine. Media [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2004) Interview on Senate TV in Brazil in August 2004, in Portuguese, about free software in Europe. Media [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2004) Interview with Porto Alegre's Municipal Government on implications of a state law which had been struck down for its unconstitutionality. Media [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2004) A Practical Legal Response to SCO: A Lex Lignux?. Linux World. Media [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2004) The Free Software Act. Linux Journal. Media [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2003) Linux Buzz: WorldWatch Week in Review. Media [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2003) Feature: Maureen O'Sullivan's Thesis: Linux and the Commons. Linux Journal. Media [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2003) Why We Need a Free Software Act. Linux World. Media [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2003) We Need a FLOSS Law to Blow SCO v IBM Out of the Water . World Watch. Media [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2003) Free Software Legal Protection: Licenses, Legislation or Both?. Panama City, FL: Navy Experimental Diving Unit, Research Report. Media [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2003) Free Software Legal Protection: Licenses, Legislation or Both?. Linux Journal. Media [Details] |
Non Published Reports
| O'Sullivan, M. (2004) Three Roses Report on FLOSS Law: Licensing and Legislation with the GNU GPL. http://www.prelude-portal.org/3roses/uploads/ three_roses_report_on_licensing.pdf. Non Published Reports [Details] |
| Mangham, A, O'Sullivan, M. (2004) Open Source Software in Public Administrations. European Local Authorities’ Telematic Network (ELANET) for the EU-funded Prelude project. Non Published Reports [Details] |
Reviews
| O'Sullivan, M. (2009) Review of A. J. van der Walt, Property in the Margins . Web Journal of Current Legal Issues. Reviews [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2006) Review of COPYRIGHT AND OTHER FAIRYTALES, ed by Helle Porsdam. Script-Ed. Reviews [Details] |
Workshops
| O'Sullivan, M. (2010) GMOs in Ireland: The Current State of Play. Talk to the Green Party. Carlow/Kilkenny branch: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2010) Copyright and the University: What Staff might Need to Know. Talk given to CELT. NUI, Galway: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2010) Copyright in Interdisciplinary Settings. European Intellectual Property Teachers’ Meeting, School of Law. University of Alcala de Henares, Spain: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2010) Las Seis Delicias de Copyright. Presentation at the International Intellectual Property Congress at the University of Alicante. Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2009) Freedoms & Free, Libre, or Open Source Software?. Opening presentation at the European OpenSource and Free Software Law Event, European Parliament. Brussels: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2007) Teaching Copyleft and Creative Commons in a Copyright-Riddled Academic World. Annual Intellectual Property Teachers' Meeting. Aston University Birmingham, UK: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2007) Creative Commons and Open Access in Education. Teaching and Learning Conference. NUI Galway Galway, Ireland: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2007) The Democratic Deficit in Copyright Law: A Legislative Proposal. lecture at the University of New South Wales Australia. University of New South Wales Australia: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2007) Free Software in Spain and Latin America: Good Governance, a Little Vision and a lot of Common Sense. Conference organised by the 21st Century Trust Potsdam, Berlin, Germany. Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2007) Digitally Archiving Information: Some European and Australian Experiences. workshop at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) Portuguese government and the OII. Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2006) Copyright versus copyleft: A high-tech tale of subversion?. staff seminar NUI Galway Galway, Ireland. NUI Galway Galway, Ireland: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2004) Potential Legal Threats to FLOSS (and a Proposed Solution). Calibre Conference. The Hague: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2004) O Anarquismo Legal: Tropicalizando as Leis do Software Livre. Free Software Forum. Salvador, Brazil: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2004) The Challenges of Teaching Free Software Licensing and Legislation. Annual Intellectual Property Law Teachers’ Meeting, University of West of England. Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2004) A Free Software Act: A Bit up in the Clouds?. Prelude Final Conference. Brussels: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2004) Leis para Protejer o Software Livre. Festival do Software Livre. Juiz de Fora, Brazil: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2004) An EU Directive on FLOSS? You Cannot Be Serious. Prelude Challenge Conference. Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2003) The Free Software Act, Version 2. Conference, World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities on the Information Society. Lyon, France: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, M. (2003) The Evolution of Ambidextrous Intellectual Property Rights in the Software Realm. Staff seminar. University of West of England: Workshops [Details] |
Teaching Interests
| Intellectual Property; Jurisprudence; English Land Law |
Current Postgraduate Students
| Uche Jack-Osimiri, Doctorate - Ph.D. In Law - Supervisor |
| Ian O Maolchraoibhe, Doctorate - Ph.D. In Law - Supervisor |
| Stephanie O`Flynn, Doctorate - Ph.D. In Law - Supervisor |