In this seminar, Maxence Rivoire will present some of the main findings of his forthcoming book, The Principles of Territoriality in Intellectual Property Arbitration. Territoriality is often invoked as a self-evident, authoritative principle in support of solutions to jurisdictional and applicable law problems arising in intellectual property arbitration. Yet territoriality is not a unitary concept, but an umbrella term encompassing several distinct ideas. Drawing on a wide range of comparative sources and recently published arbitral awards, the book brings together insights from intellectual property law, international arbitration, and private international law to disentangle the different meanings of territoriality and examine their implications for intellectual property arbitration. In particular, the seminar will consider how these different understandings of territoriality affect the arbitrability of intellectual property disputes and the determination of the applicable law. 

About the Speaker:

Dr Maxence Rivoire is a Lecturer in Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London. He is also an academic fellow of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, and an associate member of the Panthéon-Assas Institute of Comparative Law.

Maxence’s research focuses on private international law, international arbitration, and intellectual property, with a strong emphasis on the comparative aspects of these disciplines. His recent work won several prizes, including the Yorke Prize, the Nappert Prize in International Arbitration, and the American Society of International Law’s Prize for Best Published Work in the Field of International IP Law.

Prior to becoming an academic, Maxence was an international arbitration associate at Freshfields in Paris. He is included on the List of Arbitrators of several arbitral institutions, including the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, and the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Unified Patent Court. Qualified and admitted to practice in France, Maxence holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, a Magister Juris from the University of Oxford, an LLM in Private International Law and International Commercial Law from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, and an LLB from the University of Grenoble.

Register here to attend the seminar on or before 21 October 2026, 12:30pm (HKT).