About
Dr Sabine Jacques joined the School of Law and Social Justice in 2023 as Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law. Her current research plans revolve around three main research areas: the balance between freedom of expression and intellectual property rights, promoting cultural diversity in creative industries through copyright and the interface between copyright and artificial intelligence.
Before joining Liverpool University, Sabine gained recognition for her legal and interdisciplinary projects. Some of her notable contributions include: The Parody Exception in Copyright Law (Oxford University Press, 2019), The Playing Field in Audiovisual Advertising (CERRE-funded project, 2019) and The Impact on Cultural Diversity of Automated Anti-Piracy Systems as Copyright Enforcement Mechanisms: An Empirical Study of YouTube’s Content ID Digital Fingerprinting Technology (CREATe funded project, 2017). Currently, Sabine is project co-lead for the £6.75m UKRI Creative Cluster initiative, MusicFutures: Transforming the UK’s Music Ecosystem, which aims to strengthen Liverpool’s global reputation for music business and innovation while ensuring the UK music industry remains resilient and competitive on the global stage. She is also part of the research team developing Guidelines for Judicial Practice for Humor and Free Speech Jurisprudence funded by the dutch research council (PI: Dr Alberto Godioli).
Her work has been cited in EU Advocate General's opinions and quoted by the UK's specialist court, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, which is part of the Business and Property Courts of the High Court of Justice. In 2024, she was named as an expert by Columbia Global Freedom of Expression. Additionally, she is an expert analyst for the EU Law Live project, contributing her legal expertise to pertinent issues in European IP law. She is also a member of the forum for Humor and the Law (ForHum), an international platform for practicing lawyers, legal and humor scholars, artists, comedians, and anyone interested in the multiform relationship between humor and the law. As such, she regularly comments on cases around the world involving IP and humour.
In addition to her research achievements, Sabine is deeply passionate about teaching. She has co-edited the book Teaching Intellectual Property Law: Strategy and Management (Edward Elgar, 2023), providing valuable insights into effective pedagogical approaches in intellectual property law education in and outside law schools. Furthermore, she has developed the innovative IP revision game, "IntangAbility", funded by the University of East Anglia, to enhance intellectual property learning experiences. She is a visiting lecturer at Maastricht University where she teaches UK Copyright Law on the IPKM programme and is Honorary Associate Professor at the University of East Anglia in acknowledgment of her research and teaching contributions. She is now the University of Liverpool's point of contact for the Pan-European Seal Programme, an extensive initiative with the EU Intellectual Property Office and the European Patent Office designed to bridge the gap between academia and the professional world across various fields, including intellectual property, law, finance, business, and engineering. Its mission is to promote and raise awareness of intellectual property within the academic community.
Finally, Sabine welcomes inquiries from media organisations and has previously lent her expertise to renowned outlets such as The Guardian, The Washington Post, BBC, and L’Echo, offering insights on intellectual property law and related topics.