Brexit and the Unitary Patent Package: A Further Compromised Future? (2018)
Journal Article
McMahon, A. (2018). Brexit and the Unitary Patent Package: A Further Compromised Future?. SCRIPT-ed, 15(2), 175-208. https://doi.org/10.2966/scrip.150218.175

Developing a unitary patent system for Europe has been debated for over 50 years but never achieved. Nonetheless, a unitary patent package (UPP) for the current 25 EU Member States who wish to participate is now within grasp. However, as this system... Read More about Brexit and the Unitary Patent Package: A Further Compromised Future?.

An Institutional Examination of the Implications of the Unitary Patent Package for the Morality Provisions: A Fragmented Future too Far? (2017)
Journal Article
McMahon, A. (2017). An Institutional Examination of the Implications of the Unitary Patent Package for the Morality Provisions: A Fragmented Future too Far?. International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 48(1), 42-70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40319-016-0541-2

This article examines the institutional changes created by the unitary patent package (UPP), including the unified patent court (UPCt), in the European patent system. It focuses specifically on the implications of these changes for the morality provi... Read More about An Institutional Examination of the Implications of the Unitary Patent Package for the Morality Provisions: A Fragmented Future too Far?.

A Public International Law approach to safeguard nationality for surrogate-born children (2016)
Journal Article
Ní Ghráinne, B., & McMahon, A. (2017). A Public International Law approach to safeguard nationality for surrogate-born children. Legal Studies, 37(2), 324-342. https://doi.org/10.1111/lest.12146

International surrogacy agreements involve a child born to a surrogate mother who is of a different nationality to the commissioning parent(s) in a state other than that of which the commissioning parent(s) are nationals or reside. Many of these arra... Read More about A Public International Law approach to safeguard nationality for surrogate-born children.