About
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Email: richard.twycross-lewis@stmarys.ac.uk
Biography
I am the LLB Course Lead and a Lecturer in Law. My primary area of expertise is Intellectual Property, however I teach in, and have interests in, areas of law aligned to IP including EU law and Competition Law.
Summary
Barrister (unregistered) and graduate Sports Scientist with masters’ degrees in Advanced Instrumentation Systems and Management of Intellectual Property and a PhD in Medical Engineering. Author of 28 peer-reviewed science, engineering and law papers, and with 24 years’ experience of lecturing and research in clinical, non-clinical and legal academia. Called to the Bar of England and Wales at Gray’s Inn and currently a legal academic specialising in Intellectual Property and Competition Law.
About
I graduated from London South Bank University in 1999 with a BSc (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Science. In 2000 I was awarded an MRes in advanced Instrumentation systems from University College London. I then undertook a PhD in medical engineering at Queen Mary, University of London, which I was awarded in 2005.
During my previous career in biomechanics and biomedical engineering at Queen Mary, University of London, my interests lay in gait analysis of children with cerebral palsy. I have 10 years’ experience of instrumented gait analysis in clinical populations and have collaborated with NHS partners to provide outcome measures which informed clinical decision making to determine surgical intervention or conservative management.
I have also collaborated with industry partners and have validated 3D-printed foot-ankle orthotic (AFO) devices (subject to legislative provision: custom class 1, Medical Device Directive 2002, 93/42/EEC) to promote efficient movement and gait patterns. I also collaborated with academic colleagues domestically and internationally to co-author consensus statements and original research on other areas relevant to sports medicine.
In 2018 I was awarded an MSc in Management of Intellectual Property with Merit from Queen Mary University of London. In 2019 I was awarded a Graduate Diploma in Law (incorporating the Common Professional Exam) with Distinction from the University of Westminster. I was Called to the Bar of England and Wales as a Barrister at Gray’s Inn in March 2022 following successful completion of the Bar Professional Training course at City Law School.
I am interested in all aspects of Intellectual Property (IP) Law including but not limited to FRAND licensing of SEPs, the impact of artificial intelligence on IP, specifically in both patents and copyright. Given the now near ubiquitous nature of Large Language Models in society and across the professions, I am developing an interest in the intersection between AI, governance, regulation and professional ethics in legal practice.
Hobbies and interests
Outside of academia, I have been a competitive powerlifter. I have 12 British titles and have represented Great Britain 17 times at World and European Bench Press Championships since the year 2000. I now no longer lift competitively – I still train but now just for fun! – but I am the Assistant Head Coach for the British Bench Press Team. I have currently coached the heaviest bench press done by both a male and female in competition. I also coach the current World Record holder in the Women's +84kg category.
I love to travel and have visited every continent with the exception of South American and Antarctica.
Qualifications and accreditations
- BSc(Hons) (Sports & Exercise Science)
- MRes (Advanced Instrumentation Systems)
- PhD (Medical Engineering)
- MSc (Management of Intellectual Property)
- GDL (Law)
- BPTC (Law).
Membership of professional bodies
- The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn
- The Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET).
Research
Research profile
Publications
1. Kolliari-Turner A, Lima G, Wang G, Malinsky FR, Karanikolou, A, Eichhorn G, Tanisawa K, Ospina-Betancurt J, Hamilton B, Kumi PYO, Shurlock J, Skiadis V, Twycross-Lewis R, Kilduff L, Martin RP, Ash GI, Potter C, Guppy FM, Seto JT, Fossati C, Pigozzi F, Borrione P, Pitsiladis YP. (2023). An observational human study investigating the effect of Anabolic Androgenic Steroid use on the transcriptome of skeletal muscle and whole blood using RNA-Seq. BMC Medical Genomics, 16, 94.
2. Lima G, Kolliari-Turner A, Wang G, Kosmac K, Wen Y, Ho P, Meehan L, Roeszler K, Seto J, Karanikolou A, Eichhorn G, Ospina-Betancourt J, Hamilton B, Kumi PYO, Shurlock J, Skiadis V, Twycross-Lewis R, Kilduff L, Guppy FM, North K, Pitsiladis Y, Pigozzi F, Borrione P. (2023). The MMAAS Project: An observational human study investigating the effect of Anabolic Androgenic Steroid use on gene expression and the molecular mechanism of Muscle Memory. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, 33, e115 – e122.
3. Hamilton B, Lima G, Barrett J, Seal L, Kolliari-Turner A, Wang G, Karanikolou A, Tucker R, Bigard X, Löllgen H, Zupet P, Ionescu A, Debruyne A, Jones N, Vonbank K, Fagnani F, Fossati C, Casasco M, Constantinou D, Wohlfarth B, Niederseer D, Bosch A, Muniz-Pardos B, Casajus JA, Schneider C, Loland S, Verroken M, Marqueta PM, Arroyo F, Pedrinelli A, Natsis K, Verhagen E, Roberts WO, Lazzoli JK, Friedman R, Erdogan A, Cintron AV, Yung SHP, Janse van Rensburg DC, Ramagole DA, Rozenstoka S, Drummond F, Papadopoulou T, Kumi PYO, Twycross-Lewis R, Harper J, Skiadas V, Shurlock J, Tanisawa K, Seto J, North K, Angadi SS, Martinez-Patiño MJ, Borjesson M, Luigi LD, Dohi M, Wolfarth B, Swart J, Bilzon JLJ, Badtieva V, Zelenkova I, Steinacker JM, Bachl N, Pigozzi F, Geistlinger M, Goulis DG, Guppy F, Webborn N, Yildiz BO, Miller M, Singlenton P, Pitsiladis YP. (2021). Integrating Transwomen and Female Athletes with Differences of Sex Development (DSD) into Elite Competition: the FIMS 2020 Consensus Statement. Sports Medicine. 51, 1401 – 1415.
4. Hamilton B, Martinez-Patiño, MJ, Barret J, Seal L, Tucker R, Papadopoulou T, Bigard X, Kolliari-Turner A, Lölligen H, Zupet, P, Ionescu A, Debruyne A, Jones N, Steinacker JM, Vonbank K, Lima G, Fagnani F, Fossati C, Di Luigi L, Pigozzi F, Casasco M, Geistlinger M, Wohfarth B, Seto JT, Bachl N, Twycross-Lewis R, Niederseer D, Bosch A, Swart J, Constantinou D, Muniz-Pardos B, Casajus JA, Badtieva V, Zelenkova I, Bilzon JLJ, Dolu M, Schneider C, Loland S, Verroken M, Marquata PM, Arroyo F, Pedrinelli A, Natsis K, Verhagen E, Roberts WO, Lazzoli JK, Friedman R, Erdogan A, Cintron AV, Yung S-HP, Janse van Rensburg DC, Ramagole DA, Rozenstoka S, Drummond F, Webborn N, Guppy F, Pitsiladis YP (2021). Response to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s report on race and gender discrimination in sport: An expression of concern, and a call to prioritise research. Sports Medicine, 51, 839 – 842.
5. Twycross-Lewis R. (2020). Intellectual Property Issues Relating to Transfer of 3D Print Files. Gray’s Inn Student Law Journal. 12, 12 – 24.
6. Kumpai T, Wang G, Seto J, Verdouka I, Karanikolou A, Twycross-Lewis R, Tanaka M, Börjesson M, Di Luigi L, Dohi M, Wolfarth B, Swart J, Bilzon JLJ, Badtieva V, Papadopoulou T, Geistlinger M, Bachl N, Pigozzi F, Pitsiladis YP. (2020). Sport and Exercise Genomics: the FIMS 2019 Consensus Statement update. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 54, 967 - 975
7. Zhang B, Twycross-Lewis R, Groβmann H, Morrissey D. (2017). Testing gait with ankle-foot orthoses in children with cerebral palsy by using functional mixed-effects analysis of variance. Scientific Reports, 7, 11081.
8. Twycross-Lewis R, Kilduff L, Wang G, Pitsiladis YP. (2016). The effects of creatine supplementation on thermoregulation and physical (cognitive) performance: A review and future prospects. Amino Acids, 48, 1843 – 1855.
9. Daly C, McCarthy Perrson U, Twycross-Lewis R, Woledge R, Morrissey D. (2016). The biomechanics of running in athletes with previous hamstring injury: a case-control study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sport, 26, 413 – 420
10. Haratian R, Twycross-Lewis R, Timotijevic T, Phillips C. (2014). Towards Flexibility in Sensor Placement for Motion Tracking Systems: A Signal Processing Approach. IEEE Sensor Journal, 14, 701-709.
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