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CIPPM Hosts WIPO-UK Summer School for Third Consecutive Year

Having hosted the inaugural WIPO-UK Summer School in 2024, we are delighted that the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has once again selected the Centre for Intellectual Property, Policy & Management (CIPPM) to host UK’s Summer School in IP law – for the third consecutive year. The WIPO – UK Summer School will take place… Read more » about CIPPM Hosts WIPO-UK Summer School for Third Consecutive Year

CIPPM Research Scholar Awarded PhD and Secures Prestigious Postdoctoral Scholarship

We are delighted to announce that Ben White, one of our researchers, has just been awarded his doctorate for his thesis: The Fourth Industrial Revolution – The Functions and Impacts of Copyright and Related Rights on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. His supervisors were Professor Dinusha Mendis, Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property, Policy… Read more » about CIPPM Research Scholar Awarded PhD and Secures Prestigious Postdoctoral Scholarship

CIPPM in the Times Higher Education: AI and Copyright Law

CIPPM’s Benjamin White has recently contributed two OpEds to Times Higher Education, in which he examines the intersection of artificial intelligence, copyright, and the UK’s industrial strategy. Published in December 2025 and March 2026, the articles – The UK’s copyright laws will hobble its AI ambitions and Copyright maximalism will stifle a research-intensive digital economy –… Read more » about CIPPM in the Times Higher Education: AI and Copyright Law

Leading experts from academia and industry headline PGCert IP opening residential weekend

The first residential weekend of CIPPM’s Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property (IP) for patent and trade mark attorneys, took place between 5-7 February 2026. Hosted by CIPPM, the course drew leading experts from academia and industry who shared their expertise and experience with the patent and trade mark attorney students. Professor Ilanah Fhima, Professor of… Read more » about Leading experts from academia and industry headline PGCert IP opening residential weekend