Emergent Technologies

“What’s in a name?” Prof. Dinusha Mendis speaks to BBC Radio on the Dua Lipa-Samsung lawsuit

Posted . Filed under Creative Industries, Emergent Technologies, Focus areas.

On 8th May 2026, pop star Dua Lipa filed a $15m (£11m) lawsuit against Samsung in the District Court of California alleging that Samsung used her image on the packaging of their TV set boxes – and did so, without her permission. Dua Lipa alleges that Samsung’s packaging was “designed to improperly capitalize on Ms…. Read more » about “What’s in a name?” Prof. Dinusha Mendis speaks to BBC Radio on the Dua Lipa-Samsung lawsuit

Dinusha Mendis and Tatsuhiro Ueno: “‘Mind the (virtual) Gap’: A Critical Analysis of UK and Japanese Copyright law relating to immersive technologies and the metaverse”

Posted . Filed under Artificial Intelligence, Creative Industries, Emergent Technologies, Publications, UK EU IP Policy.

Mendis D and Ueno T., ‘Mind the (virtual) Gap’: A Critical Analysis of UK and Japanese copyright exceptions relating to immersive technologies and the metaverse, (2025) 56 IIC, 1704-1733

Deepfake and the law: stakeholder roundtable

Posted . Filed under Creative Industries, Emergent Technologies, Focus areas, UK EU IP Policy.

On 9th April 2025, CIPPM will host a stakeholder roundtable on ‘deepfake and the law’. The event follows on from the stakeholder roundtable which was hosted at Waseda University Tokyo on 16 December 2024 and forms part of the project funded by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation to carry out research into deepfake technology and the law. The… Read more » about Deepfake and the law: stakeholder roundtable

CIPPM responds to UKIPO’s consultation on AI and copyright

Posted . Filed under Artificial Intelligence, Emergent Technologies, Focus areas, UK Copyright Reform.

On 25th February 2025, CIPPM submitted written evidence to the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) call for evidence into Copyright and AI. The evidence which CIPPM submitted highlighted the drawbacks and complexities surrounding UKIPO’s preferred option 3 – a data mining exception which allows rights holders to reserve their rights, underpinned by supporting measures on… Read more » about CIPPM responds to UKIPO’s consultation on AI and copyright