Emergent Technologies

CIPPM Co-Director Dr. Dinusha Mendis contributes to FP7 MAPPING Project in Hannover

On 22-23 September 2015, Dr. Dinusha Mendis was invited to the First General Assembly of the FP7-funded MAPPING Project. MAPPING – Managing Alternatives for Privacy, Property and Internet Governance – held its First General Assembly on 22-23 September at Hannover Congress Centrum. The event brought together stakeholders from three key areas including Internet Governance, Privacy… Read more » about CIPPM Co-Director Dr. Dinusha Mendis contributes to FP7 MAPPING Project in Hannover

A Reflection on Research Leave at University of Tasmania Australia and Stanford Law School California

In January 2015, Dr. Dinusha Mendis, Associate Professor in Law and Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) in the Faculty of Media and Communications was awarded a period of research leave funded by the Fusion Investment Fund which commenced on 1 January 2015. The study leave was granted to further Dr…. Read more » about A Reflection on Research Leave at University of Tasmania Australia and Stanford Law School California

CIPPM Researchers Present at the European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP) Conference

The 10th Annual Conference of European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP) was hosted by CREATe, the RCUK Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy at the University of Glasgow, on 2 and 3 September 2015. Opening the conference in the beautiful setting of the Chapel, Professor Ian Hargreaves, Professor of Digital Economy and the author… Read more » about CIPPM Researchers Present at the European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP) Conference

Dinusha Mendis Invited to Speak at Plymouth Law School

On 28 August 2015, Dr. Dinusha Mendis was an invited speaker at Plymouth Law School’s one-day workshop. The event titled, ‘Valuing Knowledge, Creativity and Innovation: Relating Corporate Social Responsibility to Copyright Law’ considered the prospect of practising Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in relation to copyright, where similar ideas of corporate social awareness have already applied to other… Read more » about Dinusha Mendis Invited to Speak at Plymouth Law School

Dinusha Mendis presents at the 34th Annual ECTA Conference 2015, Hamburg

On 12 June 2015, CIPPM Co-Director, Dr. Dinusha Mendis presented at the European Communities Trade Mark Association 34th Annual Conference in Hamburg. The Conference took place from 10-13 June 2015.  At the 2015 Conference, the ECTA organisers included a new copyright panel and invited Dr. Mendis to speak on the copyright implications of 3D printing…. Read more » about Dinusha Mendis presents at the 34th Annual ECTA Conference 2015, Hamburg