Emergent Technologies

CIPPM Co-Director, Dr. Dinusha Mendis, on Research Leave in Italy and Australia

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 research leave was granted for Dr. Mendis to further her… Read more » about CIPPM Co-Director, Dr. Dinusha Mendis, on Research Leave in Italy and Australia

Making sense of Digital Rights Management in Videogames

CIPPM researcher Marcella Favale has been awarded a Fusion Investment Fund for a collaborative project on Making sense of DRM in game development (Madrigal) Restrictive technology can prevent you from copying certain CDs or DVDs to a portable device to watch during your train journey or even go as far as to dictate which brand… Read more » about Making sense of Digital Rights Management in Videogames

Making sense of DRM in game development (Madrigal)

Restrictive technology can prevent you from copying certain CDs or DVDs to a portable device to watch during your train journey or even go as far as to dictate which brand of coffee capsules you put in your espresso machine. This is Digital Rights Management (DRM). The Madrigal project has been awarded a Fusion Investment… Read more » about Making sense of DRM in game development (Madrigal)

Maurizio Borghi on “Legal regulation of search engines”

Faculty seminar of Maurizio Borghi “Legal regulation of research engines: the end of the “consent architecture”?” Wednesday 28 January 2015, 1:00pm, Room PG22 The seminar will address search engine liability in the context of EU law and jurisprudence (e.g. Innoweb and the recent Ryanair case). It concludes that the European legislative framework is severely restricting… Read more » about Maurizio Borghi on “Legal regulation of search engines”

D. Mendis – ‘Clone Wars’ Episode II – The Next Generation: The Copyright Implications Relating to Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Files

D. Mendis – ‘Clone Wars’ Episode II – The Next Generation: The Copyright Implications Relating to Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Files [2014] 6(2) Law, Innovation and Technology, pp. 265-281 This paper considers the copyright implications surrounding design files through the use of CAD software. Design object files (also referred to as CAD-based design files in the… Read more » about D. Mendis – ‘Clone Wars’ Episode II – The Next Generation: The Copyright Implications Relating to Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Files