EU IP Policy

Response to proposed ‘press publication right’

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A group of thirty seven professors of Intellectual Property and Information Law, led by Lionel Bently (CIPIL, University of Cambridge), has submitted to the Intellectual Property Office a response to the proposed introduction of a new right on press publications. The so-called ‘press publication right’, as included in Article 11 of the Proposal for a Directive on Copyright in… Read more » about Response to proposed ‘press publication right’

Viiniverla: too much ‘ado’ about nothing – new article by Nicola Coppola

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Nicola Coppola, a PhD researcher and part-time lecturer at CIPPM has published an article titled ‘Viiniverla: too much ‘ado’ about nothing’ in the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice. The case comment focuses on the recent Viiniverla Case (C-75/15, Second Chamber, 21 January 2015) in the context of Geographical Indications (GIs). The case concluded… Read more » about Viiniverla: too much ‘ado’ about nothing – new article by Nicola Coppola