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CIPPM joins the WIPO Advanced Intellectual Property Research Forum
Towards a Flexible Application of Intellectual Property Law: A Closer Look at Internal and External Balancing Tools Geneva, 26-28 May 2015 >> Donwload the programme here The purpose of the forum this year is to raise and discuss a wingspan of topics related to the role of flexibilities in I.P law, both within internal and… Read more » about CIPPM joins the WIPO Advanced Intellectual Property Research Forum
Stavroula Karapapa: “Introducing the ‘new public’ into copyright infringement”
Public lectures series 2015 Thursday 23 April, from 6 pm in EB306 This talk will discuss what amounts to an actionable communication of copyright works to the public. Recent rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union uphold that infringement takes place not only where an unauthorised communication reaches the public but also… Read more » about Stavroula Karapapa: “Introducing the ‘new public’ into copyright infringement”
Rafael García Pérez: “The scope of injunctions in intellectual property cases”
Research Seminar Tuesday 21 April, 4pm, Room EB205 The injunction, being a remedy grounded in equity, has a discretionary nature in English law, in intellectual property as well as in other areas of law. However, intellectual property remedies have been harmonised by Directive 2004/48 on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights. The seminar will consider… Read more » about Rafael García Pérez: “The scope of injunctions in intellectual property cases”
Jennifer Davis: “The problem with the average consumer in European trade mark law”
Public Lectures Series 2015 Thursday 19 March, from 6 pm in EB306 The talk will consider the problem of identifying the average consumer in EU trade mark law. It will suggest that his or her position in case law relating to both distinctiveness and confusion is increasingly uncertain and that explanations for this uncertainty might… Read more » about Jennifer Davis: “The problem with the average consumer in European trade mark law”