EU IP Policy

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”

Nicola Coppola: Can GIs be used as a marketing tool?

Thursday 19 February 2015, 9:00 a.m, Room PG22 The relationship between IP and Communication is part of the collaboration within the Departments of the newly created Faculty of Media and Communication. In this context, Nicola Coppola gives insights on Geographical Indications (GIs) protection from a legal perspective, tailored to the interests of MA Media and… Read more » about Nicola Coppola: Can GIs be used as a marketing tool?

Paul Torremans: “The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court: a private international law perspective”

Public Lectures Series 2015 Thursday 19 February, from 6 pm in EB306 The introduction of the unitary patent will leave the European patent in place and will in any case not apply to Italy, Spain and, probably, Poland. And the courts in those countries, and those in all other Member States during the transition period,… Read more » about Paul Torremans: “The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court: a private international law perspective”