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M. Borghi, K. Erickson and M. Favale – With enough eyeballs all searches are diligent (2017)

Maurizio Borghi, Kris Erickson and Marcella Favale “With enough eyeballs all searches are diligent: Mobilizing the crowd in copyright clearance for mass digitization”. Journal of Intellectual Property, 9 (1)  (2017), 135-166 Digitization of 20th Century cultural heritage is severely restricted due to the real or potential subsistence of copyright and related rights. Under the laws… Read more » about M. Borghi, K. Erickson and M. Favale – With enough eyeballs all searches are diligent (2017)

Paul Cole on Athena Diagnostics v. Mayo

In an article published on IP Watchdog, Professor Paul Cole critically examines a recent trend in US courts, lately confirmed in Athena Diagnostics v. Mayo Collaborative Services, to play down “incremental inventions”, even when they result from pioneering work of world-leading research institutions. “The Mayo/Alice framework needs reconsideration to place pioneering or breakthrough inventions and incremental inventions on… Read more » about Paul Cole on Athena Diagnostics v. Mayo

Visiting Research Fellows join CIPPM in Summer 2019

Three Visiting Research Fellows joined CIPPM / Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence this summer as part of the short-term residential fellowship programme 2019 Pieter van Cleynebruegel from the Liège Competition and Innovation Institute (LCII) of the University of Liège. Professor Van Cleynebruegel is a legal researcher on theories of regulation and their application to EU… Read more » about Visiting Research Fellows join CIPPM in Summer 2019

A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects – now published

A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects (Cambridge University Press) is a book that focuses on 50 objects to tell a history of the intellectual property system, and why it matters today. The book brings together an interesting group of interdisciplinary scholars to tell a wide-ranging audience why they should care about intellectual property…. Read more » about A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects – now published