Inaugural Symposium – Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for European Intellectual Property and Information Rights Wednesday 16 January 2019 >> Programme The symposium celebrated the launch of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, funded for 3 years from the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme. There were numerous insightful and fascinating presentations across the day by academics… Read more » about Event report: European Intellectual Property and its Limits
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Symposium: European Intellectual Property and its Limits
Wednesday 16 January 2019 – Inaugural symposium of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence
Roger Brownsword: “Informational Rights, Informational Wrongs, and Regulatory Responsibilities”
Working Paper No. 01-2019 January 2019 The basic idea of this positioning paper is to map the landscape of our informational interests and to evaluate a range of recognised and putative rights and wrongs associated with modern ‘information societies’. To a considerable extent, the rights and wrongs under consideration arise from the disruptive effects of… Read more » about Roger Brownsword: “Informational Rights, Informational Wrongs, and Regulatory Responsibilities”
Marc Mimler’s article cited in the Opinion of Advocate General in Pelham
Advocate General Szpunar has delivered the Opinion in Case C‑476/17 Pelham and others v. Hütter, better known as the “Metall auf Metall” case. The case originates from a referral of the German Federal Court on the permissibility of sampling of music. The AG’s Opinion, which recommends the Court of Justice to rule that unlicensed sampling is copyright… Read more » about Marc Mimler’s article cited in the Opinion of Advocate General in Pelham
Spring Public Lectures Series 2019
Our public lectures series on topical issues of intellectual property law and policy is open to anyone to attend, but space is limited. Please email Terry Mitchell to reserve a place on one or all of the lectures. The events will take place at the Executive Business Centre, close to Bournemouth train station.





