Focus areas

IP Law at Crossroads? A Case Study into 3D Scanning, 3D Printing and Mass Customisation

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The growth of 3D technologies impacts on intellectual property (IP) law, leading to a number of implications including copyright, design and licensing issues amongst others. Such challenges question the enforcement, object and purpose of IP laws whilst exploring the opportunities presented through this technology. These were some of the issues which Professor Dinusha Mendis touched… Read more » about IP Law at Crossroads? A Case Study into 3D Scanning, 3D Printing and Mass Customisation

D. Mendis – CRM Directive: An Analysis

Posted . Filed under Publications, UK EU IP Policy.

D. Mendis, Directive 2014 / 26 / EU on Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights and Multi-Territorial Licensing of Rights in Musical Works for Online Use in the Internal Market in A. Lodder & A. Murray (eds), EU Regulation of E-Commerce – A Commentary (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishers; 2017), pp. 290-312 The chapter explores… Read more » about D. Mendis – CRM Directive: An Analysis

Economics of copyright at the ALAI Congress in Copenhagen

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The ALAI Congress 2017 was held at the University of Copenhagen on 18-19 May 2017. Ruth Towse was invited to take part and present in the panel on Economics of copyright. Here is professor Towse’s report on the Congress. The ALAI (International Literary and Artistic Association) 2017 conference, title ‘Copyright, to be or not to be’, met… Read more » about Economics of copyright at the ALAI Congress in Copenhagen