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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”

Reports for the UK Government on IP Implications of 3D Printing

CIPPM researchers Dr. Dinusha Mendis and Dr. Davide Secchi together with Dr. Phil Reeves of Econolyst Ltd have published a sequence of three reports on the intellectual property implications of 3D printing resulting from a project commissioned by the UK Intellectual Property Office. In 2012, the Big Innovation Centre, in their Report ‘Three Dimensional Policy:… Read more » about Reports for the UK Government on IP Implications of 3D Printing

Understanding UK Copyright Law: An Interactive Workshop for Music Writers and Composers

Post by Bartolomeo Meletti, Lead Producer of CopyrightUser.org, a co-production between CIPPM (Bournemouth University) and CREATe (University of Glasgow). On Thursday 19th March 2015, the Digital Catapult Centre hosted the second in the series of workshops entitled ‘Understanding UK Copyright Law’, a joint initiative of the Digital Catapult, CREATe, CopyrightUser.org, and the Copyright Hub. The purpose of these workshops is… Read more » about Understanding UK Copyright Law: An Interactive Workshop for Music Writers and Composers

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”

Dinusha Mendis invited by IP Australia to present the UKIPO Commissioned Project on 3D Printing and IP Law

26th March 2015, 12.30-1.30 pm, IP Australia, Canberra CIPPM Co-Director, Dr. Dinusha Mendis has been invited by IP Australia to present the research carried out for the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) Commissioned Project on the Intellectual Property (IP) Implications of 3D Printing. Collaborating with Econolyst Ltd., (Dr. Phil Reeves) and Dr. Davide Secchi of Bournemouth… Read more » about Dinusha Mendis invited by IP Australia to present the UKIPO Commissioned Project on 3D Printing and IP Law