Focus areas

Mind the Terms of Service! A closer look at the ToS with special reference to consumer’s privacy.

Do you ever read the small printed details online or you just click away and download your desired app/software without even taking a second look? Our LL.M students Keziah Gitonga, Mehmet Arvas, Amanda Kemmer Soares, Constantinos Papantoniou and Timur Temirgazin have taken a closer look at the ToS of some of the most popular content providers:… Read more » about Mind the Terms of Service! A closer look at the ToS with special reference to consumer’s privacy.

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”

Marcella Favale: “A Wii too stretched? DRM protection of game consoles”

Faculty Seminar of Marcella Favale This seminar comments the case C-355/12 – Nintendo v. PC Box.  Despite the fact that the difficult conditions imposed by the Court in practice will disrupt the implementation of DRM​, Marcella Favale questions the extension of the protection of TPMs implemented on gaming consoles. She also argues that there are… Read more » about Marcella Favale: “A Wii too stretched? DRM protection of game consoles”

Making sense of Digital Rights Management in Videogames

CIPPM researcher Marcella Favale has been awarded a Fusion Investment Fund for a collaborative project on Making sense of DRM in game development (Madrigal) Restrictive technology can prevent you from copying certain CDs or DVDs to a portable device to watch during your train journey or even go as far as to dictate which brand… Read more » about Making sense of Digital Rights Management in Videogames