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Research into 3D Printing and Intellectual Property Law presented in Helsinki, Bournemouth and Nottingham

Posted . Filed under Emergent Technologies, Focus areas.

Dr. Dinusha Mendis, Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM)’s and Associate Professor in Law was recently invited to present her research in 3D printing and Intellectual Property (IP) law in Helsinki and Nottingham.  Dinusha also hosted an event on this topic at Bournemouth University’s Festival of Learning in June 1014. In April 2014, Dinusha was… Read more » about Research into 3D Printing and Intellectual Property Law presented in Helsinki, Bournemouth and Nottingham

D. Mendis – 3D Printing Enters the Fast Lane

Posted . Filed under Emergent Technologies, Publications.

D. Mendis – 3D Printing Enters the Fast Lane [July 2014] Intellectual Property Magazine, pp. 39-40  There has been much attention lavished on additive manufacturing or 3D printing, as it is more commonly known.  The extension from commercial/enterprise to consumer 3D printing has grabbed the headlines and the imagination of the consumer in recent years. Furthermore,… Read more » about D. Mendis – 3D Printing Enters the Fast Lane

Copyrightuser.org Updated to Reflect Changes in UK Copyright Law

Posted . Filed under Creative Industries, Emergent Technologies, UK Copyright Reform.

Copyrightuser.org – a co-production between CIPPM Bournemouth University and CREATe, University of Glasgow – has been updated in light of the changes to UK copyright law made on 1 June 2014. Learning from the difficulties encountered by other initiatives in the field of copyright education, the Copyright User project aims at keeping up with the evolving copyright landscape. Copyrightuser.org offers… Read more » about Copyrightuser.org Updated to Reflect Changes in UK Copyright Law

R. Towse – Advanced Introduction to Cultural Economics

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Ruth Towse, Advanced Introduction to Cultural Economics (Edward Elgar Publishing: 2014) Description ‘Ruth Towse presents a fabulous, broad ranging overview of cultural economics. The book is up to the state of knowledge, is easy to read and reveals sound judgment. I highly recommend the book to anyone concerned about the relationship of culture to society… Read more » about R. Towse – Advanced Introduction to Cultural Economics

Online protest: towards a Magna Carta for the Internet

Posted . Filed under Digital Rights.

CIPPM’s Argyro Karanasiou presented her paper Towards a Magna Carta : A right to online protests? at the 10th International conference on Internet, Law and Politics 2014. The paper discusses the free speech argument for treating DDoS attacks online as the digital counterpart of an online sit in. The paper examines the changing face of… Read more » about Online protest: towards a Magna Carta for the Internet