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Funded PhD Studentship: ‘Designing for the Future: The Intellectual Property Implications of 3D Printing, 3D Scanning and Mass Customisation’

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A matched-funded PhD studentship titled ‘Designing for the Future: The Intellectual Property Implications of 3D Printing, 3D Scanning and Mass Customisation‘ (in partnership with Econolyst) is available at the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) with an expected start date of September 2015. The closing date for applications is: 12 March 2015 Supervisory Team… Read more » about Funded PhD Studentship: ‘Designing for the Future: The Intellectual Property Implications of 3D Printing, 3D Scanning and Mass Customisation’

Nicola Coppola presents at EIPIN, Maastricht

Posted . Filed under UK EU IP Policy.

Nicola Coppola: Impact of EU Geographical Indications on national rights: point of view of PDO/PGI producers and emerging trends in EU legislation” Presentation for the 16th EIPIN Congress at Maastricht University Friday 30 January 2015, 11:00 a.m, Maastricht University School of Law, Maastricht, The Nederlands Every year, the EIPIN – European Intellectual Property Institutes Network… Read more » about Nicola Coppola presents at EIPIN, Maastricht

Building Links between UK and China to further Copyright Research and Collaboration

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In November 2014,  Dr. Dinusha Mendis, Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Management (CIPPM) was invited as part of a UK delegation to the University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus (UNNC) in China. The one-day event which took place on 22 November 2014, included participants from both the UK and China. The representatives for the… Read more » about Building Links between UK and China to further Copyright Research and Collaboration

Argyro Karanasiou – “Kickin’ The Clouds Away”: A rights-based approach for mesh networks as community media

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In her latest post in the LSE Media Policy Project Blog’s Alternative Internet(s) series, Argyro Karanasiou argues that policymakers must embrace decentralised Internet architectures as a way of breaking online informational monopolies. Below follows a copy of this article, originally posted here.    “Kickin’ The Clouds Away”: A rights-based approach for mesh networks as community media   Back… Read more » about Argyro Karanasiou – “Kickin’ The Clouds Away”: A rights-based approach for mesh networks as community media

Lingling Wei on “Olympic enclosures of generic words”

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Dr Lingling Wei presented her paper on Olympic Enclosure of Generic Words  at  the annual Congress of International Association of Sports law in Athens (from 11-13th December ). The paper examines the event specific legislation enacted for mega sporting games such Olympics. It concludes that the legislation’s approach of enclosing the generic words for the… Read more » about Lingling Wei on “Olympic enclosures of generic words”