Focus areas

CIPPM visit to China: opening opportunities for IP research and education

China has during the past five year experienced explosive development in the Intellectual Property field. The country has implemented its national IP strategy  and its application volume of trade mark, patent and design has ranked NO. 1 in the world for the past four continuous years. The country thus presents a gold mine for IP… Read more » about CIPPM visit to China: opening opportunities for IP research and education

Economic Survival in a Long Established Creative Industry: Strategies, Business Models and Copyright in Music Publishing

Sheet music for Mozart's Coda Sonata in C Major

Project funded by the UK Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) 2014-2016 (research grant no. AH/L004666/1) The research aims to analyse the survival of music publishing industry over a long period of time as it adapted its products, marketing strategies and business models to new technologies and legislative changes. The analysis is expected to provide new… Read more » about Economic Survival in a Long Established Creative Industry: Strategies, Business Models and Copyright in Music Publishing

Sharing KnowledgE Assets: InteRregionally Cohesive NeigHborhoods (SEARCH)

This Project is funded by the European Union under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development in the ‘Socio-economic sciences and the humanities’ area (2011-2014) The main objective of this project is to strengthen the integration process between the EU and the Neighbourhood Countries (NCs), by improving the understanding of the institutional framework… Read more » about Sharing KnowledgE Assets: InteRregionally Cohesive NeigHborhoods (SEARCH)

3D Printing: Understanding the Technology and Law

Dr. Dinusha Mendis, Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) will host an event on the technological and legal implications of 3D Printing as part of Bournemouth University’s Festival of Learning 2014.  The event will take place on Monday 9 June. The event will define the technological challenges and opportunities which… Read more » about 3D Printing: Understanding the Technology and Law

Valuing the Public Domain

This project funded by the ESRC and the UK Intellectual Property Office provides for a knowledge exchange scheme which brings together academics (from the disciplines of law, media & communication studies, management and economics), policy makers from the UK Intellectual Property Office (an executive agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) and media businesses (in… Read more » about Valuing the Public Domain