Could technology override economics in the case of the Digital Copyright Exchange? Economic analysis of collective rights administration has so far strongly supported the natural monopoly case for single national collecting societies for particular bundles of rights protected by territorially based copyright law and the courts have gone along with that view. Digitization in the… Read more » about Ruth Towse on the Digital Copyright Exchange
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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
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





