UK Copyright Reform

Dinusha Mendis, Ruth Towse and Bartolomeo Meletti: Learning Tools for the Copyright User

Posted . Filed under Focus areas, UK Copyright Reform.

Faculty Research Seminar Wednesday 14 December, 16.00, room F309 CopyrightUser.org is an online resource aimed at making UK copyright law accessible to creators, media professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and members of the public. The resource aims to inform creators about how to protect their work, how to license and exploit it and how to legally re-use… Read more » about Dinusha Mendis, Ruth Towse and Bartolomeo Meletti: Learning Tools for the Copyright User

Response to proposed ‘press publication right’

Posted . Filed under EU IP Policy, UK Copyright Reform.

A group of thirty seven professors of Intellectual Property and Information Law, led by Lionel Bently (CIPIL, University of Cambridge), has submitted to the Intellectual Property Office a response to the proposed introduction of a new right on press publications. The so-called ‘press publication right’, as included in Article 11 of the Proposal for a Directive on Copyright in… Read more » about Response to proposed ‘press publication right’

Award-Winning Short-Film ‘Game is On!’ Episode II – Published by Copyrightuser.org

Posted . Filed under Focus areas, UK Copyright Reform.

Copyrightuser.org – a collaboration between the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) and CREATe, University of Glasgow, has produced Episode II of the ‘Game is On!’ Series. The project led by Principal Investigator for Bournemouth University, Dr. Dinusha Mendis, was initially funded by BU’s Fusion Investment Fund in 2012. Since 2013 the project… Read more » about Award-Winning Short-Film ‘Game is On!’ Episode II – Published by Copyrightuser.org