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”
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Copyright User in the report by the IP Adviser to the Prime Minister
On Friday 10 October 2014, Mike Weatherley MP published the report Copyright Education and Awareness, which represents his final contribution as Intellectual Property Adviser to the Prime Minister David Cameron. The report considers copyright education and awareness activities in the UK, suggesting that efforts should be made in order to increase coordination among the various… Read more » about Copyright User in the report by the IP Adviser to the Prime Minister
CIPPM Researchers present at CREATe’s All-Hands Meeting
CIPPM Researchers Professor Maurizio Borghi, Dr. Marcella Favale, Dr. Fabian Homberg, Mr. Conor O’Kane, Mr. Bartolomeo Meletti, Dr. Dinusha Mendis and Professor Ruth Towse attended the All-Hands Meeting hosted by CREATe, University of Glasgow on 15-16 September 2014. Set in the beautiful Mackintosh Suite of House for an Art Lover (designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh), the… Read more » about CIPPM Researchers present at CREATe’s All-Hands Meeting
Dinusha Mendis delivers Keynote on 3D Printing and IP Law at the European Parliament
CIPPM Co-Director, Dr. Dinusha Mendis was invited as a Keynote Speaker to the 9th European Policy on Intellectual Property (EPIP) Meeting at the European Parliament, held from 4-5 September 2014. The event hosted by the European Commission and the European Parliament, and organized by Dr. Georg von Graevenitz focused on interdisciplinary research in a wider… Read more » about Dinusha Mendis delivers Keynote on 3D Printing and IP Law at the European Parliament
Ruth Towse: The impact of digitization on copyright collecting societies
Professor Ruth Towse presented the paper ‘The impact of digitization on copyright collecting societies’ at the European Policy for IP (EPIP) Conference 4-5 September, Brussels. The established view of copyright collecting societies on the part of copyright economists, the courts and regulators is that their natural monopoly is justified on efficiency grounds. Besides its effects… Read more » about Ruth Towse: The impact of digitization on copyright collecting societies





