Projects

Going for Gold: 3D Scanning, 3D Printing and Mass Customisation of Ancient and Modern Jewellery

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Dr. Dinusha Mendis, Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CPPM) and Associate Professor in Law has been successful in securing RCUK/AHRC funding to further the research into the intellectual property (IP) implications of 3D printing. The newly funded project follows on from the Commissioned Project for the UK Intellectual Property Office… Read more » about Going for Gold: 3D Scanning, 3D Printing and Mass Customisation of Ancient and Modern Jewellery

EnDOW

Posted . Filed under Cultural Heritage, Projects.

Enhancing access to 20th Century cultural heritage through Distributed Orphan Works clearance (EnDOW) EnDOW is a 3-years collaborative project funded under Heritage Plus, a programme launched by agencies of 18 European countries and the European Commission as part of the Joint Programming Initiative in Cultural Heritage and Global Change. The project is a partnership of… Read more » about EnDOW

Reports for the UK Government on IP Implications of 3D Printing

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CIPPM researchers Dr. Dinusha Mendis and Dr. Davide Secchi together with Dr. Phil Reeves of Econolyst Ltd have published a sequence of three reports on the intellectual property implications of 3D printing resulting from a project commissioned by the UK Intellectual Property Office. In 2012, the Big Innovation Centre, in their Report ‘Three Dimensional Policy:… Read more » about Reports for the UK Government on IP Implications of 3D Printing

Making sense of DRM in game development (Madrigal)

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Restrictive technology can prevent you from copying certain CDs or DVDs to a portable device to watch during your train journey or even go as far as to dictate which brand of coffee capsules you put in your espresso machine. This is Digital Rights Management (DRM). The Madrigal project has been awarded a Fusion Investment… Read more » about Making sense of DRM in game development (Madrigal)