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Google money and research ethics: a response by professor Borghi to The Times

In an article published on the front page of the Times on 13 July, entitled “Google pays academics millions for key support”, researchers of Bournemouth University have been accused of not disclosing funds received by Google to support the tech giant’s policy interests. The allegation is based on a report issued by a US group called… Read more » about Google money and research ethics: a response by professor Borghi to The Times

Angela Daly – From autonomous Internet users to 3D printing futures: decentralised law?

Research seminar – Wednesday 21 June, 16.00, Room F110 (Fusion Building) Various technological developments over the last two decades, their accessibility to the average person and their socio-economic implementations have led to a decentralising tendency on the nature of production and organisation. Prominent among these have been: the Internet (decentralised production & dissemination of information);… Read more » about Angela Daly – From autonomous Internet users to 3D printing futures: decentralised law?

Visiting research fellows join CIPPM

Four Visiting Research Fellows joined CIPPM this summer as part of the short-term residential fellowship programme 2017. Tabrez Ebrahim, from California Western School of Law in San Diego (USA), will work on a project on “3D Printing Abundance in a World Without Scarcity”, which investigates the relationships between IP laws, competition, and innovation in response to 3D… Read more » about Visiting research fellows join CIPPM

Amicus brief field in Recognicorp v Nintendo

CIPPM fellow Professor Paul Cole, partner at Lucas & Co, has filed a brief as Amicus Curiae to the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit in the case Recognicorp LLC v Nintendo Co., Ltd. The case is about patentability and claim interpretation. Recognicorp, owner of a patent in a system for encoding image data as part… Read more » about Amicus brief field in Recognicorp v Nintendo