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What’s wrong with copying? Roundtable on the foundations of copyright law

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Friday 22 May 2015, 16:00-18:00 – Executive Business Centre, room EB 302 Abraham Drassinower (University of Toronto) presents and discusses his book What’s Wrong with Copying? (Harvard University Press, 2015) Discussants:  Jose Bellido, Maurizio Borghi, Martin Kretschmer and Luke McDonagh Copyright law, as conventionally understood, serves the public interest by regulating the production and dissemination… Read more » about What’s wrong with copying? Roundtable on the foundations of copyright law

Jennifer Davis: “The problem with the average consumer in European trade mark law”

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Public Lectures Series 2015 Thursday 19 March, from 6 pm in EB306 The talk will consider the problem of identifying the average consumer in EU trade mark law.  It will suggest that his or her position in case law relating to both distinctiveness and confusion is increasingly uncertain and that explanations for this uncertainty might… Read more » about Jennifer Davis: “The problem with the average consumer in European trade mark law”

Estelle Derclaye: Aligning IPR with well-being

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Business School Seminar Series Wednesday 25 February, 12:00, room CG08 (Christchurch House, Talbot Campus) The Chicago School of the law and economics movement, on which the predominant justification for independent property rights is based in most countries, is flawed mainly because it takes economic wealth as the sole proxy for well-being. We suggest replacing it… Read more » about Estelle Derclaye: Aligning IPR with well-being

CopyrightX: CIPPM – Syllabus 2015

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  Lectures delivered by prof. Fisher are all available online from the CopyrightX website. Seminars delivered by prof. Borghi and dr. Karanasiou are held on Wednesdays, 16:00 to 18:00, at the Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University Week 1 Lecture 1 (online): The Foundations of Copyright Law Seminar (28 January, Room 702): Originality and Idea/Expression distinction… Read more » about CopyrightX: CIPPM – Syllabus 2015

Lingling Wei on “Olympic enclosures of generic words”

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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”