CIPPM: Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management
Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management
Research seminars at CIPPM are open to all staff and students. For information please contact Maurizio Borghi or Dinusha Mendis. Friday 16 October, 16:00: The CJEU decision on ‘Safe Harbour’ (C-362/14) and the future of Big Data (Emile Douilhet) Tuesday 3 November, 16:00: Hyperlinking and copyright infringement after ‘Svensson’ (case C-466/12): what’s new under the sun?… Read more » about Autumn Seminar Series 2015
Research seminar: Thursday 10 September, 16:oo, Room EB 202. Abstract: the seminar explores the viability of a dedicated limitation to copyright law to foster creative uses.
Ruth Towse was invited to present a paper to a high-level symposium on alternative modes of regulating large-scale non-commercial online uses of copyrighted works, organized by the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam, on 11 July 2015. Professor Towse’s speech in the Economic panel “alternatives to the current modes of financing… Read more » about Alternative Compensation Systems for Digital Copyright
One-day Workshop Thursday 4 June 2015 Music publishing is an old established industry that has adapted to successive technological and institutional changes, especially to copyright law, by adopting different strategies and business models. The workshop explores how music publishing has evolved in the long run, and what historical and economic factors can explain its adaptations… Read more » about Workshop: Music Publishing, copyright and business models
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
Leading experts from academia and industry headline PGCert IP opening residential weekend February 9, 2026
CIPPM at the BFI: Archiving and Copyright Challenges February 4, 2026
Reflecting on the Leverhulme Visiting Professorship on Intellectual Property & International Business January 14, 2026
Graham Ashley “Advocacy – A Judge’s Perspective” March 26, 2026
Severine Dussolier “The uneasy copyright claims against generative AI” March 5, 2026
Ilanah Fhima “Average Consumers” February 5, 2026