CIPPM: Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management
Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management
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”
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
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
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”
Our public lecture series on topical issues of intellectual property law and policy is open to anyone to attend, but space is limited. Please email Mandy Lenihan to reserve a place on one or all of the lectures. The events will take place at the Executive Business Centre, close to Bournemouth train station. Paul Torremans… Read more » about Public Lectures 2015
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