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D. Mendis and M. Kretschmer – The Treatment of Parodies under Copyright Law in Seven Jurisdictions

D. Mendis & M. Kretschmer, The Treatment of Parodies under Copyright Law in Seven Jurisdictions (London: Intellectual Property Office; 2013) pp. 1-88 This Commissioned Report for the UKIPO offers a comparative legal review of the law of parody in seven jurisdictions.  For purposes of the Study, the researchers explored the status of parody in UK,… Read more » about D. Mendis and M. Kretschmer – The Treatment of Parodies under Copyright Law in Seven Jurisdictions

Dinusha Mendis interviewed by the BBC

Dr. Dinusha Mendis has published a paper on 3D Printing and its implications for Intellectual Property Law titled “The Clone Wars: Episode 1 – The Rise of 3D Printing and its implications for 3D Printing: Learning Lessons from the Past? The paper was published is the European Intellectual Property Review in February 2013. In drawing… Read more » about Dinusha Mendis interviewed by the BBC

Intellectual property law brought to life for students in collaborative project

Students from the Business School and School of Design, Engineering and Computing (DEC) will work together on a project that aims to bring intellectual property to life. Final year Law students, from the Business School, will advise final year DEC students from across product design and creative technology-based courses, while they create a product or… Read more » about Intellectual property law brought to life for students in collaborative project

BU Academics launch Copyright User Portal in London

A BETA version of the ‘Copyright User Portal’, funded by Bournemouth University’s Fusion Investment Fund (awarded 2012) was launched at the Law Society of England & Wales on 2 July 2013.  The main event of the day was the launch of the UK Intellectual Property Office’sCommissioned Report on Copyright and Orphan Works co-authored by academics from CIPPM,… Read more » about BU Academics launch Copyright User Portal in London