The intersection between intellectual property (IP) law and technology is not new. IP law has continuously been challenged by technology. From the printing press to the Internet, IP laws have had to react to these various challenges. The Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property and Growth (2011) recognised some of these challenges, calling for a re-consideration of IP law.
CIPPM has been at the forefront of research in responding to these challenges brought about by emerging technologies.
The Centre is a front-runner in the field of 3D printing and its implications for IP law. CIPPM Co-Director, Dr. Dinusha Mendis has led the research in this area. In October 2013, the Centre was commissioned by the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to consider the IP implications of 3D printing relating to businesses and individuals. In 2015 it received a grant from AHRC to explore the use of 3D printing by cultural institutions and museums, with a pilot case-study on reproduction of jewlery.
Research on emerging technologies also include Big Data, the Internet of Things and Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems.
The intersection between emerging technologies and IP law will continue to throw up various challenges in the years to come. It is an exciting area, which will continue to evolve within the Centre providing for further projects, networks, publications and research events.
CIPPM awarded funding to carry out research into deepfake technology - In May 2024, Professor Dinusha Mendis, was awarded funding from the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation to carry out research into deepfake technology and the law. The project, carried out in collaboration with Dr Rossana Ducato (CIPPM Visiting Fellow and Senior Lecturer University of Aberdeen) and Professor Tatsuhiro Ueno (Waseda University, Tokyo) explores the impact of deepfake... Read more » about CIPPM awarded funding to carry out research into deepfake technology
From Still to Moving Images: A New Look at Cinema’s Legal Birth - An innovative research project is set to challenge how we think about the birth of cinema. CIPPM’s Dr Claudy Op den Kamp has been awarded a fellowship by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to create a groundbreaking videographic monograph at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Titled ‘First,’ the project will produce... Read more » about From Still to Moving Images: A New Look at Cinema’s Legal Birth
Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at CIPPM/BU - Dr Suelen Carls, on behalf of Bournemouth University, has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Visiting Professorship to host Professor Mohamed Amal for a six-month residency at CIPPM/BU. Professor Amal, a worldwide renowned scholar in the field of International Economics and Business has extensive experience in Latin America and will explore the key connections between international... Read more » about Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at CIPPM/BU
Dinusha Mendis, Ben White, and Dukki Hong: “Copyright and Open Norms in Seven Jurisdictions: Benefits, Challenges and Policy Recommendations” - Mendis D. White B and Hong D., Copyright and Open Norms in Seven Jurisdictions: Benefits, Challenges and Policy Recommendations (Knowledge Rights 21, 2024) (114pp) Adopting a desk-based literature review, as well as discussion with national experts from the relevant jurisdictions, this report explores the adoption, use and impact of open norms, as introduced in seven... Read more » about Dinusha Mendis, Ben White, and Dukki Hong: “Copyright and Open Norms in Seven Jurisdictions: Benefits, Challenges and Policy Recommendations”
Copyright in the Metaverse - This project funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciene (JSPS) analyses UK and Japanese copyright laws and how they relate to the Metaverse. The project was awarded to Professor Dinusha Mendis to take up a short term invitational professorship at Waseda University Tokyo from July – October 2023. It was carried out... Read more » about Copyright in the Metaverse
Legal and ethical implications of ‘Vehicle to Everything’ - Project coordinators: Sally Weston and Freyja van den Boom Project description The context for this project is data from Vehicle to Everything (V2X) and how it will transform the insurance sector and revolutionise the way consumers engage with insurers. V2X is an intelligent transport system where all vehicles and infrastructure systems are monitored and interconnected... Read more » about Legal and ethical implications of ‘Vehicle to Everything’ Software and Copyright - Seeking Clarity Through European Copyright Law Project coordinator: Dinusha Mendis Project description The project explores the opportunities and challenges presented by new and emerging technologies with a specific focus on software and its implications for EU copyright and copyright licensing. In doing so, the project will particularly question the concept of the ‘author’ and ‘owner’... Read more » about Software and Copyright Robots, the new judges - Digital rights and defences in the networked environment Project coordinator: Dr Marcella Favale Project description Internet platforms, currently labelled by law as ‘intermediaries’, have revolutionized the digital world as we know it. Online purchases, free content, social contacts, are all parts of this scenario. In this picture, internet users are also content creators, but to... Read more » about Robots, the new judges
The Final Workshop on 3D Printing – IP Hosted at the European Commission - On 14th October 2019, the final workshop of the European Commission funded project, ‘The Intellectual Property Implications of the Development of Industrial 3D Printing’ was hosted in Brussels. The project commissioned by the European Commission to Bournemouth University, aims to formulate a clear picture of the Intellectual Property (IP) framework that could enhance the competitiveness... Read more » about The Final Workshop on 3D Printing – IP Hosted at the European Commission
Illegal IPTV in the European Union - A project funded by the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and carried out by an interdisciplinary team of experts from Bournemouth University, including the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management (CIPPM) and the Cyber Security Unit. >> Report published on 27 November 2019 The infringement of broadcasting rights online has grown significantly in the... Read more » about Illegal IPTV in the European UnionDinusha Mendis: “Legal Implications of 3D Printing in Fashion” - Mendis D., ‘Legal Implications of 3D Printing in Fashion’ in Rosati E and Caliboli I., The Handbook of Fashion Law (Cambridge University Press, 2025), pp. 680-695.
Vasilis Katos: “Integrating AI-driven threat intelligence and forecasting in the cyber security exercise content generation lifecycle” - Zacharis A. Katos Vand Patsakis C., Integrating AI-driven threat intelligence and forecasting in the cyber security exercise content generation lifecycle (2024) 23(4) International Journal of Information Security, pp. 2691-2710. The escalating complexity and impact of cyber threats require organisations to rehearse responses to cyber-attacks by routinely conducting cyber security exercises. However, the effectiveness of these exercises is... Read more » about Vasilis Katos: “Integrating AI-driven threat intelligence and forecasting in the cyber security exercise content generation lifecycle”
Vasilis Katos: “Is cyber hygiene a remedy to IPTV infringement? A study of online streaming behaviours and cyber security practices” - Shah R. Cemiloglu D. Yucel C. Ali R and Katos V., Is cyber hygiene a remedy to IPTV infringement? A study of online streaming behaviours and cyber security practices (2024) 23(3) International Journal of Information Security, 1913-1926 Spurred by the rapid modernisation of the sector and the advent of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), audiovisual (AV) piracy is... Read more » about Vasilis Katos: “Is cyber hygiene a remedy to IPTV infringement? A study of online streaming behaviours and cyber security practices” Dinusha Mendis, Ben White, and Dukki Hong: “Copyright and Open Norms in Seven Jurisdictions: Benefits, Challenges and Policy Recommendations” - Mendis D. White B and Hong D., Copyright and Open Norms in Seven Jurisdictions: Benefits, Challenges and Policy Recommendations (Knowledge Rights 21, 2024) (114pp) Adopting a desk-based literature review, as well as discussion with national experts from the relevant jurisdictions, this report explores the adoption, use and impact of open norms, as introduced in seven... Read more » about Dinusha Mendis, Ben White, and Dukki Hong: “Copyright and Open Norms in Seven Jurisdictions: Benefits, Challenges and Policy Recommendations”
Roger Brownsword: “Technology, Humans, and Discontent with the Law: The Quest for Better Governance” - Roger Brownsword, Technology, Humans, and Discontent with the Law: The Quest for Better Governance (Routledge, 2024) 240 pp This book analyses discontent with law and assesses the prospect of better governance by technology. In the first part of the book, where the context is ‘low tech’, the range of discontent with law is examined; the underlying... Read more » about Roger Brownsword: “Technology, Humans, and Discontent with the Law: The Quest for Better Governance”
Dinusha Mendis and Rosa Ballardini: “Intellectual Property Rights at Crossroads: The Copyright and Patent Implications relating to 3D printing” - Mendis D and Ballardini R., ‘Intellectual Property Rights at Crossroads: The Copyright and Patent Implications relating to 3D printing’ in Pei E et al (eds), Springer Handbook of Additive Manufacturing (Springer; 2023), pp. 87-99 Through an analysis of copyright and patent laws, this chapter considers the implications arising from 3D printing and 3D scanning. In... Read more » about Dinusha Mendis and Rosa Ballardini: “Intellectual Property Rights at Crossroads: The Copyright and Patent Implications relating to 3D printing”
Vasilis Katos: “Investigating IPTV Malware in the Wild” - Lockett A. Chalkias I. Yucel C. Henriksen-Bulmer J and Katos V., Investigating IPTV Malware in the Wild (2023) 15 (10) Future Internet, 1-7 Technologies providing copyright-infringing IPTV content are commonly used as an illegal alternative to legal IPTV subscriptions and services, as they usually have lower monetary costs and can be more convenient for users who follow content... Read more » about Vasilis Katos: “Investigating IPTV Malware in the Wild”
Melanie Stockton-Brown: “Inking Cultures: Authorship, AI Generated Art and Copyright Law in Tattooing” - Stockton-Brown M., Inking Cultures: Authorship, AI Generated Art and Copyright Law in Tattooing (2023) 36(5) International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 2037- 2065 This article considers current advances in tattooing that are challenging communityheld views of authorship and ownership, and the need to address this tension. The key challenge is from AI-generated artworks being... Read more » about Melanie Stockton-Brown: “Inking Cultures: Authorship, AI Generated Art and Copyright Law in Tattooing”
Roger Brownsword and Maurizio Borghi (eds): “Law, Regulation and Governance in the Information Society” - Roger Brownsword and Maurizio Borghi, (eds), Law, Regulation and Governance in the Information Society(Routledge, 2023) 396 pp This edited collection seeks to map the landscape of contemporary informational interests, to evaluate a range of recognised and putative rights and wrongs associated with modern information societies, and to consider how law, regulation, and governance should be... Read more » about Roger Brownsword and Maurizio Borghi (eds): “Law, Regulation and Governance in the Information Society”
Roger Brownsword: “Technology, Governance and Respect for the Law: Pictures at an Exhibition” - Technology, Governance and Respect for the Law: Pictures at an Exhibition (Routledge, 2023) 210 pp In the context of the technological disruption of law and, in particular, the prospect of governance by machines, this book reconsiders the demand that we should respect the law, simply because it is the law. What does ‘the law’ need... Read more » about Roger Brownsword: “Technology, Governance and Respect for the Law: Pictures at an Exhibition” Deepfake and the law: stakeholder roundtable April 9, 2025 - On 9th April 2025, CIPPM will host a stakeholder roundtable on ‘deepfake and the law’. The event follows on from the stakeholder roundtable which was hosted at Waseda University Tokyo on 16 December 2024 and forms part of the project funded by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation to carry out research into deepfake technology and the law. The... Read more » about Deepfake and the law: stakeholder roundtable
Roger Browsword: “Intellectual Property Law, Bioethics, and Technology” February 6, 2025 - 6 February 2025
Yin Harn Lee: “The Game Cloning Conundrum” May 28, 2024 - Tuesday 28 May 2024, 12:00 (BST); Room F201 The event is free to attend, but registration is required. Please e-mail Professor Dinusha Mendis at dmendis@bournemouth.ac.uk to book your place. Abstract Game cloning is a practice by which a competitor seeks to capitalise on a videogame’s success by replicating its combination of game mechanics (i.e. the... Read more » about Yin Harn Lee: “The Game Cloning Conundrum”
Elizabeth Gibson: Copyright exceptions in creative re-use – perspectives from the BBC March 7, 2024 - Public Lecture Thursday 7 March 2024, 18:00 (BST); EB306 The event is free to attend, but registration is required. Please e-mail Prof. Dinusha Mendis at dmendis@bournemouth.ac.uk to book your place. This talk by Elizabeth Gibson will provide an overview of how the British Broadcasting Cooperation (BBC) protects and exploits its rights and the balance it... Read more » about Elizabeth Gibson: Copyright exceptions in creative re-use – perspectives from the BBC
CIPPM Study outlines experiences of implementing flexible copyright exceptions from around the world February 15, 2024 - On Thursday 15th February 2024, 13.00-14.30 (BST) Dinusha Mendis, Ben White and Dukki Hong will present the research findings from their recently completed project ‘Copyright and Open Norms in Seven Jurisdictions: Benefits, Challenges and Policy Recommendations’. The event will be hosted as a live webinar by Knowledge Rights 21 which funded the research project. The... Read more » about CIPPM Study outlines experiences of implementing flexible copyright exceptions from around the world Deepfake and the law: stakeholder roundtable April 9, 2025 - On 9th April 2025, CIPPM will host a stakeholder roundtable on ‘deepfake and the law’. The event follows on from the stakeholder roundtable which was hosted at Waseda University Tokyo on 16 December 2024 and forms part of the project funded by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation to carry out research into deepfake technology and the law. The... Read more » about Deepfake and the law: stakeholder roundtable
CIPPM responds to UKIPO’s consultation on AI and copyright April 1, 2025 - On 25th February 2025, CIPPM submitted written evidence to the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) call for evidence into Copyright and AI. The evidence which CIPPM submitted highlighted the drawbacks and complexities surrounding UKIPO’s preferred option 3 – a data mining exception which allows rights holders to reserve their rights, underpinned by supporting measures on... Read more » about CIPPM responds to UKIPO’s consultation on AI and copyright CIPPM awarded funding to carry out research into deepfake technology November 7, 2024 - In May 2024, Professor Dinusha Mendis, was awarded funding from the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation to carry out research into deepfake technology and the law. The project, carried out in collaboration with Dr Rossana Ducato (CIPPM Visiting Fellow and Senior Lecturer University of Aberdeen) and Professor Tatsuhiro Ueno (Waseda University, Tokyo) explores the impact of deepfake... Read more » about CIPPM awarded funding to carry out research into deepfake technology
CIPPM welcomes two new affiliate members October 31, 2024 - CIPPM is delighted to grow its interdisciplinary network by welcoming two new members to the Centre from the Department of Media Production at Bournemouth University. In November 2024, CIPPM welcomed Dr Tom Davis and Dr Szilvia Ruszev as affiliate members. Dr Tom Davis is a Associate Professor in Music and Audio Technology and teaches on... Read more » about CIPPM welcomes two new affiliate members
Copyright in the Metaverse – project concludes with manga-style graphic October 7, 2024 - This project funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciene (JSPS) analysed UK and Japanese copyright laws and how they relate to the Metaverse. The project awarded to Professor Dinusha Mendis led to a short term invitational professorship at Waseda University Tokyo from July – October 2023. It was carried out in collaboration... Read more » about Copyright in the Metaverse – project concludes with manga-style graphic
