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
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 Union Study into the Intellectual Property Implications of the Development of Industrial 3D Printing - A project exploring the ‘Study into the Intellectual Property Implications of the Development of Industrial 3D Printing’ was awarded by the European Commission to the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) in April 2018. The project led by Co-Director of CIPPM, Professor Dinusha Mendis (Principal Investigator), also includes CIPPM members, Dr. Julie Robson... Read more » about Study into the Intellectual Property Implications of the Development of Industrial 3D Printing
Maria Lillà Montagnani: “Virtues and Perils of Algorithmic Enforcement and Content Regulation in the EU – A Toolkit for a Balanced Algorithmic Copyright Enforcement” - Working Paper No. 02-2020 April 2020 Within the recent European policies and actions on illegal content, a trend towards algorithmic enforcement of content regulation has emerged. Regardless of the nature of the content, hard and soft law provisions more or less explicitly require online platforms to resort to technological systems to comply with the law.... Read more » about Maria Lillà Montagnani: “Virtues and Perils of Algorithmic Enforcement and Content Regulation in the EU – A Toolkit for a Balanced Algorithmic Copyright Enforcement”
Major Study on IP implications of 3D Printing Now Published - A large scale empirical and legal study on the Intellectual Property Implications of the Development of Industrial 3D Printing, commissioned by the European Commission in 2018 to the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) was published in April 2020. The published report (spanning 257 pages), provides an in-depth exploration of the past and current... Read more » about Major Study on IP implications of 3D Printing Now Published
Dinusha Mendis, “Fit for Purpose? 3D Printing and the Implications for Design Law: Opportunities and Challenges” - Working Paper No 03.2019 October 2019 Enforcement may become even more complex in the future with the emergence of 3D printing. This technology makes it easier to breach industrial designs and hence it is necessary to question exactly how rights will be enforced in the future … Enforcing infringement laws is likely to become a... Read more » about Dinusha Mendis, “Fit for Purpose? 3D Printing and the Implications for Design Law: Opportunities and Challenges”
New Book by Prof. Dinusha Mendis on 3D Printing and IP Law - A new book titled ‘3D Printing and Beyond: Intellectual Property and Regulation’ published by Edward Elgar Publishers in February 2019 and edited by Professors Dinusha Mendis (Department of Law, CIPPM, Bournemouth University, UK) Mark Lemley (Stanford Law School, Stanford University, California USA) and Matthew Rimmer (Faculty of Law, Law School, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)... Read more » about New Book by Prof. Dinusha Mendis on 3D Printing and IP Law
D. Mendis, In Pursuit of Clarity: The Conundrum of CAD and Copyright – Seeking Direction Through Case Law - D. Mendis, In Pursuit of Clarity: The Conundrum of CAD and Copyright – Seeking Direction Through Case Law [2018] 40(11) European Intellectual Property Review, pp. 694-705 Through the application of selected statutes and case law drawn from the United Kingdom (UK), the paper explores the copyright status of three-dimensional design files and particularly questions whether... Read more » about D. Mendis, In Pursuit of Clarity: The Conundrum of CAD and Copyright – Seeking Direction Through Case Law
Copyright and Software: New Publication and an Invited Talk at Uni of Oxford’s OIPRC - In October 2018, Professor Dinusha Mendis‘s paper titled ‘In Pursuit of Clarity: The Conundrum of Copyright and CAD – Seeking Direction Through Case Law’ was published in the European Intellectual Property Review. Through the application of selected statutes and case law drawn from the United Kingdom (UK), the paper explores the copyright status of three-dimensional... Read more » about Copyright and Software: New Publication and an Invited Talk at Uni of Oxford’s OIPRC
D. Mendis, J. Nielsen, D. Nicol and P. Li – The Co-Existence of Copyright and Patent Laws to Protect Innovation – A Case Study of 3D Printing in UK and Australian Law - D. Mendis, J. Nielsen, D. Nicol, P. Li, ‘The Co-Existence of Copyright and Patent Laws to Protect Innovation – A Case Study of 3D Printing in UK and Australian Law’ in R. Brownsword, E. Scotford & K. Yeung (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Law, Regulation and Technology (Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2017), pp. 451-476. The... Read more » about D. Mendis, J. Nielsen, D. Nicol and P. Li – The Co-Existence of Copyright and Patent Laws to Protect Innovation – A Case Study of 3D Printing in UK and Australian Law
M. Favale – A Wii too stretched? The ECJ extends to game consoles the protection of DRM- on tough conditions - M. Favale, ‘A Wii too stretched? The ECJ extends to game consoles the protection of DRM- on tough conditions’, European Intellectual Property Review, [2015] 37 (2), 101-106 The paper analyses the European Court of Justice ruling in Nintendo Co Ltd v PC Box Srl (C-355/12) on whether the protections for technological protection measures (TPMs) under... Read more » about M. Favale – A Wii too stretched? The ECJ extends to game consoles the protection of DRM- on tough conditions
M. Favale – Death and Resurrection of Copyright, between Law and Technology - M. Favale, ‘Death and Resurrection of Copyright, between Law and Technology’, Information and Communication Technology Law, Volume 23, Issue 2, 2014 The paper reviews copyright philosophical, economic and social justification confronted by the dematerialization of creative outputs. Digital Rights Management (DRM) is the tool implemented by copyright owners to adjust to the advent of the... Read more » about M. Favale – Death and Resurrection of Copyright, between Law and Technology
D. Mendis and D. Secchi – A Legal and Empirical Study of 3D Printing Online Platforms and an Analysis of User Behaviour - D. Mendis & D. Secchi – A Legal and Empirical Study of 3D Printing Online Platforms and an Analysis of User Behaviour (London: Intellectual Property Office; 2015) Download Report here (64 pages). This is the first of a two-party study (and an executive summary) commissioned and funded by out for the UK Intellectual Property Office... Read more » about D. Mendis and D. Secchi – A Legal and Empirical Study of 3D Printing Online Platforms and an Analysis of User Behaviour
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
CIPPM launches seminar series with a talk on female inventors and patents February 14, 2024 - CIPPM Research Seminar Series Thursday 29 February 2024, 16:00 (BST); EB305 CIPPM is pleased to announce its Seminar Series for 2024, which will feature presentations from policy makers, industry stakeholders, academics and practitioners. Our first seminar will host Pauline Beck from the UK Intellectual Property Office. In this talk, Pauline will be tracing a line... Read more » about CIPPM launches seminar series with a talk on female inventors and patents
Mandy Haberman: “A rocky road or a well-trodden path: From invention to enforcement and exploitation – Experiences of an IP inventor and entrepreneur” February 8, 2024 - Public Lecture: 8 February 2024 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
The Art of Legal Reuse: Understanding Pastiche in Filmmaking September 3, 2024 - An innovative network of filmmakers, lawyers, and academics has recently tackled a crucial question for artists: When can you legally reuse existing creative works to make something new? The Copyright and Pastiche Network was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and coordinated by Prof Charlotte Waelde of Coventry University. It brought together experts,... Read more » about The Art of Legal Reuse: Understanding Pastiche in Filmmaking From Still to Moving Images: A New Look at Cinema’s Legal Birth August 20, 2024 - 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
