CIPPM research projects typically combine legal and social science methodologies, drawing on the economic and management expertise available within its interdisciplinary setting.
Current projects
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
CIPPM researcher part of international AHRC grant into responsible AI and media creation - Bournemouth University has been awarded an AHRC grant for the project Shared Post-Human Imagination: Human-AI Collaboration in Media Creation. Dr Szilvia Ruszev is leading the project. CIPPM’s Dr Melanie Stockton-Brown is a Co-Investigator on the project; along with Professor Xiaosong Yang, Dr Tom Davis and Dr Maxine Gee at Bournemouth University. Professor Kejun Zhang from... Read more » about CIPPM researcher part of international AHRC grant into responsible AI and media creation BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant - Latin America’s Intellectual Property (IP) landscape is both fragmented and dynamic. Domestic regulation and a network of international agreements have led to not only a lack of harmonisation but also compatibility across regional countries. This project awarded to Dr Suelen Carls through a BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant will focus on the key determinants of this... Read more » about BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant
CIPPM Awarded Funding for Project on Copyright and Open Norms from Around the World - A research team consisting of Prof. Dinusha Mendis (Director, CIPPM), Dr Dukki Hong (PDRA) and Mr Ben White (PhD candidate) at CIPPM have been selected to carry out a 1-year research project looking at the experience of those countries around the world which have adopted open approaches to copyright experiences, and the scope for adopting the... Read more » about CIPPM Awarded Funding for Project on Copyright and Open Norms from Around the World
Collection of National Key Enforcement Judgments related to Intellectual Property Rights - A project commissioned by the Observatory of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights is carried out by CIPPM in collaboration with Milieu Consulting SPRL. This 4-year project will run from January 2021 to December 2024, with the objective being to expand, update and consolidate the EUIPO’s eSearch Case... Read more » about Collection of National Key Enforcement Judgments related to Intellectual Property Rights
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—
Past projects
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 Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for European Intellectual Property and Information Rights - CIPPM received a 3-years funding from the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme to set up a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on “European Intellectual Property and Information Rights”. The Centre of Excellence aims at giving support, visibility, and enhanced impact to a series of activities in crucial areas of European integration such as Copyright and related... Read more » about Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for European Intellectual Property and Information Rights
Study on IP infringement on online trading platforms - 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. The study covers the legal and technical dimensions of IP infringement through vendor accounts on third-party trading platforms,... Read more » about Study on IP infringement on online trading platforms
EnDOW Community: Unlocking Orphan Films - EnDOW Community is a one-year project n collaboration with the British Film Institute (BFI) funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). It is a collaboration aimed at enhancing the impact, engagement, and knowledge transfer around the EnDOW project (2015-2018). The EnDOW project has developed an online resource – the Diligent Search Tool – that... Read more » about EnDOW Community: Unlocking Orphan Films 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’
