events

Jennifer Davis: “The problem with the average consumer in European trade mark law”

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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”

Hayleigh Bosher: “The Legal Aspects of Digital Marketing”

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Guest Lecture: 16th March 2015, 1-2 pm, Lawrence LT (Talbot Campus) The lecture addresses the legal implications of conducting business and marketing online; specifically looking at copyright law and data protection in relation to websites, social media, blogging and emails as well as the statutory and regulatory code requirements for non-broadcast advertising.​  

Estelle Derclaye: Aligning IPR with well-being

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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

Nicola Coppola: Can GIs be used as a marketing tool?

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Thursday 19 February 2015, 9:00 a.m, Room PG22 The relationship between IP and Communication is part of the collaboration within the Departments of the newly created Faculty of Media and Communication. In this context, Nicola Coppola gives insights on Geographical Indications (GIs) protection from a legal perspective, tailored to the interests of MA Media and… Read more » about Nicola Coppola: Can GIs be used as a marketing tool?

Paul Torremans: “The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court: a private international law perspective”

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Public Lectures Series 2015 Thursday 19 February, from 6 pm in EB306 The introduction of the unitary patent will leave the European patent in place and will in any case not apply to Italy, Spain and, probably, Poland. And the courts in those countries, and those in all other Member States during the transition period,… Read more » about Paul Torremans: “The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court: a private international law perspective”