events

What’s wrong with copying? Roundtable on the foundations of copyright law

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Friday 22 May 2015, 16:00-18:00 – Executive Business Centre, room EB 302 Abraham Drassinower (University of Toronto) presents and discusses his book What’s Wrong with Copying? (Harvard University Press, 2015) Discussants:  Jose Bellido, Maurizio Borghi, Martin Kretschmer and Luke McDonagh Copyright law, as conventionally understood, serves the public interest by regulating the production and dissemination… Read more » about What’s wrong with copying? Roundtable on the foundations of copyright law

Stavroula Karapapa: “Introducing the ‘new public’ into copyright infringement”

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Public lectures series 2015 Thursday 23 April, from 6 pm in EB306 This talk will discuss what amounts to an actionable communication of copyright works to the public. Recent rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union uphold that infringement takes place not only where an unauthorised communication reaches the public but also… Read more » about Stavroula Karapapa: “Introducing the ‘new public’ into copyright infringement”

Rafael García Pérez: “The scope of injunctions in intellectual property cases”

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Research Seminar Tuesday 21 April, 4pm, Room EB205 The injunction, being a remedy grounded in equity, has a discretionary nature in English law, in intellectual property as well as in other areas of law. However, intellectual property remedies have been harmonised by Directive 2004/48 on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights. The seminar will consider… Read more » about Rafael García Pérez: “The scope of injunctions in intellectual property cases”

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.​