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Response to proposed ‘press publication right’

A group of thirty seven professors of Intellectual Property and Information Law, led by Lionel Bently (CIPIL, University of Cambridge), has submitted to the Intellectual Property Office a response to the proposed introduction of a new right on press publications. The so-called ‘press publication right’, as included in Article 11 of the Proposal for a Directive on Copyright in… Read more » about Response to proposed ‘press publication right’

Who owns genetic databases?

Keynote speech of Maurizio Borghi at the Escuela Libre de Derecho of Mexico City, 29 November 2016, in the framework of the international conference “Ciencia y Derecho en México” (download the programme here.) Genetic databases are collections of genetic sequence information and other personal information about individuals’ medical history, which represent increasingly essential tools for biomedical… Read more » about Who owns genetic databases?

The Artful Economist: A New Look at Cultural Economics

The book, edited by Ilde Rizzo and Ruth Towse, is dedicated to the memory of Professor Sir Alan Peacock, with whom the editors and many of the contributors have collaborated. Alan was one of the first people to work in cultural economics and made seminal contributions to a range of topics in the field. The… Read more » about The Artful Economist: A New Look at Cultural Economics

Autumn seminar series 2016

Research seminars at CIPPM are open to all staff and students. For information please contact Maurizio Borghi or Dinusha Mendis. Seminars are scheduled on Wednesdays at 16.00 in room EB602 – Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University. 19 October – EU copyright and cultural heritage: Recent legislative and judicial developments (Matej Gera, CIPPM) 9 November – Opening Pandora’s Box: bridging the gap between… Read more » about Autumn seminar series 2016

Award-Winning Short-Film ‘Game is On!’ Episode II – Published by Copyrightuser.org

Copyrightuser.org – a collaboration between the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) and CREATe, University of Glasgow, has produced Episode II of the ‘Game is On!’ Series. The project led by Principal Investigator for Bournemouth University, Dr. Dinusha Mendis, was initially funded by BU’s Fusion Investment Fund in 2012. Since 2013 the project… Read more » about Award-Winning Short-Film ‘Game is On!’ Episode II – Published by Copyrightuser.org