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CIPPM celebrates 25 years in 2025

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This year – 2025 – is a special year for CIPPM as the Centre will celebrate its 25th anniversary. Established in 2000, by its co-founders Professor Martin Kretschmer and Professor Ruth Soetendorp, CIPPM rapidly grew in stature carrying out significant research projects on intellectual property (IP) and policy whilst also leading the way in IP… Read more » about CIPPM celebrates 25 years in 2025

Deepfake and the law: stakeholder roundtable

Posted . Filed under Creative Industries, Emergent Technologies, Focus areas, UK EU IP Policy.

On 9th April 2025, CIPPM will host a stakeholder roundtable on ‘deepfake and the law’. The event follows on from the stakeholder roundtable which was hosted at Waseda University Tokyo on 16 December 2024 and forms part of the project funded by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation to carry out research into deepfake technology and the law. The… Read more » about Deepfake and the law: stakeholder roundtable

Celebrating 25 years: reflections from past and present CIPPM members

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In celebrating 25 years of the Centre, Professor Ruth Towse embarked on a venture to capture CIPPM’s establishment and development through the years. The Anniversary Book which will continue to evolve with contributions, throughout 2025, is a celebration of the fellowship of academic life and a demonstration that intellectual discourse generates both ideas and results…. Read more » about Celebrating 25 years: reflections from past and present CIPPM members

WIPO-UK Summer School on IP law awarded to CIPPM for second consecutive year

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We are delighted that the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has once again selected the Centre for Intellectual Property, Policy & Management (CIPPM) at Bournemouth University to host UK’s Summer School in IP law. The WIPO – CIPPM Summer School programme will take place virtually (via Zoom) over a period of two weeks from 6th… Read more » about WIPO-UK Summer School on IP law awarded to CIPPM for second consecutive year

CIPPM responds to UKIPO’s consultation on AI and copyright

Posted . Filed under Artificial Intelligence, Emergent Technologies, Focus areas, UK Copyright Reform.

On 25th February 2025, CIPPM submitted written evidence to the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) call for evidence into Copyright and AI. The evidence which CIPPM submitted highlighted the drawbacks and complexities surrounding UKIPO’s preferred option 3 – a data mining exception which allows rights holders to reserve their rights, underpinned by supporting measures on… Read more » about CIPPM responds to UKIPO’s consultation on AI and copyright