CIPPM: Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management
Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management
CIPPM’s Benjamin White has recently contributed two OpEds to Times Higher Education, in which he examines the intersection of artificial intelligence, copyright, and the UK’s industrial strategy. Published in December 2025 and March 2026, the articles – The UK’s copyright laws will hobble its AI ambitions and Copyright maximalism will stifle a research-intensive digital economy –… Read more » about CIPPM in the Times Higher Education: AI and Copyright Law
What happens when copyright law meets memes, AI-generated images, and TikTok edits? That’s the question driving the formation of a new research network by Prof Dr Franziska Heller and Prof Dr Malte Stieper at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The network emerged from a series of 2024 workshops that… Read more » about Media Meets Law: CIPPM becomes part of a new German research network
The first residential weekend of CIPPM’s Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property (IP) for patent and trade mark attorneys, took place between 5-7 February 2026. Hosted by CIPPM, the course drew leading experts from academia and industry who shared their expertise and experience with the patent and trade mark attorney students. Professor Ilanah Fhima, Professor of… Read more » about Leading experts from academia and industry headline PGCert IP opening residential weekend
CIPPM’s Claudy Op den Kamp presented at the BFI’s conference ‘Right from the Start: Copyright Data That Works’ on 3 February 2026 – a major gathering addressing copyright challenges facing film archives today. Held at BFI Southbank, the conference brought together experts from the BFI, National Library of Scotland, German Federal Archives, CREATe/University of Glasgow,… Read more » about CIPPM at the BFI: Archiving and Copyright Challenges
The Leverhulme Visiting Professorship awarded to Dr Suelen Carls was conceived not simply as a visiting appointment, but as a curated programme of intellectual exchange, designed to deepen interdisciplinary research, strengthen internationalisation, and embed global perspectives within CIPPM’s teaching and research culture. Over six months, the Professorship hosted Professor Mohamed Amal, an internationally recognised scholar… Read more » about Reflecting on the Leverhulme Visiting Professorship on Intellectual Property & International Business
