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Lingling Wei on “Olympic enclosures of generic words”

Dr Lingling Wei presented her paper on Olympic Enclosure of Generic Words  at  the annual Congress of International Association of Sports law in Athens (from 11-13th December ). The paper examines the event specific legislation enacted for mega sporting games such Olympics. It concludes that the legislation’s approach of enclosing the generic words for the… Read more » about Lingling Wei on “Olympic enclosures of generic words”

Two funded PhD Studentships at CIPPM: apply now

CIPPM and Bournemouth University are delighted to invite applications for fully-funded PhD research studentships with an expected starting date of September 2015. Applicants are expected to have a solid background in law, and to submit an original and thought-proviking research proposal on one of the proposed research themes. The studentship consist of a maintenance grant… Read more » about Two funded PhD Studentships at CIPPM: apply now

Maurizio Borghi at Europeana Licensing workshop

CIPPM Director Maurizio Borghi has presented his project on Crowdsourcing diligent search at the 3rd Europeana Licensing workshop on “Crossborder solutions to Extended Collective Licensing”, Luxembourg 20th and 21st November 2014. The workshop was part of the Europeana Awareness project by the Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg, Kennisland and the Institute for Information Law (IViR) of… Read more » about Maurizio Borghi at Europeana Licensing workshop

CopyrightX: CIPPM Affiliated Course starting January 2015

CIPPM has joined the CopyrightX community and it will offer an Affiliate course starting in January 2015. CopyrightX a is a twelve-week networked course, offered each year under the auspices of Harvard Law School, the HarvardX distance-learning initiative, and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.  The course explores the current law of copyright and… Read more » about CopyrightX: CIPPM Affiliated Course starting January 2015

Copyright User in the report by the IP Adviser to the Prime Minister

On Friday 10 October 2014, Mike Weatherley MP published the report Copyright Education and Awareness, which represents his final contribution as Intellectual Property Adviser to the Prime Minister David Cameron. The report considers copyright education and awareness activities in the UK, suggesting that efforts should be made in order to increase coordination among the various… Read more » about Copyright User in the report by the IP Adviser to the Prime Minister