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Online protest: towards a Magna Carta for the Internet

Posted . Filed under Emergent Technologies.

CIPPM’s Argyro Karanasiou presented her paper Towards a Magna Carta : A right to online protests? at the 10th International conference on Internet, Law and Politics 2014. The paper discusses the free speech argument for treating DDoS attacks online as the digital counterpart of an online sit in. The paper examines the changing face of… Read more » about Online protest: towards a Magna Carta for the Internet

Ruth Towse on the Digital Copyright Exchange

Posted . Filed under Creative Industries, UK EU IP Policy.

Could technology override economics in the case of the Digital Copyright Exchange? Economic analysis of collective rights administration has so far strongly supported the natural monopoly case for single national collecting societies for particular bundles of rights protected by territorially based copyright law and the courts have gone along with that view. Digitization in the… Read more » about Ruth Towse on the Digital Copyright Exchange

Eat Dorset: Great food for the greater good

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Bournemouth and Poole have been selected as one of six cities in the UK Sustainable Food Cities Programme. This interactive session looked at consumer attitudes to sustainability, local and regional food and drink and legal protection of local food. The event included presentations by a team of academics and by local producers as well as tasting opportunities. Festival of learning, Monday… Read more » about Eat Dorset: Great food for the greater good

CIPPM visit to China: opening opportunities for IP research and education

Posted . Filed under Focus areas, Knowledge Exchange.

China has during the past five year experienced explosive development in the Intellectual Property field. The country has implemented its national IP strategy  and its application volume of trade mark, patent and design has ranked NO. 1 in the world for the past four continuous years. The country thus presents a gold mine for IP… Read more » about CIPPM visit to China: opening opportunities for IP research and education

3D Printing: Understanding the Technology and Law

Posted . Filed under Emergent Technologies, Focus areas, Forthcoming event.

Dr. Dinusha Mendis, Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) will host an event on the technological and legal implications of 3D Printing as part of Bournemouth University’s Festival of Learning 2014.  The event will take place on Monday 9 June. The event will define the technological challenges and opportunities which… Read more » about 3D Printing: Understanding the Technology and Law