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Benjamin White joins CIPPM as PhD researcher

CIPPM welcomes Benjamin White, who has started his journey as PhD candidate at Bournemouth University. Prior to joining Bournemouth University, Ben was Head of Intellectual Property at the British Library. He also participated in a 2 year European Commission funded project called Future TDM, looking at the barriers to further uptake in Europe of data… Read more » about Benjamin White joins CIPPM as PhD researcher

Paul Cole on Athena Diagnostics v. Mayo

In an article published on IP Watchdog, Professor Paul Cole critically examines a recent trend in US courts, lately confirmed in Athena Diagnostics v. Mayo Collaborative Services, to play down “incremental inventions”, even when they result from pioneering work of world-leading research institutions. “The Mayo/Alice framework needs reconsideration to place pioneering or breakthrough inventions and incremental inventions on… Read more » about Paul Cole on Athena Diagnostics v. Mayo

Visiting Research Fellows join CIPPM in Summer 2019

Three Visiting Research Fellows joined CIPPM / Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence this summer as part of the short-term residential fellowship programme 2019 Pieter van Cleynebruegel from the Liège Competition and Innovation Institute (LCII) of the University of Liège. Professor Van Cleynebruegel is a legal researcher on theories of regulation and their application to EU… Read more » about Visiting Research Fellows join CIPPM in Summer 2019

A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects – now published

A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects (Cambridge University Press) is a book that focuses on 50 objects to tell a history of the intellectual property system, and why it matters today. The book brings together an interesting group of interdisciplinary scholars to tell a wide-ranging audience why they should care about intellectual property…. Read more » about A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects – now published