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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

Emile Douilhet awarded PhD with a thesis on EU data protection law

Emile Douilhet has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled The Information / Guarantees Balance: Protecting informational privacy interests within the European data protection framework. In his thesis, Dr Douilhet studied the notion of informational privacy, and how it is protected both by the right to privacy and the right to data protection in the EU…. Read more » about Emile Douilhet awarded PhD with a thesis on EU data protection law

New Book by Prof. Dinusha Mendis on 3D Printing and IP Law

A new book titled ‘3D Printing and Beyond: Intellectual Property and Regulation’ published by Edward Elgar Publishers in February 2019 and edited by Professors Dinusha Mendis (Department of Law, CIPPM, Bournemouth University, UK) Mark Lemley (Stanford Law School, Stanford University, California USA) and Matthew Rimmer (Faculty of Law, Law School, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)… Read more » about New Book by Prof. Dinusha Mendis on 3D Printing and IP Law