Seminars and events
Monday 22th July 2024 - workshop Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: the Latest Developments
Tuesday 11th June 2024 - A Critical Introduction to Intellectual Property Law book launch
Wednesday 14th February 2024 - Branderella - Professor Eleonora Rosati on the IP protections on public domain fictional characters.
Tuesday 5th December 2023 - Professor Pablo Fernández Carballo Calero (University of Vigo)
Wednesday 20th September 2023 - Professor Jessica Silbey (Boston University) - Against Progress: Intellectual Property and Fundamental Values in the Internet Age
Tuesday 13th June 2023 - Professor Germán Darío Flórez Acero - Copyright and AI: Tales in the age of ChatGPT and its fellows
Tuesday 13th September 2022 - workshop NFTs, Blockchain and Copyright
Friday 10th June 2022 - workshop Mind the Gap Roundtable – Analysing the Disconnect between IP Research and Policy
- Mind the Gap: Analysing the Disconnect Between IP Research and IP Policy
17 March 2022 - workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property - Building a Research Agenda
- AI and IP: Building a Research Agenda [PDF]
- Dr Natalie Corthésy (Associate Dean at Mona Law, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica)
- IP and National Competitive Identity: 'Made in', 'Made by', 'Made of'
Monday, 20th January 2020 - Dr Daniela Simone (UCL) , Dr Mathilde Parvis (University of Exeter)
- Collective Authorship: Locating the Authors of Collaborative Work
Wednesday, 9th October 2019 - Jonathan Jones (The Guardian), Dr Tatiana Flessas (LSE), Dr Florian Schmidt-Gabain (Attorney, Zurich, Lecturer in Art Law, Universities of Basel and Zurich), Dr Luke Mcdonagh (City, University of London)
- The Parthenon Marbles - Can An Amicable Settlement be Found?
Thursday, 26th September 2019 - Professor Mark Davison, Monash University
- Plain Packaging: Where is it at and what are the implications for other products?
Tuesday 17th September 2019 - Dr Kazuhiro Ando, Toyo University
- IP Law and the Music Industry in Japan
Wednesday, 26th June 2019 - Dr Marcus Goffe, Deputy Director of the Jamaican Intellectual Property Office
- The UNESCO Recognition of Reggae Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage
Monday, 24th June 2019 - Professor Andrea Baldini, Nanjing University
- A Philosophy Guide to Street Art and the Law
Tuesday, 26th March 2019 - Dr Jose Bellido, University of Kent
- Radio, Television, Enterprises: Merchandising at the BBC
Thursday, 7th February 2019 - Professor Graham Dutfield, University of Leeds
- Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources: Observing Legal Protection through the Lens of Historical Geography and Human Rights
Tuesday, 27th November 2018 - Professor Uma Suthersanen, Queen Mary University of London
- Excluding Designs (and Shape Marks) - Where is the CJEU going?
Thursday, 7th June 2018 - Professor Sam Ricketson, University of Melbourne
- The International Framework for the Protection of Authors: Bendable Boundaries and Immovable Obstacles
Friday, 6th April 2018 - Professor Guido Westkamp, Queen Mary University London
- Exceptions, Institutional Uses and the Construction of Copyright Norms
Tuesday, 20th March 2018 - Professor Maurizio Borghi, Bournemouth University
- Derivative Works in Copyright and Improvement Inventions in Patent Law
Wednesday, 14th February 2018 - Panel with Mr Christopher Rennie Smith (former member of EPO Boards of Appeal), Dr Enrico Bonadio (City, University of London), Dr Luke McDonagh (City, University of London)
- Recent Developments in Patent Law - Biotech Patenting, Stem Cells Inventions and the Doctrine of Equivalents
Wednesday, 7th February 2018 - Professor Tuomas Mylly’s, University of Turku (Finland)
- Fundamental Rights and Copyright Law in the EU
Wednesday, 22nd November 2017 - Dr. Dev Gangjee, Oxford University
- Publicity Rights and the Law - How do Celebrities protect their image?
Wednesday, 11th October 2017 - Professor Fiona MacMillan, Birkbeck, University of London
- Intellectual and Cultural Property: Between Market and Community?
Monday, 12th June 2017 - Professor Irene Calboli, Singapore Management University
- Are Non-Traditional Trademarks Aesthetically Functional?
Wednesday, 1st March 2017 - Professor Dinusha Mendis, Bournemouth University
- Going for Gold': 3D Scanning, 3D Printing and Mass Customisation and the Future of Intellectual Property Law
Wednesday, 8th February 2017 - Dr Luke McDonagh, City, University of London
- Analysing the Impact of Brexit on Patent Law and UK-EU relations – what future for the Unified Patent Court?
Friday, 3rd February 2017 - Professor Lilian Edwards, University of Strathclyde
- The Rise of Web Blocking Orders in the UK: Empirical Evidence Perspectives
6th September 2016 - Dr Amanda Scardamaglia, Swinburne University
- In her image: transplanting trade mark law through the empire
3rd February 2016 - Professor Peter Mezei, University of Szeged (Hungary)
- Enter the Matrix: the Effects of the CJEU’s Case Law on Linking and Beyond
2nd December 2015 - Dr Gaetano Dimita, Queen Mary University of London
- Video games and IP: The intricate relationship between Interactivity and Creativity
7th October 2015 - Dr Marc Mimler, Bournemouth University
- Much ado about nothing? - Is IP law ready for the 3D printing "revolution"
9th September 2015 - Professor Dan Hunter, Foundation Dean, Swinburne Law School, Australia
- The Lego Brick and the International Intellectual Property System, 1955-2015
6th May 2015 - Professor Jonathan Griffiths, Queen Mary University of London
- Parody and copyright in European Union copyright law
1st April 2015 - Professor Stavroula Karapapa, University of Reading
- The concept of 'public' in copyright law
3rd December 2014 - Dr Nicola Lucchi, Jönköping International Business School
- New media between copyright protection and the access to network conundrum
7th May 2014 - Dr Benjamin Ferrand, University of Strathclyde
- Networks of power in digital copyright law and policy: political salience, expertise and the legislative process
2nd April 2014 - Dr Maria Mercedes Frabboni, University of Sussex
- Hot off the press: the collective management directive
5th March 2014 - Professor Tanya Aplin, King's College London
- The shifting landscape of Article 8