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GIKII III

By Jordan • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Copyright, General IP, IT law

Gikii is tons of fun — I’ve presented at the first one (on Japanese anime and copyright) and at the second (on copyright and tattoos). This year’s will be on September 24-25, 2008 and will take place in Oxford, UK and hosted by the Oxford Internet Institute.
As per usual, the co-chairs are Lilian Edwards, […]



Promusicae: Fundamental Rights of File Sharers and the Enforcement of Intellectual Property - EU and IT Perspectives

By Jordan • Feb 27th, 2008 • Category: General IP, IT law

File sharing and IP enforcement talk at Southampton featuring Professors Gerrit Betlem and Lilian Edwards and billed as a joint event with the European Law Forum and ILAWS. They suggest reviewing:
Materials: the ECJ’s judgment in Case C-275/06 of 29 January 2008 and the Opinion of A-G Kokott of 18 July 2007.
Staff Common Room of the […]



“Intellectual Property, Competition and Parallel Trade”

By Jordan • Feb 21st, 2008 • Category: General IP

Christopher Stothers of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP and author of Parallel Trade in Europe will be discussing the intersection between IP, competition and parallel imports at an AHRC Research Centre for Studies in IP and Technology Law lecture in Edinburgh.
13.00 to 14.00, Lecture Theatre 270, Old College, South Bridge.
Email: john.anzani@ed.ac.uk or see the AHRC […]



BFIIN Event 2008

By Jordan • Feb 21st, 2008 • Category: General IP

The British Female Inventors and Innovators Network is having an awards event in Cardiff. This looks like a good networking opportunity type of event for those interested in IP and business opportunities (as opposed to conferences about the law itself.
From the site:
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Lessons of the Microsoft Case

By Jordan • Feb 12th, 2008 • Category: General IP

This is a joint event by the Europa Institute and the AHRC Research Centre in Intellectual Property & Technology Law. A lecture by Ian Forrester QC, White & Case LLP, Brussels. It will be at 6pm in the Playfair Library, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh.



2008 Herchel Smith Lecture: Rochelle Dreyfuss

By Jordan • Feb 12th, 2008 • Category: Features, General IP, Patents

Professor Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss will present the 2008 Herchel Smith Lecture at Queen Mary IP Research Institute at New Connaught Rooms, Great Queen Street, WC2B 5DA. Prof. Dreyfuss will be discussing the ALI’s Project on Transnational Intellectual Property Disputes and Its Impact on Patent Litigation. This event is free, but registration is required. If you’ve […]



BILETA 2008 - Glasgow

By Jordan • Feb 12th, 2008 • Category: General IP, IT law

The 23rd annual installment of the British and Irish Law, Education, and Technology Association (BILETA) conference will take place at Glasgow Caledonian University with the theme “Law Shaping Technology; Technology Shaping the Law”. The conference has an extended call for pape — due by 15 February(PDF). Keynotes are Prof David Wall (Leeds) and David Flint […]



Solo IP practitioners go global

By Jordan • Jan 19th, 2008 • Category: Features, General IP

Duncan Bucknell is an IP strategist, author of the IP Think Tank blog, and solo practitioner has come all the way from Australia to “discuss some recent trends in IP Strategy across the globe and what to watch in 2008.” From the SOLO IP group announcement:
He will give us an insight into how the sole […]



Intellectual Property Strategies at QMIPRI

By Jordan • Jan 19th, 2008 • Category: General IP

The inaugural annual conference of the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute.
Speakers include Allan James (Intellectual Property Office), Guido von Scheffer (IP Bewertungs, patent value funds), Tim Hubbard (Sanger Institute) and Michelle Childs (Knowledge Ecology International).
Immediately following is the 2008 Herchel Smith Lecture with Prof. Rochelle Dreyfuss.
Conference website.