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.
Dr Andrew A. Adams, of the University of Reading will discuss his research in Japan on issues of privacy. he spent nine months last year at Meiji funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering. From the event description:
There is a myth amongst researchers that there is no such thing as ‘Privacy’ in Japan. Dr [...]
Prof. Jonathan Zittrain of the Oxford Internet Institute and Harvard’s Berkman Center will be giving a talk on Tuesday 12 February at 4.30pm at the University of Oxford Computing Laboratories in Lecture Theatre A. The abstract proves, as usual, very interesting:
Web 2.0 doesn’t just mean user generated content. It also entails a rapid shift to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Thursday, 21 February 2008 at 6pm, join the RSA for a privacy discussion featuring Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner, Stephen Deadman, Executive Solicitor, Vodafone, Anna Fielder, Senior Policy Advisor, National Consumer Council and Gus Hosein, Privacy International.
From the site:
At a significant moment in the public debate over privacy and data protection, as levels of e-commerce and [...]
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