Category: EU Law
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My article on the text and data mining exception in the copyright directive proposal is now available in open access
My article entitled ‘The text and data mining exception in the proposal for a directive on copyright: why the European Union needs to go further than the laws of member states’ published in the law review Propriétés Intellectuelles back in April is now available in open access in both English (click here) and French (click…
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The text and data mining exceptions in the UK, France and the EU @ JUSPI Paris
At the start of the month, I was honoured to be invited in Paris to participate in the inaugural colloquium of a new group of IP scholars, ‘Les Jeunes Universitaires Spécialisés en Propriété Intellectuelle’ (JUSPI), literally the Young Academics Specialised in Intellectual Property, whose name, it transpired during the colloquium, was chosen in part to…
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The EU copyright reforms and the Proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market – MAPPING IP Sofia
In June, I was invited to participate in the MAPPING IP event that was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. This event, contrary to other MAPPING events I have participated in (see for instance my post about the second general assembly in Prague), was entirely dedicated to IP. There was a rich program of presentations (see here)…
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The French private copying system after the 2016 copyright law reforms – BILETA 2017
Back in April I had the pleasure to join the BILETA conference which was held at the University of Minho in the beautiful city of Braga. As always with BILEAT the conference program was very rich (see attached BILETA 2017 Program) and the atmosphere was very collegial. And the Fado singing at the dinner was…
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Open letter to the European Commission about Article 13 of the proposed Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market
The European Union is currently in the process of modernising its copyright rules. In September 2016, it has notably issued a proposal for a Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market [COM(2016) 593].[1] This proposal is wide-ranging, addressing topics such as copyright exceptions, measures to improve licensing, measures to improve the marketplace for copyright…
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IP and IT outside its borders – CUERPI Research Centre / Grenoble Law School
In December 2016, myself and three colleagues of the Edinburgh Law School had the pleasure of being invited to participate in the conference entitled “Intellectual Property and Information Technology outside its borders” organised by the CUERPI Research Centre at the Grenoble Law School. The programme of this multi-lingual conference (mostly in French and English, with…
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MAPPING Second General Assembly – Prague
I had the pleasure of being invited to the Second General Assembly of MAPPING (Managing Alternatives for Privacy, Property and Internet Governance), which was held in Prague over three days at the end of October/start of November. As with the First Assembly of MAPPING, I was invited by Oleksandr Pastukhov (University of Malta) to be…