Category: Events Location

  • The text and data mining exceptions in the UK, France and the EU @ JUSPI Paris

    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…

  • The EU copyright reforms and the Proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market – MAPPING IP Sofia

    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)…

  • The French private copying system after the 2016 copyright law reforms – BILETA 2017

    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…

  • Opinion on the proposed regulations for Kenyan Collective Management Organisations

    Opinion on the proposed regulations for Kenyan Collective Management Organisations

    In February, I was invited to give independent academic opinion in a stakeholder meeting, organised by the Kenyan Copyright Board (KECOBO),[1] on the proposed regulations for Kenyan Collective Rights Management Organisations (CMOs). The meeting, held in Nairobi on 21st February 2017, was the first of a series of stakeholder meetings held across Kenya in the…

  • 2017 Annual reception of the FBLS – House of Lords

    2017 Annual reception of the FBLS – House of Lords

    The Franco-British Lawyers Society (Association des Juristes Franco-Britanniques) held its traditional annual reception in the River Room of the House of Lords in January 2017. Although I have been involved with the FBLS for more than a decade first as a committee member then as a co-director for Scotland as well as web designer, it…

  • IP and IT outside its borders – CUERPI Research Centre / Grenoble Law School

    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…

  • 4th European legal e-access conference – Paris

    4th European legal e-access conference – Paris

    Last week I was invited to participate in the 4th European legal e-access conference in Paris / 4e JEIJ (Journées Européennes d’Informatique Juridique). It was the third time I took part in the JEIJ (see for instance my slides from the previous edition) but the first time I did so by video conference. I was…

  • MAPPING Second General Assembly – Prague

    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…

  • IPSC 2016 – Stanford Law School

    IPSC 2016 – Stanford Law School

      I had a great time, back in August, at the 16th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference IPSC held this year in Stanford Law School. It is the second time I take part in the IPSC and as with the previous time as was impressed by the size and quality of the conference. Here’s a…

  • The SLS 2013 conference at the Edinburgh Law School

    The SLS 2013 conference at the Edinburgh Law School

      The 2013 annual conference of the Society of Legal Scholar is in full swing at the Edinburgh Law School. There is a great programme, notably in the IP/IT sections. Unfortunately, I am going to miss the first few days because I am just starting my new job at Edinburgh. Will be presenting on Thursday…

  • CREATe Researchers Conference and Empirical Capacity Building Event (Edinburgh) – 13 & 14 June 2013

    CREATe Researchers Conference and Empirical Capacity Building Event (Edinburgh) – 13 & 14 June 2013

    On Thursday 13th and Friday 14th the CREATe centre organised Researchers Conference and Empirical Capacity Building Event in Edinburgh. This was a great opportunity to talk about the research I am conducting for Lilian Edwards on copyright enforcement and on the legal marketplace for cultural goods. I was also impressed by the quantity and variety of…