Monday Miscellany
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Events
Workshop ‘The new Copyright Directive: what opportunities for cultural heritage institutions?’
The Center for Intellectual Property Policy and Management, Bournemouth University, will host the workshop, the key theme of which is Article 8 of the newly adopted DSM Directive concerning the use of out-of-commerce works on a large scale. It addresses the opportunities and challenges of the implementation of this Article. The workshop is free to attend, but spaces are limited. Registration is required.
This workshop will take place in EB206, Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth, UK on 20 September 2019 from 10:00 to 13:30.More information can be found here.
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CREATe will host a symposium in Glasgow, which will explore some of the intellectual themes that link the centre's recently funded projects. The symposium will also include a BLACA lecture by CREATe's Elena Cooper on Portrait of Lady Eden by Whistler, and a policy keynote by Catherine Stihler, CEO of the Open Knowledge Foundation. All the events in this Symposium are free of charge.
The dates for the Symposium are 8-10 October 2019 in Glasgow, UK. More information is here.
Training offered by Assimilateip
Assimilateip, an IP training provider, will offer the following training courses in autumn and winter:
Building, Managing and Monetizing Your IP Portfolio, London
Time: 25 September 2019 9.30am to 12.30pm
Venue: London
Price:£199, cost includes teaching materials
More information: here
Intellectual Property Licensing for Life Sciences and Pharma
Time: 2 October 2019 9.30am to 5pm
Venue: London BioScience Innovation Centre, 2 Royal College Street, NW1 0NH
Price: £330, cost includes teaching materials and lunch
More information: here
Intellectual Property and Patent Law
Time: 23 October 2019 9.30am to 12.30pm
Venue: London
Price: £199, cost includes teaching materials
More information: here
Freedom to Operate for Life Sciences and Pharma
Time: 13 November 2019 9.30am to 5pm
Venue: London BioScience Innovation Centre
Price: £330, Cost includes teaching materials and lunch
More information: here
IP for Commercial Lawyers, London
Time: 4 December 2019 9.30am to 5pm
Venue: London
Price: £330, cost includes teaching materials and lunch
More information: here
The IPKat readers would enjoy a 10% discount.of all these training programs.
Jobs
PhD Scholarship in Digital Platform Regulation
The Queensland University of Technology is inviting applications for a PhD Scholarship. The scholarship is a unique opportunity for a PhD student to work with a world-leading team on a major Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project, The Platform Governance Project: Rethinking Internet Regulation as Media Policy. The deadline for the application is September 30, 2019. More information can be found here.
Miscellany
IPOS signed a tripartite MOU
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) and Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Justice. With the signing of the MOU, IPOS will cooperate, partner and advise AFSA as they establish an IP and innovation service centre within the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC). IPOS will also partner and advise them as they develop their IP and innovation eco-system, including exploring the provision of IP management consultancy services and training programs.
More information is here.
4iP Council's database of national FRAND case-law
The 4iP Council just added its 50th case law on FRAND into its database of national FRAND caselaw. This database regularly updated allows easy access to summaries of FRAND caselaw in Europe. You can search for cases by country, party, case number and keywords and there is even an interactive graphic showing how national courts are interpreting keywords.
The link to the database is here
The link to the interactive graphic is here.
