The new BLACA website is now live! Please take a look and discover all the activities taking place over the next few months blaca.org

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BLACA members were all extremely saddened to learn about the passing of Prof William Rodolph (Bill) Cornish, a giant of IP and copyright scholarship to whom we are all greatly indebted and grateful blaca.org/news

Join us on Thursday (10/3) to discuss all things copyright exhaustion! With Catriona Macleod Stevenson (Publishers Association), David Harmsworth (PPL) and Guido Westkamp (QMIPRI) as Speakers and Stephen Edwards as Chair blaca.org/seminars

Our next in-person event will be devoted to all things "Rights and stage productions": join us in London Bristows LLP on 12 May for an evening of discussions featuring, as speakers, @DrLukeMcDonagh, Ysolde Gendreau, Philippe Kern and Brigitte Lindner! blaca.org

Does the United Kingdom need a new copyright Act? Join us at the London offices of Bristows Law Firm in the evening of 26 May for an in-person event that will try to the answer this intriguing and important question! blaca.org

A new UK Copyright Act? Looking forward to being a commentator on this BLACA event - Chair Eleonora Rosati - Speaker Lord Justice Arnold - Bristows LLP - 26th May #copyright #law

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"From blockchain to NFTs, copyright issues and non-issues": join us on 11 October for an event devoted to all things copyright! With Andres Guadamuz (University of Sussex) and @sophie_goossens (Reed Smith LLP) See you at Bristows LLP in London! blaca.org/seminars

We are sad to announce the death, on 27 October, 2022 of BLACA Honorary Member Michael Freegard. A full notice is available on the BLACA website (blaca.org/news).

The next BLACA seminar will be on 'The proposed new UK text & data mining exception'. 8 December 2022, 6.15pm Speaker: Toby Headdon (Senior Associate, Bristows LLP) Chair: Professor Alison Firth, BLACA Chairman blaca.org/seminars blaca.org/membership

"Orphan Works: an academic and practical review of the current law": the BLACA 1st session of 2023 will be on the UK’s OW regime & a comparative discussion. Intro by Dr Frabboni; Lord Justice Birss will provide his experience of obtaining an OW licence blaca.org

Here is the call for the 2023 J.A.L. Sterling Postgraduate Bursary In Copyright Law, supported by @BLACA & The Stationers' Company in cooperation with @qmipri and QMUL School of Law & The Dickson Poon School of Law Closing Date: midnight BST 31 July 2023 blaca.org/bursary

Our next seminar will be: 'The key differences between IP Litigation in Scotland and England' 2nd March 2023, 6.15pm. Colin Hulme (Burness Paull) will run through 10 key tips to take into account when enforcing IP rights in Scotland. blaca.org

Alina Trapova Uma Suthersanen Prof@Qmul Carolyn Blanchette Here is the link to the membership page of the BLACA website blaca.org/membership and please feel free to contact the Secretary and/or the Treasurer!

The J.A.L. Sterling Postgraduate Bursary Award in cooperation with QMIPRI and QMUL School of Law & The Dickson Poon School of Law: a tremendous opportunity for those considering an LL.M. in IP. See the call + videos by alumni on their experience as recipients of the award blaca.org/bursary

11 May 2023: "Reflections on copyright in shrubberies and on garden designers who say ‘Ni’" - Our May meeting is devoted to copyright aspects of garden architecture and similar outdoor spaces. With Dr Martin Schaefer and Simon Clark blaca.org

13 July 2023: 'The absence of sunset: The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill and its effect on copyright (and other) law'. Professor Phillip Johnson will discuss how the legislation (incl. end of “retained” EU supremacy) may work in the future blaca.org

12 October 2023 - 'Moral rights in our contemporary landscape'. Ysolde Gendreau and BLACA members Gillian Davies, Brigitte Lindner, Paul Torremans will be sharing highlights and insights of the new Research Handbook on IP and Moral Rights. blaca.org/seminars

Here is a message from BLACA’s newly-elected Chairman, Stephen Edwards blaca.org