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

What an honour and a privilege it was to see María Rún Bjarnadóttir in her academic robe, hood and hat. The most significant honour - a few months earlier - was to read her work and see how it pushes boundaries in law, legal thinking and policy making. Congratulations Dr María Rún Bjarnadóttir

Job alert! Join us Sussex Centre for Information Governance Research Sussex Law for teaching IP/IT courses Andres Guadamuz Maria M Frabboni Jessica Shurson Judith Townend sussex.ac.uk/about/jobs/lec…

My research on 'Born to be authors: children, creativity and copyright' made its debut at the IP Section of the SLS Annual Conference 2022. I thoroughly enjoyed presenting and receiving questions! Thank you to the organisers and convenors! Here is a preview of the abstract:

If I may echo this, when I was introduced to such a learned expert, she had so much time to listen to any questions a post-doctoral student had at that time! Thank you.

Born to be authors: the copyright of the child copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2022/11/24/bor… I am sharing this post on the ingenuity of creativity by a child in the language of copyright law, a piece I thoroughly enjoyed writing, in the initial phase of this research. I look forward to the next steps.

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

Bravissima Maria Federica Moscati! Sussex Law

At QMUL today. A big thank you to Uma Suthersanen Prof@Qmul QMIPRI, her teaching team and the cohort of the LL.M. International and Comparative Copyright Module. A fantastic opportunity to share my research on 'Born to be authors: children, creativity and copyright'.

Thoroughly enjoying AG Opinion on Case C‑333/21 European Superleague Company v UEFA and FIFA ECLI:EU:C:2022:993 - considering transnational sports law and the organisational model of the sporting discipline. What a treat!

Thank you BLACA for the kind invitation to talk about this topic. It all started with a AHRC funded project with Uma Suthersanen Prof@Qmul ‘Who owns the orphans?’. What a journey on the scholarship of the non or less represented or vulnerable authors and access to their works and creativity.

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

Today Salvo Fasciana Sussex Law hosted Omri Bouton from Sheridans for a lecture and discussion on NFTs in the Creative Industries. A truly insightful and fun debate for our LLB and LLM students.

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

It is a privilege to know more about Dr Maria Moscati's crafted book 'Children, Law and Happiness' as part of the 'Please Do Touch' research exhibition (SRA) and her work Sussex Law CORTH Sussex

Huge thanks to Sussex Law & LPS for funding ‘Sustainable Open Access, transformative agreements and rights of retention’ (24 07 2023). This was made possible by the participation of an expert group from ALPSP. Watch this space for a report on the event!

Thank you BLACA , the speakers, The Dickson Poon School of Law and @AplinTanya for such a great event.

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It was a true honour to work on this with Uma Suthersanen Prof@Qmul and contribute to the Handbook!