The latest edition of the YouTube Copyright Transparency Report has been published: transparencyreport.google.com/youtube-copyri…

The reason Easy Group (Easy Jet, Easy….acquisition of registrations with Easy in them) proceeded against rock band Easy Life was because it thought they should have to pay to use the word Easy. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Interested in writing about Taylor Swift? Here is the perfect opportunity: law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/mclrn/…

It’s the big one! We’ve opened the call for The British Academy Global Professorships. We offer up to £900k over 4 years to attract internationally established scholars to work in the UK to engage in cutting edge humanities & social science research thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/global…

I was extremely saddened to learn about the passing of Judge Marko Ilešič: EU copyright law truly owes a lot to him and his role as Judge Rapporteur in several key referrals. I will remember him with respect, gratitude, and fondness. May he rest in peace ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/06/in-mem…

Last week's Laddie Lecture by CISACNews' DG Gadi Oron, is now available to watch online: youtu.be/Otut2rbieDs. Read more about his talk here: cisac.org/Newsroom/artic…

Out today - history of trade marks as viewed by scholars from law, legal history and other disciplines - and I am not alone in thanking Bob Bone and Lionel Bently K.C.(Hon.) for incredible editing… tinyurl.com/679yuc9w

Research handbook on the history of #trademark law / Lionel Bently K.C.(Hon.) & Bone (Elgar) e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/resea…

Research Handbook on the History of #Trademark Law, edited by Faculty of Law's Lionel Bently K.C.(Hon.) & Robert G. Bone UTexasLaw With contributions from leading experts including: 🎗️Michael Birnhack Amanda Scardamaglia Get 30% off - use code Q4LW24 at checkout ➡️ e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/9781… Offer ends soon

The CJEU has ruled that the InfoSoc Directive may produce a vertical direct effect and national courts may disapply incorrect national laws. The implications may be major, including having regard to works of applied art and non-InfoSoc situations ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/cjeu-r…

Simon & Goold on IP Pluralism, buff.ly/3QovEXP - David A. Simon (Northeastern University School of Law) & Patrick Russell Goold (City University London, The City Law School) have posted IP’s Pluralism Puzzle (__ Texas Law Review __ (forthcoming 2025)) on SSRN.

Delighted to see 2 of our books win The IPKat book of the year awards, congratulations to the authors! ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/ipkat-… 🆓 The IP Law Book of the Year is Open Access ➡️ doi.org/10.4337/978180… 🆓 Read the Intro of the Best book on Trade Mark Law ➡️ doi.org/10.4337/978178…

First recipient of Bill Cornish Memorial Scholarship philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-cambri…

On March 18, 2025, Professor Rob Merges will deliver the 18th Annual International Intellectual Property Lecture at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The topic: Patent Claim Scope v The Breadth of Patent Enforcement. See cipil.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events/2…

On Saturday 29 March, the CIPIL Spring Conference will ask “Is AI Transforming IP?” Chaired by Arnold LJ. More details here: cipil.law.cam.ac.uk/seminars-and-e…

The 18th Annual International Intellectual Property Lecture, delivered by Professor Robert P Merges (UC Berkeley) at Emmanuel College, Cambridge on Tuesday 18 March 2025 is now available here cipil.law.cam.ac.uk/annual-interna…

The UK is debating whether to introduce a copyright exception for AI training on publicly accessible works I support this, with an opt-out for the few who this may impact. Activists and publishers commonly cite DCMS arguing that the creative sector contributes 125bn in value

CIPIL is jointly organising this event with City University and the UKIPO on remedies in intellectual property, past, present and future: citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-event…

The European Copyright Society opinion in Mio/Konektra has now been published (open access) in IIC and can be accessed here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Tomorrow 9am Radio 4: In Our Time with Lionel Bently K.C.(Hon.), Will Slauter Will Slauter & Dr Katie McGettigan. 3 very clever people talk about history of copyright: from Statute of Anne 1710 to AI, in 1 hour. Perfectly timed morning radio for CREATe ECS attendees! shorturl.at/bGX63