The Autumn Green Party Conference took place at the Bournemouth International Centre on 25-28 September 2015 and it was the first time the Green Party Conference was held in Bournemouth.
Dr. Dinusha Mendis was invited to speak on the Copyright Policy Panel on Friday 25th September 2015. Dr. Mendis focused on the copyright term, the new copyright exceptions and the importance of copyright education.
On 22-23 September 2015, Dr. Dinusha Mendis was invited to the First General Assembly of the FP7-funded MAPPING Project.
MAPPING – Managing Alternatives for Privacy, Property and Internet Governance – held its First General Assembly on 22-23 September at Hannover Congress Centrum.
The event brought together stakeholders from three key areas including Internet Governance, Privacy and Intellectual Property.
The present research and the accompanying data concludes that taking into account accessibility to materials, sophisticated printing machines, costs and economics for the average user, the impact of this technology will not be felt among the general public for a few years to come.
On 28 August 2015, Dr. Dinusha Mendis was an invited speaker at Plymouth Law School’s one-day workshop.
The event titled, ‘Valuing Knowledge, Creativity and Innovation: Relating Corporate Social Responsibility to Copyright Law’ considered the prospect of practising Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in relation to copyright, where similar ideas of corporate social awareness have already applied to other areas of intellectual property protection.
Date: 12 June 2015 Event: European Communities Trade Mark Association, 34th Annual Conference Location: Hamburg, Germany Conference
CIPPM Co-Director, Dr. Dinusha Mendis has been invited by IP Australia to present the research carried out for the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) Commissioned Project on the Intellectual Property (IP) Implications of 3D Printing.