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As we get towards the end of another working week, it’s time to see what news and events await. 

Book release

PermaKat Eleonora Rosati’s article-by-article commentary to the DSM Directive 2019/790 has just been released. The book, which contains a foreword by First Advocate General Szpunar, is inter alia available for sale on the Oxford University Press website with a 30% discount, using the code ALAUTHC4 at checkout.

On 18 October there will be also a free online event to discuss the making of EU copyright and the place of the DSM Directive within it. More details will be provided by Eleonora over the next few days.

Courses

The Queen Mary Foundation level courses for UK trainee patent and trade mark attorneys are running again this year, with a registration deadline of 23 August 2021. Further information about the IP Certificate course (for trainee patent attorneys) is here, while the Trade Mark Certificate course (for trainee trade mark attorneys) can be found here.


Webinars & Events

Assimilate IP is running a number of webinars over the coming months, with a 10% discount for readers when they mention ‘IPKat’ in their application:

The UK IPO and the Cardiff University Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Human-Machine Systems are hosting a panel debate on Wednesday 29 September, 15:00 -16:30 on the topic of AI and the intellectual property framework, to consider how best to encourage innovation in AI while preserving the role of IP in promoting human creativity and innovation. Registration is available here.

Keeping with the AI theme, the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management (University of Bournemouth) is holding an online workshop about ‘Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property – A view from practising lawyers’, on 26 August 2021. Further details can be found here.

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