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30 June – 18 July 2025: Licensing Transactions in Intellectual Property
Interested in how to navigate technologies and negotiate transactions relating to AI, blockchain, biotechnology and other emerging technology? Then join an intense, practice-oriented 3-week summer program from the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg. You can find all the information on this course here.
24-25 April 2025: 32nd Annual IP Conference
Fordham Law School will host the 32nd Annual IP Conference in New York covering a broad range of cutting-edge topics. Eleonora Rosati will provide you with an update on trade marks and free speech in the EU and discuss the CJEU’s Kwantum decision and its implications for the Berne Convention’s reciprocity principle. Do not miss out and register here.
24 April 2025: Celebrate 30 Years of CPVO: Enabling Innovation for the Future of Plant Breeding!
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and join leading voices from across policymaking, industry, research and innovation as they spotlight the power of plant variety protection and intellectual property in advancing sustainable agriculture in Europe and around the world. Find more information and how to attend here.
13 May 2025: The Professor Bill Cornish Memorial Lecture 2025
Prof. Pam Samuelson (University of California, Berkeley) will deliver The Professor Bill Cornish Memorial Lecture 2025 – “Reflections on the Evolution of Software Copyright Law since the 1980s” on 13 May. The comments will be presented by Prof. Martin Kretschmer (University of Glasgow) and Prof. Andrew Murray (LSE). You can attend in person or via Zoom. See here for more information.
14 May 2025: Copyright Law and AI: Time to Revisit Copyright Registration?
Do you enjoy paperwork, formalities and searching registers? Yes? No? You can discuss the benefits and disadvantages of copyright registries at the annual copyright seminar of the UCL Institute of Brand & Innovation Law in London. Find further information here.
27 June 2025: IP Remedies: Past, Present, and Future
The City Law School of the University of London will host a seminar on the past, present and future of IP remedies in the UK. Topics of discussion include historical reflections on the UK’s evolving remedies framework, the continued relevance of the EU Enforcement Directive, the impact of internet blocking orders on fundamental rights and current challenges around patent preliminary injunctions and FRAND licensing. Expect to hear from top-notch speakers like Professor Lionel Bently and Annsley Merelle Ward. Register here for free.
The International Trademark Association, the Andean Community Court of Justice and the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property announced that applications are now open for the fifth annual Latin American Moot Court Competition on Intellectual Property Law. The competition is open to law students and recent graduates from universities across Latin America, with applications being accepted until 30 May 2025. If you intend to be on the winning team and get a price of USD 3,000, check out INTA’s website here.
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