Sunday Surprises

While in the UK the cold weather is here to stay, warm up with some interesting IP opportunities. 

The Academic Chair for the Responsible Development of the Metaverse of the University of Alicante is hosting the International Congress entitled “Towards a Responsible Development of the Metaverse”. The conference is set to take place on 13 and 14 June 2024 at the University of Alicante. The Congress is aimed at discussing six main topics and their relation to the Metaverse: the European Digital Acts, the Legal Status of Avatars and Digital Identity, Privacy and Personal Data Protection, Content and Conduct Moderation, Virtual Worlds as Markets and Cybersecurity. The Chair is launching a Call for Papers, addressed to anyone interested in presenting during the conference in relation to any of the topics. The selected papers will then be considered for publication in a special issue of the Interactive Entertainment Law Review. Up to 15 papers will be selected and the authors’ travel and accommodation expenses for attending the Congress will be covered. The call is addressed to PhD candidates and students or post-doc position holders in a European University. The deadline to submit the proposals is set on the 28 February 2024. More information here.

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The University of Udine has just launched an opportunity for a research grant on the topic: Italian copyright law after the EU Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market, and its effects on cultural heritage. The deadline is set on the 20 December 2023.  More details here (the Call for applications in Italian), here (the Annex in Italian) and here (the Annex in English).

OxFirst is organising a webinar on the role of Artificial Intelligence in everyday life and how it is attracting the attention of regulatory bodies around the world, including the US Copyright Office and the Canadian Government. European experts, namely Prof. Dr. Martin Senftleben and Sofie Grettve von Rosen, will be discussing the opportunities and risks associated with the incorporation of AI into creative industries. The webinar takes place on the 7 December 2023 at 3 pm UK Time and it is possible to register here.

On 12 and 13 February 2024, UCL’s Institute of Brand and Innovation Law is organising a CPD course in order to discuss the developments and technological and policy issues linked to the monopoly issues of cloud storage, artificial intelligence and liability, privacy and the press, and the UK’s new Online Safety Act . It is possible to find the program and book your place here.