Sunday Surprises

The seminar “Intellectual and Cultural Property: Between Market and Community?” will take place on 11 October 2017 at the Rhind Building of the University of London. Professor Fiona MacMillan will discuss the relationship between intellectual property and cultural heritage. Admission is free but registration required. More details, here.

October is here!

Christie’s Education is looking for a Lecturer in Art, Law and Business for its campus in London. The successful candidate must be a qualified UK lawyer with working experience in IP, contracts, negligence, corporate regulation, restitution and art-world taxation. The position is part-time with the possibility for a full-time position. Apply before 30 October 2017. More information, here.

Edward Elgar Publishing is calling for submissions for the Interactive Entertainment Law Review journal. Dr. Gaetano Dimita, Professor Jon Festinger, and Dr. Marc Mimler are editors of this international peer-reviewed journal, which is published twice a year. The editors are seeking contributions from both academics and practitioners relating to interactive entertainment industry topics such as intellectual property, information technology law, legal regulation, litigation, e-commerce law, competition law and human rights. Submissions can be full-length articles, short-analysis pieces, case summaries and book reviews. For more information send an email to journals@e-elgar.co.uk.

The conference “Judicial Protection of Standard Essential Patents” will take place on 30 October 2017 at the Civil Court of Turin. The event is co-organized by the Scuola Superiore della Magistratura and LES Italy. Various procedural issues in connection with the Huawei case will be discussed. The program also includes a mock trial, an amicus curiae from the Italian Competition Agency, and a roundtable with a Judge of the Court of Milan and the President of the AICIPI. Simultaneous translation in English and Italian will be available. Attendance is free but register by sending an email to media@les-italy.org.

The Online Media Registry of the Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media, in co-operation with the Greek Collecting Management Organization for Authors and Publishers (OSDEL), has launched a new service of tracking plagiarism cases on the Internet for its members. The service consists of daily monitoring news from around 3000 domains to track plagiarism and notify the right holder within 30 minutes. At this time, only media websites established in Greece with a national VAT account can apply to the Registry.