Monday Miscellany

At the dawn of a new week, there are exciting new IP events and opportunities approaching that must not be missed! Check them out below.

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Events

IFIM - IP and Regulatory Rightsin the Age of Personalized Medicine - 15 March 2022

The Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law of Stockholm University (IFIM) will hold the webinar "IP and Regulatory Rightsin the Age of Personalized Medicine" tomorrow (15 March 2022, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm (CET)). The event will discuss the current state and future of patent law and regulatory rights in the field of personalized medicine. Register for the event and find more information here.

BIICIL - Revisiting: We, the Robots - 15 March 2022 - London, UK

From self-driving cars and high-speed trading to algorithmic decision-making, humankind's daily routine is increasingly dependent on machine learning systems that operate with diminishing human intervention.  This panel builds on last year's BIICL lecture on the legal personality of AI and will consider larger questions of why, when, and how to regulate AI. The event will take place on 15 March 2022 from 5:30pm to 7:00pm (GMT) and will be in person in London, UK. More information about the event is available here.

University of Nottingham - Vaccine access and Covid waiver in light of overlapping commitments outside TRIPS - 23 March 2022

There are severe inequalities for access to vaccines and other health technologies for the prevention, treatment, or containment of Covid-19 around the world. Within the context of international protection of IP rights, current debates concern the impact of commitments to protect in particular patents and regulatory test data on the ability of countries to facilitate access to pandemic-related health technologies. The aim of the event is to look at overlapping commitments and show that, while especially ’TRIPS-plus’ commitments and investment protection for IP rights may pose hurdles to implement a TRIPS Waiver, in most cases, various treaty-internal and general defences will allow WTO Members to take measures implementing the Waiver. The event will be held online on 23 March 2022 from 5:00 pm to 6:00pm (GMT) and more details are available here.

University of Nottingham - Trademarks, Free Speech, and Inherently Valuable Expression - 24 March 2022

Prof. Lisa Ramsey will talk about potential conflicts between trademark and free speech laws in the United States and other countries, and how countries might resolve these conflicts. She will also talk about why governments should consider not registering or protecting trademark rights in words, names, shapes, colours, and other signs that had intrinsic value in an industry or community before they were claimed as trademarks. This webinar will take place on 24 March 2022 and more details can be found here.

4iP Council and EUIPO - How IP helps to secure your business investment - 24 March 2022

In this joint webinar organised by the EUIPO and 4iP Council, the importance of intellectual property rights will be clarified for SMEs, as important tools for getting a business competitive advantage and to secure finance for your business, including financial support from the EUIPO for SMEs to protect their IP. The event will be held on 24 March 2022 at 4:00pm (CET) and registration is open here.

Leiden University - Global Online Thesis Topic Meeting (GOTTM) on NFTs and IP - 5 April 2022

The first Global Online Thesis Topic Meeting will take place on 5 April 2022 at 4:00pm (CET). This meeting will be about NFTs and IP, where it will be brought the vision on the topic from an EU, UK, and US perspective. Preparation for the session is necessary and more details about the event, as well as registration, can be found here.

Opportunities

Call for papers - Journal of Law, Market, and Innovation

The Journal of Law, Market & Innovation (JLMI) has launched a call for papers concerning the third issue of 2022, to be published at the end of November 2022, about “Setting Standards: Regulation and Innovation in the Age of Technology”. Prospective articles should be submitted in the form of abstract (around 800 words) or draft articles (see below) to submissions.jlmi@iuse.it by 31 March 2022. Typically, the JLMI accepts contributions within the range of 10,000 to 15,000 words, including footnotes, but both shorter and longer articles will be considered. More details about this call are available here.