Despite the cooler October temperatures, this Kat has been hot on the case to find the latest intellectual property news and opportunities for our readers.
RSC Intellectual Property Law Seminar
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This seminar is open to all. Registration and details here.
2025 4iP Council Research Award
4iP have opened submissions to their international research competition for European University students studying at Masters and PhD levels. The winning publications will be published on 4iP Council’s website and promoted for third party review and publication.
The deadline is 31 December 2025. Submission guidelines and criteria can be found here.
Joint ITC-UNCTAD-WIPO Roundtable
WIPO, ITC and UNCTAD are jointly hosting an Experts Roundtable on the Role of Creative Industries for Development, taking place in March 2026 (date tbd) in Geneva, Switzerland. They have launched the call for papers, seeking original research papers on the creative industries and their role in promoting sustainable and inclusive growth, with a particular focus on the activities of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
The submission deadline is 16 November. Details here.
2026 ALAI Conference
The next conference of the Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI) will be held on 18-19 June 2026, hosted in the Hague by the Dutch Copyright Society (Vereniging voor Auteursrecht). Next year's theme is "Copyright and Free Expression in the Age of Algorithms".
Further details will be made available on the conference website in due course.
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