Professor Suthersanen discusses genetic resources and traditional Knowledge for WIPO 2 March 2023
Professor Uma Suthersanen was invited by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to join the Ad Hoc Experts’ Committee for the 46th inter-governmental committee meeting on traditional knowledge (and associated genetic resources) and traditional cultural expressions.
Professor Uma Suthersanen invited to join the ad hoc expert panel for WIPO IGC on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore 27 February 2023
Dr Michaela MacDonald to speak at an event on IP and the Metaverse in March 6 February 2023
Dr MacDonald will be speaking at a UCL's seminar as an expert on IP and the Metaverse.
The British Academy funds research at Queen Mary on patent governance for agricultural genome editing technologies 1 February 2023
The British Academy has awarded funding for a two-year research project examining the patent governance of agricultural genome editing in the UK, the EU and Ukraine. The research will be undertaken by Professor Duncan Matthews and Dr Hanna Ostapenko (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv), who will investigate the implications of patent governance for global food security and sustainability.
Professor Jonathan Griffiths co-authors paper on Copyright in the Digital Single Market 26 January 2023
This paper addresses a few selected aspects of the implementation of the new mandatory exceptions provided under Articles 3 to 7 of the Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market (Directive (EU) 2019/790).
Professor Guido Westkamp brought on as expert in US Supreme Court case 12 January 2023