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BLACA
Seminar Programme for 2003
9 January 2003
Defining and implementing the Internet "making available" right:
International, regional and national challenges. Speakers:
Professor John Adams, Professor Adrian Sterling, Hugh Jones,
Maria Martin, Tom Rivers, John Smith, Alan Cunningham.
20 March 2003
Copyright Law in and around the Supreme Court of Canada.
Speaker: Professor Ysolde Gendreau, University of Montreal and
President Elect of ATRIP.
29 April 2003
The Scope of Copyright in the Internet Age. Speakers: Dr
Charlotte Waelde and Professor Hector MacQueen, AHRB Centre for
Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law (SCIPT),
University of Edinburgh. Chairman for the evening was The Hon.
Mr Justice Laddie, and the event was hosted by Slaughter and May
at their London offices.
5 June 2003
Liability of Service Providers - Recent Developments. Speaker:
Frances Lowe, Director General, British Music Rights.
17 July 2003
Copyright Law & Policy in Russia and the CIS. Speaker: Dr Irina
V. Savelieva, White & Savelieva.
11 September 2003
Digital Copyright: The End of an Era. Speaker: Professor Martin
Kretschmer, Centre for Intellectual Property Policy &
Management, Bournemouth University.
13 November 2003
Open Forum Meeting: The Copyright Regulations. Chair: Professor
Adrian Sterling, Queen Mary, University of London
BLACA Seminar Programme for 2002
10 January
2002
It is proposed that there will be a talk on adjuncts and
alternatives to copyright, with feedback on the ALAI New
York Congress 2001.
14 March 2002
Professor Adrian Sterling on "The WIPO Treaties and the Infosoc
Directive: defining and implementing the Internet making
available right".
9 May 2002
Thomas Heide on "The Three Step Test".
11 July 2002
Dr Uma Suthersanen on "Copyright and the Wind of Change: a
parody for all seasons".
12 September 2002
Frances Lowe, Heather Rosenblatt and Nigel Parker on various
aspects of the draft Copyright Regulations.
6 November 2002
Joint BLACA / IPI Seminar: The Protection of Designs in the UK
following the recent legislative changes in the EU. Speakers:
Geoffrey Adams, Dr Uma Suthersanen and Dr Justin Turner.
Chairman: Kevin Garnett QC.
14 November 2002
Darrell Panethiere on recent developments in US Copyright Law
BLACA Seminar Programme for 2001
11
January 2001
The protection of audio-visual performances: presentation
of the outcome of the WIPO diplomatic conference in Geneva 7-20
December 2000 by a panel of speakers who were present at the
conference.
8 March 2001
Chris Reed gave a talk on the protection of copyright and
liability arising from various internet cases.
10 May 2001
Kevin Garnett QC gave a review of the law protecting photgraphic copyright, with examples of recent cases.
12 July 2001
Henry Carr QC gave a talk on copyright, privacy and human
rights, with examples of recent cases.
6 September
2001
Dr Jim Parker will give a talk, entitled "Whose loan is it
anyway?", with an overview of PLR developments in the
European Union and beyond since the 1992 Lending Right
Directive.
8 November
2001
It is proposed that Simon Newman, a Research Fellow at Queen
Mary, University of London, will talk on the philisophical
underpinnings of copyright. |
