👏We’re proud to see our academic, Dr @sabinejacques.bsky.social, contribute to the new Toolkit on Assessing Humor in Free Speech Jurisprudence - a guide for judges & other legal practitioners in assessing humorous expression in light of human rights law. 📘Explore: zenodo.org/records/15383543

Come join us for an evening talking about all things #music, #copyright and #AI!

New policy briefing: @sabinejacques.bsky.social and Mat Flynn (Institute of Popular Music at @liverpooluni.bsky.social) discuss how changes to copyright and licencing can protect musicians from the potential impacts of AI. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

My colleague @sabinejacques.bsky.social and I have written a couple of blogs on parody and satire and the law. If you like that kind of thing please do take a look at www.forhum.org/category/blog/

Thank you, Megan!

Extremely proud to see #MusicFuturesUK officially announced! 🎶✨ This project is the result of incredible collaboration and marks the beginning of an exciting 5-year journey. We can’t wait to support innovation, empower creatives, and shape the future of music! Follow the account below for updates.

Without an EU TM parody exception, certain speech categories are more at risk than others. While some have implemented tests to safeguard parodic expressions, there is a need for legislative intervention: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…#EUTrademarkLawa#ParodyExceptiono#HumanRightsts

Your Christmas weekend #IP news has landed in relation to the snowball candle holder #design: Sculptor sues Swedish glassmaker for €1m in test of EU ‘bestseller clause’ www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...

New paper with Estelle Derclaye: The Parody Exception in EU Design Law: A Catalyst for Creative Evolution, Innovation and Cultural Discourse. Comments very much welcomed papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Looking forward to joining colleagues this afternoon to discuss Brexit, IP and what lies ahead! #brexit #intellectualproperty #ip

Another striking example of the erosion of boundaries between IP rights and a call for harmonisation of IP exceptions, especially those anchored in freedom of expression. #IPcumulation brandwrites.law/super-simon-...