Intellectual property law research at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Law School sits at the confluence of the use, circulation and protection of intangible resources through property rights, emerging technologies and innovation and the renewed applications of normative ideas across the subject matter of such rights. Policy engagement within this sub group is often interdisciplinary and collaborative funded by bodies such as the Wellcome Trust, the EPSRC and EU Horizon 2020 funds. Questions addressed in these projects span issues as wide as a study of the generative limits of synthetic biology, the creation of original works by AI authors and creators and the legal response to such works, the role of copyright intermediaries in the distribution and regulation of copyright protected materials, Free and Open Source (FOSS) and alternative licensing models, global copyright enforcement, blockchain technology for algorithmic regulation and compliance, and the use of competition law to regulate IP abuses.
Members regularly contribute to conferences glob