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RCLIP Seminar: Recent developments in UK IP law in the post-Brexit era

In Japan, UK law is one of the main jurisdictions for comparative legal research, even in the field of intellectual property law. Since EU law has had a significant impact on UK IP law during the period of the UK’s membership of the…

International IP Workshop for Junior Researchers 2023

  Date   December 3, 2023 (Sun) 10:00-13:00 TBD (Japan Time (UTC+9h)) Venue   Waseda University, 3F Conference Room, Building No.8 (campus map) Theme  Annual Waseda-Penn Patent Law Conference: International IP Workshop for Junior Researchers Language   English (no translation) Program   10:00-13:00 Part 1: Copyright law…

12th Annual Waseda-Penn Patent Law Conference

As in the previous years, also this year’s Waseda-Penn Global Patent Law Conference will feature discussing two important areas in patent law, one predominantly substantive area of law and one predominantly procedural. Part 1 will discuss recent developments in the area of novelty…

RCLIP Evening Seminar: Authorship and Moral Rights in the Age of AI

Copyright law protects authors. Since the concept of authorship is fundamental to our modern understanding of copyright, any discussion of copyright and artificial intelligence must consider the implications of AI technology for authorship. The treatment of authorship under copyright law raises many questions…

RCLIP Evening Seminar: Copyright in the Metaverse

Exploring the copyright implications relating to the metaverse, this presentation will firstly introduce the concept of the metaverse and its status, before moving on to consider some of the copyright implications relating to it. Focusing primarily on the law of UK, whilst comparing…

Symposium on Climate Protection and Law in Japan and Germany

  Date   October 13, 2023 (Fri) 9:30-17:00 (Japan Time (UTC+9h)) Venue   Waseda University, 3F Conference Room, Building No.8 (campus map) Theme  Climate Protection and Law Language  German / Japanese with simultaneous interpretation Program 09:00                     …

The First Annual US-Asia Comparative Copyright Law Roundtable (Workshop)

  Date   June 11, 2023 (Sun) 9:30-12:30 (Japan Time (UTC+9h)) Venue   Waseda University, 3F Conference Room, Building No.8 (campus map) Theme   Copyright Law and Artificial Intelligence Language   English (no translation) Program   Moderator : Prof. Christoph Rademacher (Waseda University)   Topic Talks Prof. Kung-Chung…

RCLIP Evening Seminar: AI and Data Privacy

  Date   June 5, 2023 (Mon) 19:00-20:30 Venue    Waseda University, Room 405, Building No.3 (campus map)                English & Japanese (consecutive translation) Theme   Artificial Intelligence and Data Privacy Speakers  Michael Will (President of the Bavarian State Office for…

The First Annual US-Asia Comparative Copyright Law Roundtable: Artificial Intelligence and Copyright Law

  Date      June 10, 2023 (Sat) 13:15-18:25 (Japan Time (UTC+9h)) Venue   Waseda University, Ono Auditorium (campus map)             (in-person and online via zoom) Theme  Artificial Intelligence and Copyright Law Language  English & Japanese (simultaneous translation) Program  …

Conference on the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court

Date    March 4, 2023(Sat) 13:00~17:30 Venue    Waseda University, Building No.3 Room 502 (campus map)             (in-person and online via zoom)  ThemePart 1: The Advent of the UPC Part 2: Procedural Issues (Evidence Collection & Role of Experts)      …