SCRIPTed April 2009

Issue 1 2009 Editorial After Marper: Two Readings, Two Responses Roger Brownsword , pp.1-3| HTML | Reviewed Articles Virtual Worlds As A New Game Theoretic Model For International Law: The Case Of Bilateral Investment Treaties Peter S Jenkins, pp.4-32| HTML | New Technology and Researchers’ Access to Court and Tribunal Read more

By Andres Guadamuz, ago

GikII Call for Papers

GikII Comes to Amsterdam! 17-18 September 2009 Institute for Information Law (IViR) University of Amsterdam GikII 4th Edition, a two day workshop on the intersections between law, technology and popular culture, will be held on September 17-18th, 2009 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The chairs of the event are Joris van Read more

By Andres Guadamuz, ago

Software patent workshop reminder

Computer Implemented Inventions Workshop Wednesday 1 April 2009Venue: Moot Court Room, Old College This event is the idea of Professor Philip Leith, Queen’s University Belfast, and it is organised as part of SCRIPT’s Information Technology Law Foresight Fora. The objective of the event is to bring together a small number Read more

By Andres Guadamuz, ago

It’s GikII time

GikII returns! Wait, we’ve tried that one before. GikII Strikes Back! Nah, George Lucas does not deserve it. Thy Geek Will Be Done! Better… After three successful runs dealing with the legal implications of Harry Potter, tattoos, knitted Daleks, Buffy avatars (or was it Angel’s avatar?), robots behaving badly, and Read more

By Andres Guadamuz, ago

5th COMMUNIA Workshop, London

(via Jonathan Gray) 5th COMMUNIA Workshop: Accessing, Using and Reusing Public Sector Content and Data when: 26-27th March 2009where: New Academic Building, London School of Economics, London UK Across the world there is a growing recognition of the social and commercial value of public sector content and data: be that Read more

By Andres Guadamuz, ago

SCRIPTed Conference Programme

The programme for the upcoming SCRIPTed conference has been published, and it looks pretty interesting. SUNDAY 29 MARCH 2009 19:00 Welcome Wine Reception (Playfair Library) MONDAY 30 MARCH 2009 09:00 Registration (Raeburn Room Vestibule) (Posters Erected) 10:00 Welcome & Opening (Playfair Library) (Chair: Prof Graeme Laurie, SCRIPT) Prof Douglas Brodie, Read more

By Andres Guadamuz, ago

SCRIPTed December Issue 2008

(2008) 5:3 SCRIPTed 449-629 Cover Artificial Intelligence Rebecca Junkin Editorial AI & Law on Legal Argument: Research Trends and Application Prospects Henry Prakken, pp.449-454 Reviewed Articles Os Novos Meios de Tutela Preventiva dos Direitos de Propriedade Intelectual no Direito Português (The New Means of Preventive Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Read more

By Andres Guadamuz, ago

SCRIPTed Conference CFP

“Governance Of New Technologies: The Transformation Of Medicine, Information Technology And Intellectual Property”An International Interdisciplinary Conference March 29-31, 2009University of Edinburgh CALL FOR PAPERS Those interested in presenting a paper at the “Governance of New Technologies” conference should email editors.scripted@ed.ac.uk. Authors should identify the conference title in the subject line Read more

By Andres Guadamuz, ago

Question of Sport

Questions of Sport: What are the Legal Rights and Wrongs?1 Day Conference to be held at Hawthorn Suite, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, UK To celebrate the first anniversary of the announcement that the Commonwealth Games are coming to Scotland, and with the London Olympic Games looming large, Edinburgh Law School is Read more

By Andres Guadamuz, ago