Editors
Eleonora Rosati
Stefano Barazza
Marius Schneider
Managing Editor
Sarah Harris
About the journal
JIPLP is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to intellectual property law and practice.
Find out more Article collection: ‘The Future of IP in a Changing World’
In line with this year’s JIPLP-GRUR conference, held on the 10th December, we curated a reading list around the theme of the event, ‘The Future of IP in a Changing World’. We hope you enjoy the research featured in this collection.
Join us for the joint JIPLP-GRUR Conference 2019
This year JIPLP and GRUR will jointly organise yet another exciting event: a free half-day conference in London on 10 December 2019 to discuss 'The Future of IP in a Changing World'.
The programme features leading industry representatives, practitioners, and academics, as well as two keynote addresses to be delivered by, respectively, Sir Robin Jacob (Sir Hugh Laddie Chair of Intellectual Property Law at UCL) and Ms Ros Lynch (Copyright and IP Enforcement Director at the UK Intellectual Property Office).
JIPLP Blog
The JIPLP Blog is where editorial panellists, readers and contributors all come together to share their view on all aspects of IP law and practice.
JIPLP-GRUR Partnership
Since January 2013, JIPLP has partnered with the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR) to exchange content between JIPLP and GRUR Int., including articles and decisions especially selected from the corresponding issue of GRUR Int. This exchange allows readers of both journals to enjoy additional material at no extra cost.
GRUR Int. publishes monthly, combining academic contributions with reports on case law and legislation from both a European and wider international perspective.
Video interview with Professor Jeremy Phillips
Is IP law always struggling to keep up with technological advances?
What do you think the IP landscape will look like in five years' time?
If there was one common misconception about IP law which you could dispel…
Dr Eleonora Rosati: One of ‘The 50 Most Influential People in IP’
Dr Eleonora Rosati, Editor of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice and Associate Professor in IP Law at the University of Southampton, has been included in Managing Intellectual Property’s 2018 ‘The 50 Most Influential People in IP’ list. The list recognizes individuals who are shaping IP law, policy and business throughout the world.
10th Anniversary Collection
To celebrate ten years of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, we have worked with the editorial team to draw together the following collection of articles from JIPLP. This collection identifies some of the publishing highlights from JIPLP's first ten years with papers covering intellectual property topics from copyrights to patents, from trade marks to designs.
JIPLP on the OUPblog
The traps of social media: to 'like' or not to 'like'
“A recent Swiss case reported in the media has raised the spectre of criminal liability and/or defamation for merely ‘liking’ a 3rd party post on Facebook.”
Explore Gill Grassie's blog post here.
Rihanna, the Court of Appeal, and a Topshop t-shirt
“Can a fashion retailer take a photograph of a celebrity, print it on a t-shirt and sell it without the celebrity’s approval? Yes, but sometimes no.”
Read the rest of the post from Darren Meale here.
Selfies and model bottoms: monkeying around with intellectual property rights
What happens when a monkey takes a selfie? Who has the right to control the image – the owner of the camera or… the monkey? Jeremy Phillips takes this one.
The quest for ‘real’ protection for indigenous intangible property rights
On the fundamental incompatibility between current IP rights regimes and the rights of indigenous peoples, from Keri Johnston and Marion Heathcote.
