Bart from CREATe chaired a panel on Public Access & Copyright Law at the #EUscreen Symposium 2026: Reframing Openness – Empowering Authenticity and Reuse in Audiovisual Heritage in Warsaw, exploring how EU copyright law enables (and limits) access to audiovisual heritage
euscreen.eu/2026/02/eusc...
🚨 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹! #CallForAbstracts
4th ECR Conference: Competition Law & the Digital Economy
📅 Deadline: 12 April 2026
📄 Abstract (≤500 words) + CV
We welcome interdisciplinary work on #CompetitionLaw & fields such as #AIRegulation, #ConsumerLaw, #IP, #DataProtection & #LabourLaw.
🟢Panel 4 (Final panel today) is live now: #AI & #IntellectualProperty Law
Chaired by Gabriele Cifrodelli, featuring:
• Cody Rei-Anderson
• Panagiotis Lampropoulos
• Elodie Migliore
• Louise Jane Andrew
🔗Programme: www.create.ac.uk/ai-regulatio...
🟢Panel 3 now running: AI & #PlatformRegulation
Chaired by Aline Iramina, with contributions from:
• Federico Carmelo la Vattiata
• MingZhu Zhang
• Sejal Chandak
• Derya S. Esen
Programme here:
www.create.ac.uk/ai-regulatio...
#AI #PlatformRegulation #TechLaw
🟢Panel 2 now underway: AI & #ConsumerProtection Regulation
Chaired by Weiwei Yi, featuring presentations by:
• Beny Saputra
• Amanda Horzyk
• Rebecca Owens
Programme here: www.create.ac.uk/ai-regulatio...
#AI #ConsumerProtection #TechRegulation
🟢Panel 1 is now on for our ECR AI Regulation conference: #AI, #Workers’ #Privacy & #DataProtection
Chaired by Qingqin Zhang, with presentations from:
• Inês Neves,
• Tomasz Mirosławski,
• Neil Saddington,
• José Miguel Diéguez Rodríguez
Full programme here: www.create.ac.uk/ai-regulatio...
📢 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴: Antitrust training on stablecoin & crypto markets with #HKCC
Hong Kong is taking a cautious approach to stablecoin regulation, while gearing up to address competition risks through a new collaborative training programme together with Prof Konstantinos Stylianou at CREATe.
📅 Abstract deadline: 𝟭𝟮 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
📄 Submission details: Anonymised Abstract (up to 500 words) + 1-page CV
💬Any questions, please contact: ECR-CLC-2026@glasgow.ac.uk
🔗Details here: www.create.ac.uk/blog/2026/02...
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Selected abstracts can be developed to draft papers, which can be published in the 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. The papers will also benefit from a double-blind review process and to be included as conference proceedings
Examples of CREATe Working Paper Series: www.create.ac.uk/create-publi...
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𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 -
The 4th Early Career Scholars Conference - ‘Competition Law as a Guiding Discipline for Digital Economy’ - will take place on 12 and 13 November 2026 at the Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow.
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Research spans IP, competition, and information & technology law, with strong encouragement for interdisciplinary work across all social science disciplines.
💰 3-year funding (fees + UKRI stipend)
📅 Deadline: 15 April
📍 Start: 2026/27
🔗 Apply 👇
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🚨𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻: CREATe PhD #Studentships on the Regulation of the Creative Economy (2026/27)
CREATe invites applications for fully funded PhD projects on the regulation of the creative economy, with a focus on #Creativity, #Technology, and #Markets.
🔗 👇 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2026/03...
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The issue highlights both progress and remaining gaps as the European Commission revisits a foundational concept.
👉 Read more: www.create.ac.uk/blog/2026/03...
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This Special Issue explores how #Market definition must evolve for digitalisation & innovation, e.g.,🔸Digital & innovative markets🔸Ecosystems & systemic market power🔸Dynamic competition & shifting boundaries🔸IP rights & market definition🔸Multi-sided platforms🔸The gap on labour market definition
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📢 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁: EU #MarketDefinition Notice (2024)
The Journal of Antitrust Enforcement (OUP) has published a Special Issue on the 2024 EU Market Definition Notice, guest edited by @magalieben.bsky.social (CREATe) and @vickyrobertson.bsky.social (WU Vienna’s Competition Law Hub)
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📅 Submission deadline: 𝟮𝟲 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
📢 Decisions announced: early June 2026
More information and submission details at EPIP webiste:https://event.fourwaves.com/epip2026/pages
CREATe blog link: www.create.ac.uk/blog/2026/03...
#CallForPapers #EPIP2026 #IntellectualProperty
The conference will also feature themed sessions on topics including
🔸Pharmaceutical innovation and regulation
🔸STEM education and inventor development
🔸Artificial intelligence and IP
🔸The early performance of the Unified Patent Court
🔸Historical foundations and evolution of patent systems
📚 Topics include (but are not limited to):
🔹Healthcare & IP and innovation policies
🔹IP & governance
🔹Innovation, technology transfer & IP
🔹IP & sustainable innovation
🔹IP & (in)equality, diversity, and inclusivity
🔹IP & creative industries
🔹IP & data quality
All IP-related topics are welcome.
📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 – #EPIP Annual Conference 2026
The 21st Conference of the European Policy for Intellectual Property Association -𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆
-will take place 9-11 Sep 2026 in Turin, Italy, by Politecnico di Torino & bsebordeaux.bsky.social
Thank you for your comments on this blog, Graham. Very thought-provoking.
www.create.ac.uk/blog/2026/02...
𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿📢 #CallforAbstracts - The 4th Early Career Scholars Conference - #Competition Law as a Guiding Discipline for Digital Economy
📅 Abstract DDL: 𝟭𝟮 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
📄 Requirements: Anonymised Abstract (500 words max) + 1-page CV
💬Any questions, please contact: ECR-CLC-2026@glasgow.ac.uk
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Read the full Opinion:
🔹 ECS website: europeancopyrightsociety.org/portfolio/co...
🔹 SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
🔹 CREATe Blog: www.create.ac.uk/blog/2026/03...
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The ECS advises caution. A poorly framed ruling could leave Europe with the worst of all worlds: a complex opt-out regime, private licensing as default, limited research space, and no meaningful improvement for authors or performers.
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🔶The reference is factually unclear, conflating chatbots, large language models and search engines.
🔶It does not consistently identify the relevant subject matter: the press publishers’ right under Art 15, CDSMD, rather than authorial works.
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Drafted by Peter Mezei, Martin Kretschmer, Thomas Margoni, Alexander Peukert and João Pedro Quintais, the Opinion identifies two key concerns:
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📢 Opinion out – The European Copyright Society has published its Comment on Case C-250/25 ( #LikeCompany).
This is the first opportunity for the Court of Justice of the EU to address a central question in global AI litigation:
Do #AI model training and outputs infringe #copyright?
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Our new guest blog by Dr Cody Rei-Anderson (Edinburgh Napier University) examines the UK government’s plan to close a loophole and bring AI chatbots clearly within the scope of the Online Safety Act, and questions whether the OSA can provide an effective framework for regulating chatbots.
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📢𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 - 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗞 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘄
Are AI chatbots really covered by the #OnlineSafetyAct?
#AIRegulation #OnlineSafetyAct #TechLaw #DigitalRegulation #LLMs #PlatformGovernance
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📢 #CREATe at 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 – Recordings available
We’re pleased to share a dedicated playlist featuring the recordings of CREATe’s contributions to European Public Domain Day 2026 at the Royal Library of Belgium.
#PublicDomain #Copyright #CreativeCommons #AccessToKnowledge #IPLaw