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Public Lecture on Third World Approaches to IP Law at the Universitas Diponegoro, Indonesia
On the 28th of March 2022, Dr Titilayo Adebola delivered a virtual public lecture entitled “Third World Approaches to Intellectual Property Law” at the Universitas Diponegoro, Indonesia, where she is a visiting lecturer. In her lecture, Dr Adebola introduced Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) and underscored the contributions...
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Dr Titilayo Adebola delivered a paper during a organised UNCTAD/AfCFTA Workshop
Dr Titilayo Adebola delivered a paper on the “Relationship Between Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Competition Policies/Laws under the AfCFTA” during the UNCTAD/AfCFTA Capacity Building Workshop on Competition Policy (21 to 22 March 2022). In her paper, Dr Adebola examined monopolistic practices fostered by IPRs and measures to address these...
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CCL's Consultation Response cited in the Law Commission's Electronic Trade Documents Report
The Law Commission of England and Wales has published, on 16 March 2022, a Report and Draft Bill on Electronic Trade Documents, following a public consultation as part of its significant law reform project seeking to enable the legal recognition of certain trade documents in electronic form. The current law,...
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Prominent Law Lecturer delivered a seminar on Islamic law & international parental child abduction
On Friday 11 March 2022, the Aberdeen Centre for Private International Law, under the auspices of the Law School Research Seminar series, welcomed Professor Anver Emon from the University of Toronto, Canada, who delivered a fascinating research seminar on Islamic law and international parental child abduction (titled: ‘Hard Legal Problems...
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The Law School successfully held a Decolonising the Curriculum Workshop for staff & students
The School of Law’s EDI Committee organised a Decolonising/Diversifying the Curriculum Workshop which took place on the 4th of March 2022. The Keynote address for the Workshop was delivered by Dr Mohsen Al Attar, Associate Professor at the University of Warwick and a Visiting Scholar at UCL, who provided invaluable...
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Public participation in international investment law
Mr Ilias Kazeem presented a paper titled Public Participation in International Investment Law: Focusing on Host COmmunities of Energy and Natural Resources Projects" to the Centre of Commercial Law. Investment in energy and natural resources projects impact on the rights of the host communities of such projects. Even though the states...
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Dr Adebola participated in a High-level Brainstorming Session on Intellectual Property Rights
On the 25th of February 2022, Dr Titilayo Adebola participated in a High-level Brainstorming Session on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) organised by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat to generate ideas and discuss the possible elements to consider in the development of the AfCFTA Protocol on IPRs. One of...
