Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)

News from CIIR

CIIR hosted the 37th Nordic Conference on Law and IT in 2022

Humans, data and law: tectonic plates in motion.

The Case of Customary Rules-of- the-Road for Governing the Orbital Highways of Earth

Have you considered Customary International Law as a vessel for global accord? Can the oldest source of international law help us avoid pending catastrophe with satellite collisions leading to environmental degradation and/or geopolitical escalation? Read the new paper on the potential of international custom as route to international governance of space traffic, by CIIR scholar Hjalte Osborn Frandsen.

Jens Schovsbo has just published “Making sure copyright works – safeguarding authors’ and users’ rights”

Professor Jens Schovsbo has published a chapter with the title “Making sure copyright works – safeguarding authors’ and users’ rights” in Gustavo Ghidini and Valeria Falce (eds.) Reforming Intellectual Property, Edward Elgar 2022.

Tuulia Karjalainen Joins CIIR as a Guest Researcher

Tuulia Karjalainen joins CIIR as a guest researcher. She is a doctoral researcher in the University of Helsinki, where she works as a part of Helsinki Legal Tech Lab.

Christopher Kuner appointed Affiliate Professor at CIIR

Dr. Christopher Kuner is professor of law and among many other accomplishments a co-director of the Brussels Privacy Hub at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

A Comparative Study on the Protection of Geographical Indications in China and Europe

The protection system of geographical indications (GIs) originated in Europe and has been established as a reference value internationally. China is preparing to draft the "Special Law on the Protection of Geographical Indications" and there is an urgent need to integrate and establish a unified special law for GIs.

Letizia Tomada selected as Fellow at ISLC Milan

CIIR’s Letizia Tomada selected as International Research Fellow 2022/23 at the ISLC at the University of Milan

CIIR welcomes PhD Jianaer Zainula

Jianaer is financed by the Chinese Research Council and will be writing a PhD-thesis on Geographical Indications as seen from Chinese and EU perspectives.

Hjalte Osborn Frandsen awarded Fulbright Grant to work on Space Law in Austin, Texas

CIIRs Phd Fellow Hjalte Osborn Frandsen has travelled to Texas to begin a 6 months visiting scholarship at University of Texas at Austin.