Online Content Distribution Conference

Welcome to the Online Content Distribution Conference to be held at the University of Helsinki on 17th November 2017. In the conference, topical issues such as protection of digital content, enforcement of copyright online and the digital single market are amongst other on the agenda. The programme starts at 9.00 and concludes at 17.30, after which light food and drinks are served at a reception (until 19.30).

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

0830    Registration

0900    Opening words: Prof. Taina Pihlajarinne and Postdoctoral Researcher Juha Vesala

Please notice that the times and the order of speakers are preliminary and might change in the final programme.

0910      1. PROTECTION OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF CONTENT
– Prof. Dinusha Mendis: “The Copyright Implications of 3D Printing and the Legal Status of CAD Files – A Perspective from the UK”
– Dr. Valentina Moscon: “A Duty to Protect Press Publishers? Economic and Legal Foundation of Neighbouring Rights”
– Dr. Valerio Cosimo Romano: “Legal Issues of Content Farming”

Break

1045      2. PROTECTION OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF CONTENT [CONTINUED]– Senior Lecturer of IP law Rosa Ballardini: ”Digital distribution of AI generated content: Authorship and inventorship in the age of Artificial Intelligence”
– Prof. Taina Pihlajarinne & Adjunct Prof. Max Oker-Blom: ”The different aspects of trademark confusion – distribution of CAD files in the era of 3D printing”
– Dr. Martti Kivistö: “Digital Single Market Directive”

Lunch

1330      3. ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION ONLINE
– Dr. Pekka Savola: “”Conditions and modalities”: On domestic implementations of injunctions against intermediaries”
– Prof. Katja Weckström Lindroos: ”Striking a Balance on Access to Contact Information from Teleoperators When Service Is Used for Illegal Access to Digital Content”
– Dr. Anette Alén-Savikko: “Rights at loggerheads? – copyright and data protection meet online”
Break and change of venue

1530      4. A: COPYRIGHT AND DSM TREATMENT OF CONTENT DISTRIBUTION
– Dr. habil. Péter Mezei: ”Meet the Unavoidable – The Challenge of Digital Second-Hand Marketplaces on the Doctrine of Exhaustion
– Dr. Giuseppe Mazziotti: “Portability, cross-border trade and geo-blocking of online content services: is Europe really paving the way for a Digital Single Market?”

1630      4. B: INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CONTENT DISTRIBUTION: TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
– Asst. Prof. Björn Lundqvist: “Big Data and Standard Setting – The Issue of Interoperability and Access”
– LL.M Olli Honkkila: ”The internet access providers’ commercial practices under the EU rules on open internet”

1720    Closing Remarks: Prof. Taina Pihlajarinne and Postdoctoral Researcher Juha Vesala

1730    Light snacks and refreshments