On Thursday 18th March we were delighted to have Professor Abbe Brown of the university of Aberdeen present a webinar entitled ‘Just because you can? Balancing the rights and regimes relevant to the digital environment’. Abbe Brown is Professor in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Aberdeen. Her research and teaching focus on intellectual property rights and their intersection with other legal fields to address key societal challenges such as health, information and education and responded to climate change. Her research has been funded by the Wellcome Trust and by the AHRC. Before returning to academia, Abbe practised as an intellectual property litigator for almost 10 years in London, Melbourne and Edinburgh. Abbe is a member of the Technology Committee of the Law Society of Scotland and of the Public Benefit and Privacy Panel for Health and Social Care of NHS
Scotland and she is actively involved in public engagement.
Further information and details of the wider webinar series is online at https://digitalenvironment.org/cde-webinar-series/#AbbeBrown.
Our next webinar is planned for 8th April 2021, when Martin Sloan will present his talk ‘Data protection, privacy and IP – what do you need to think about in the digital environment?’. Reserve your place now.