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With another week of 2021 under our belts, it’s time to look ahead to forthcoming events and opportunities around the world of IP.

Conferences & Events

Fashion Law London will hold an online event on 13 April 2021, focusing on aspects of sustainability and its legal significance for the fashion industry. Sign up here.
The Research Laboratory of the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI, University of Strasbourg) will organise an online conference on 26 April 2021 on the theme of “Intellectual Property and Pop Culture”, marking World Intellectual Property Day 2021. Find out more here.
The Faculty of Advocates will mark World IP Day 2021 with a lunchtime lecture on the theme of “IP & SMEs: Taking your Ideas to Market” on 23 April 2021. Further information and registration can be found here.
The annual Fordham IP Conference 2021 will be held online on 8-9 April 2021, with the detailed programme, faculty list, and registration all available here.

Opportunities & Vacancies

The University of Birmingham is advertising for a Lecturer in Intellectual Property & Technology Law, with a closing date of 19 April 2021. Further details are available here.
The London School of Economics and Political Science is seeking to recruit two Fellows in Law, with applications from those working in the fields of competition or technology law especially welcome. Full details can be found here.
The UK Intellectual Property Office is recruiting ten Associate Patent Examiners, with a closing date for applications of 19 April 2021. A detailed role description and recruitment criteria can be found here
Other

Brand & New, INTA’s podcast about trade marks, will air a two-part insight into the personal and professional life of the late US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the way in which she shaped US IP law, on 30 March and 13 April 2021. 

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