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Standard YouTube Licence Jane Lambert On 26 April 2022, the world celebrated World Intellectual Property Day .  That is a worldwide festival to celebrate the entry into force of the World Intellectual Property Organization Convention , the international agreement that established the World Intellectual Property Organization *"WIPO").   I took part in two of the celebrations: i presented a webinar for the Liverpool Law Society entitled  "Intellectual Property Law after Brexit and onwards”; and  I chaired the Menai Science Park's celebration of the Creativity, Enterprise and innovation of the Young People of Wales. Both events had unexpected last-minute hitches which the organizers took in their stride.  It is fair to say that both events went well, I had originally intended to cover the topics that I had discussed in my presentation  How Brexit has changed IP Law   and handout IP after Brexit .  On the morning of the talk, I learned that there...

Kirchberg, Luxembourg Author Zulflow Licence copyright waived by the owner Jane Lambert There has been a lot of interest in space in this country with the passage of the Space Industry Act 2018  in March and the UK Space Authority's recent announcements of the first UK vertical launch facility in the UK (see Lockheed Martin and Orbex to launch UK into new space age   16 July 2018) and the venue for the next UK Space Conference (see Wales announced as host for UK Space Conference 2019   17 July 2018). I have blogged about those developments in Commercial Exploitation of Space: Space Industry Act 2018   10 April 2018 NIPC Law, Space Industry - Licensing Spaceports   11 April 2018 NIPC Law and Newport to host UK Space Conference   19 July 2018 NIPC Severn). There has been similar interest in space in other parts of Europe and in particular Luxembourg which has recently enacted legislation on the exploitation and utilization of space r...