PUBLICATIONS AND TALKS
Patricia Akester
has authored various books and articles and has presented papers, as a guest speaker, in Europe, North America, South America and Asia
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See selected publications and presentations below
Selected Publications
“Revisiting Authorial Intent in the Context of AI Assisted Productions“ (Social Sciences Research Network, SSRN, 2024)
Artificial Intelligence in the Author's Sphere, in Artificial Intelligence ans Culture - From Fear to Discovery (Lisbon, Gradiva, 2023)
The Pandemic that Revealed Other Pandemics - Contributions to Knowledge (Lisbon, SPP, DN, BIAL, 2022) with F. Froes
“Infringement“, in Sterling on World Copyright Law (London, Sweet & Maxwell, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2015, 2018, 2022)
“Wanted: Political courage to amend the Portuguese Copyright Code“ (2020) Portuguese Bar Association Journal I-II 257
Annotated Copyright Law and Connected Rights Code (2nd edition, Coimbra, Almedina, 2019)
'“Article 13 of the proposed Digital Single Market Directive: a European perspective“ (2019) Portuguese Bar Association Bulletin (2019) Special Edition Jan/Feb 46
“Chapter on Portugal“, in B. Lindner e T. Shapiro (eds), Copyright in the Information Society: A Guide to National Implementation of the EC Directive (London, Edward Elgar, 2011, 2019)
Annotated Copyright Law and Connected Rights Code (Coimbra, Almedina, 2017)
“Portuguese Chronicle” (2017) 253 Revue Internationale du Droit D’Auteur, 44
“Chapter on Portugal“, in G. Davies e K. Garnett (eds), Moral Rights (London, Sweet and Maxwell, 2010, 2016)
“Brief Reflections on Copyright Law: Present Challenges and Policy Needs“, in What future for copyright law in the digital age (Lisbon, Guerra e Paz, 2016)
“Hyperlinks: Questions, answers and more questions“, in Essays in honour of Professor José de Oliveira Ascensão (Coimbra, Almedina, 2015)
“Copyright Law in Macau” (2015) 5 Legisiuris, 149 e 251
“First Intellectual Property Congress” (2014) 1 Revista de Direito Intelectual, 359
Copyright Law – In Portugal, Portuguese Speaking African Countries and International Treaties (Coimbra, Almedina, 2013)
“SAS Institute Inc v. World Programming Ltd, Case C-406/10 - Exploratory Answers” (2012) 34(3) European Intellectual Property Review 145
“The New Challenges of Striking the Right Balance Between Copyright Protection and Access to Knowledge, Information and Culture” (2010) 32:8 European Intellectual Property Review 372
“Promoting access to information in a digital environment without adversely affecting copyright protection”, commissioned by UNESCO for the XIV meeting of the Intergovernmental Copyright Committee, 2010
“The impact of Digital Rights Management on Freedom of Expression – The First Empirical Assessment” (2010) 1 International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 31
“Technological accommodation of conflicts between DRM and freedom of expression: the first empirical assessment”, sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust, 2009
“The Legal Protection of Databases: a Comparative Analysis” by Estelle Derclaye (2009) 20:2 Entertainment Law Review 70
A Practical Guide to Digital Copyright Law (Londres, Sweet & Maxwell, 2008)
“Copyright and P2P: law, economics and patterns of evolution” (2006) 28:11 European Intellectual Property Review 576 (with F. Lima)
“Study on the draft WIPO Broadcasting Treaty and its impact on freedom of expression” (2006) April-June UNESCO e-Copyright Bulletin
“Digital Rights Management in the 21st Century” (2006) 3 European Intellectual Property Review 159 (with R. Akester)
“The political dimension of the digital challenge: copyright and free speech restrictions in the digital age” 2006 (1) Intellectual Property Quarterly 16
“Copyright Exceptions: The Digital Impact” by Robert Burrell and Alison Coleman (2006) 65:2 Cambridge Law Journal 459
“Study on the draft WIPO Broadcasting Treaty and its impact on freedom of expression”, commissioned by UNESCO, 2005
“Copyright and the P2P Challenge” (2005) 3 European Intellectual Property Review 106
“Implementation of the InfoSoc Directive in Portugal” (2005) 16:1 Entertainment Law Review 7
“The economic dimension of the digital challenge: a copyright perspective” (2005) 1 Intellectual Property Quarterly 69 (with F. Lima)
Direito de Autor e os Desafios da Tecnologia Digital (Cascais, Principia, 2004)
“Authorship and Authenticity in Cyberspace” (2004) 20:6 Computer Law & Security Report 436
“Comment on Théberge v. Galerie d'Art du Petit Champlain Inc” (2003) 34:7 International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law 833
“Cópia privada de registos sonoros e audiovisuais: a perspectiva do common” (2002) 8-10 Temas da Propriedade Intelectual 53
“Survey of Technological Measures for Protection of Copyright” (2001) 12:1 Entertainment Law Review 36
“Revisiting Authorial Intent in the Context of AI Assisted Productions“ (Social Sciences Research Network, SSRN, 2024)
Artificial Intelligence in the Author's Sphere, in Artificial Intelligence ans Culture - From Fear to Discovery (Lisbon, Gradiva, 2023)
The Pandemic that Revealed Other Pandemics - Contributions to Knowledge (Lisbon, SPP, DN, BIAL, 2022) with F. Froes
“Infringement“, in Sterling on World Copyright Law (London, Sweet & Maxwell, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2015, 2018, 2022)
“Wanted: Political courage to amend the Portuguese Copyright Code“ (2020) Portuguese Bar Association Journal I-II 257
Annotated Copyright Law and Connected Rights Code (2nd edition, Coimbra, Almedina, 2019)
'“Article 13 of the proposed Digital Single Market Directive: a European perspective“ (2019) Portuguese Bar Association Bulletin (2019) Special Edition Jan/Feb 46
“Chapter on Portugal“, in B. Lindner e T. Shapiro (eds), Copyright in the Information Society: A Guide to National Implementation of the EC Directive (London, Edward Elgar, 2011, 2019)
Annotated Copyright Law and Connected Rights Code (Coimbra, Almedina, 2017)
“Portuguese Chronicle” (2017) 253 Revue Internationale du Droit D’Auteur, 44
“Chapter on Portugal“, in G. Davies e K. Garnett (eds), Moral Rights (London, Sweet and Maxwell, 2010, 2016)
“Brief Reflections on Copyright Law: Present Challenges and Policy Needs“, in What future for copyright law in the digital age (Lisbon, Guerra e Paz, 2016)
“Hyperlinks: Questions, answers and more questions“, in Essays in honour of Professor José de Oliveira Ascensão (Coimbra, Almedina, 2015)
“Copyright Law in Macau” (2015) 5 Legisiuris, 149 e 251
“First Intellectual Property Congress” (2014) 1 Revista de Direito Intelectual, 359
Copyright Law – In Portugal, Portuguese Speaking African Countries and International Treaties (Coimbra, Almedina, 2013)
“SAS Institute Inc v. World Programming Ltd, Case C-406/10 - Exploratory Answers” (2012) 34(3) European Intellectual Property Review 145
“The New Challenges of Striking the Right Balance Between Copyright Protection and Access to Knowledge, Information and Culture” (2010) 32:8 European Intellectual Property Review 372
“Promoting access to information in a digital environment without adversely affecting copyright protection”, commissioned by UNESCO for the XIV meeting of the Intergovernmental Copyright Committee, 2010
“The impact of Digital Rights Management on Freedom of Expression – The First Empirical Assessment” (2010) 1 International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 31
“Technological accommodation of conflicts between DRM and freedom of expression: the first empirical assessment”, sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust, 2009
“The Legal Protection of Databases: a Comparative Analysis” by Estelle Derclaye (2009) 20:2 Entertainment Law Review 70
A Practical Guide to Digital Copyright Law (Londres, Sweet & Maxwell, 2008)
“Copyright and P2P: law, economics and patterns of evolution” (2006) 28:11 European Intellectual Property Review 576 (with F. Lima)
“Study on the draft WIPO Broadcasting Treaty and its impact on freedom of expression” (2006) April-June UNESCO e-Copyright Bulletin
“Digital Rights Management in the 21st Century” (2006) 3 European Intellectual Property Review 159 (with R. Akester)
“The political dimension of the digital challenge: copyright and free speech restrictions in the digital age” 2006 (1) Intellectual Property Quarterly 16
“Copyright Exceptions: The Digital Impact” by Robert Burrell and Alison Coleman (2006) 65:2 Cambridge Law Journal 459
“Study on the draft WIPO Broadcasting Treaty and its impact on freedom of expression”, commissioned by UNESCO, 2005
“Copyright and the P2P Challenge” (2005) 3 European Intellectual Property Review 106
“Implementation of the InfoSoc Directive in Portugal” (2005) 16:1 Entertainment Law Review 7
“The economic dimension of the digital challenge: a copyright perspective” (2005) 1 Intellectual Property Quarterly 69 (with F. Lima)
Direito de Autor e os Desafios da Tecnologia Digital (Cascais, Principia, 2004)
“Authorship and Authenticity in Cyberspace” (2004) 20:6 Computer Law & Security Report 436
“Comment on Théberge v. Galerie d'Art du Petit Champlain Inc” (2003) 34:7 International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law 833
“Cópia privada de registos sonoros e audiovisuais: a perspectiva do common” (2002) 8-10 Temas da Propriedade Intelectual 53
“Survey of Technological Measures for Protection of Copyright” (2001) 12:1 Entertainment Law Review 36
Selected Presentations
The copyright dispute between Almeida Garrett and Alexandre Herculano (Celebrating 15 years of Primary Sources of Copyright, CIPIL/University of Cambridge, CREATe, University of Glasgow, 2023)
Artificial Intelligence in the context of Cinema (APAD/Cinema Festival, Lisbon, 2023)
Artificial Intelligence, Copyright Law and Intention (International Literary and Artistic Association (ALAI) Congress, Paris 2023)
Artificial Intelligence in the Author's Sphere (Artificial Intelligence and Culture: from fear to discovery, Society of Portuguese Authors, Lisbon 2023)
Where are Women: An IP Perspective (Women@CISAC, Centro Cultural Culturgest, Lisbon, 2019)
Text and data mining in the Proposal Directive on a Digital Single Market (National Library of Portugal, Lisbon, 2018)
The Dahir (Moroccan Decree) of 23rd June 1916 on the protection of literary and artistic works: from the perspective of the Viscount of Carnaxide to the present perspective (Celebrating 100 years since the publication of the Viscount of Carnaxide's Treaty on Copyright Law, Academy of Sciences, Lisbon, 2018)
The moral dimension of copyright in the context of creation and consumption of cultural goods (Intellectual Property Law and Ethics, Academy of Sciences, Lisbon, 2018)
Comment: Law in the age of technology - Intellectual property (Catholic Graduate Legal Research Conference, Lisbon, 2017)
Copyright law in a time of uncertainty (Culture, Lusophone Africa and Copyright Law in the Digital Era, Society of Portuguese Authors, Lisbon, 2015)
The legal challenges presently faced by collective management entities (Copyright law and Lusophone Africa, Society of Portuguese Authors, Lisbon, 2014)
The state of the art of copyright law in Portuguese speaking African countries (Copyright law in the emerging cultural markets of Lusophone Africa, Society of Portuguese Authors, Lisbon, 2013)
Keynote speech (The legal and socio-economic impact of digital consumption: empirical evidence and policy recommendations, Turin, 2012)
The historical and philosophical context of the Portuguese accession to the Berne Convention (Celebrating 100 years of the Portuguese accession to the Berne Convention and looking into the future, Oeiras, 2011)
The impact of DRM on access to exceptions (Intellectual Property Institute, London, 2010)
Technological accommodation of conflicts between freedom of expression and DRM (British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association, London 2009)
George Hensher v Restawile (British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association, London 2008)
Google case study (International copyright law conference, London, 2007)
Technological accommodation of potential conflicts between DRM and free speech: preliminary findings (International Literary and Artistic Copyright Association Congress, Punta de Este, 2007)
Copyright and the P2P Impact: Global collision, national solutions (Microsoft Research Laboratories, Seattle, 2007)
P2P and the P2P Impact: Questions and more questions (European Intellectual Property Institutes Network, Gerzensee, 2007)
Keynote speech, VI Computer Law World Conference (AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology
Law, Edinburgh, 2006)
P2P, disruptive technologies and impact on IP rights (European Intellectual Property Institutes Network, Windsor, 2006)
Digital Rights Management in the 21st Century (Intellectual Property Teachers’ Workshop, Cambridge, 2005)
Copyright and the P2P: the carrot and the stick (Intellectual Property Evenings at Emmanuel, Cambridge, 2004)
Critical analysis of the InfoSoc Directive in the context of the proposed revision of the copyright acquis (Copyright in Europe, Cambridge, 2004)
The economic dimension of the digital challenge: a copyright perspective (Innovation and intellectual property: economic and managerial perspectives, Singapore, 2004)
Authorship and Authenticity (Society of Legal Scholars, Oxford, 2003)