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Igor Szpotakowski

@iszpotakowski.bsky.social
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in IP Law at University of Leeds. Passionate about copyright, Chinese law, tech law, AI, and digitalisation. With a sip of Roman Law 📚 - essl.leeds.ac.uk/law/staff/2704/igo…

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Andrea Zappalaglio @anzapp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Leeds Stop of the 'Northern IP Network' was a blast. Thanks to everyone who joined us and to those who made it possible, in particular @iszpotakowski.bsky.social , the #UKIPO , Leeds' @cblpleeds.bsky.social and all the members of #TGIPRG @universityofleeds.bsky.social @lawatleeds.bsky.social
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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
AI is everywhere – but who’s making sure it’s ethical? Launching Sept '26: The new MSc in AI Ethics and Society. Covers real-world challenges. Interdisciplinary learning. Industry collaboration. Shape the future of AI responsibly. 🔗 bit.ly/4oucNJf #AI #Ethics #PG @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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Creating future AI leaders
Students on a unique new course will learn sought-after leadership skills in how to responsibly manage Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Out in September. Available to pre-order now from all good online bookstores. #HenryMaine #AncientLaw edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-henry-m...
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Henry Maine’s Ancient Law as an Expression of Victorian Humanism
Henry Maine’s Ancient Law as an Expression of Victorian Humanism
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Call for papers for a major two-day conference on Legal Methodologies exploring the nature of the discipline, with really important keynote speakers. Any abstracts, if you are interested in participating, to be emailed to law.research@ncl.ac.uk by 7 July.
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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Enjoy land law? Want to hear me wax lyrical about how great Benjamin Cherry was, and how he drafted the LPA 1925 and its sibling statutes? There will be archives, intense political bargaining, and hot takes from Edwardian lawyers. Cambridge 20 May (hybrid) Oxford 27 May (in person)
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Igor Szpotakowski @iszpotakowski.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Happy to share my new piece 'As you know, our (geo)blockade is perfectly legal’ - EU, the Geo-Blocking Regulation and the future of copyright law' for Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice! Bonus: snuck in a Star Wars Easter egg. Link below. @lawatleeds.bsky.social @cblpleeds.bsky.social
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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Congatulations, Igor! #GeoBlocking #Copyright #CopyrightLaw #Academia #AcademicSky #LawSky @oxfordacademic.bsky.social Read at: academic.oup.com/jiplp/advanc...
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‘As you know, our (geo)blockade is perfectly legal’—the European Union, the Geo-Blocking Regulation and the future of copyright law
‘As you know, our blockade is perfectly legal’—these words are spoken by the fictional character Viceroy Nute Gunray in Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Me
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Igor Szpotakowski @iszpotakowski.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Happy to share my new piece 'As you know, our (geo)blockade is perfectly legal’ - EU, the Geo-Blocking Regulation and the future of copyright law' for Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice! Bonus: snuck in a Star Wars Easter egg. Link below. @lawatleeds.bsky.social @cblpleeds.bsky.social
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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Are you interested in the relations between Indigenous peoples, business and government? Come along to our 2-day conference: 'A New Direction in Intellectual Property Treaty-making?' Sign up 👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...? #IPLaw #IntellectualProperty #Indigenous #LawSky #AcademicLaw
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Select tickets – Conference: A New Direction in Intellectual Property Treaty-making? – Liberty Building
A New Direction in Intellectual Property Treaty-making? Winning Against the Odds for Human Rights, Equity, and Indigenous Peopl...
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Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Whether this is the ‘death of globalisation’ ultimately depends on how you understand globalisation. 🧵
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Tristan Henderson @tnhh.org · 31/03/2025
We have an endowed chair in AI here at St Andrews. Closing date 5 May. Please consider applying. It would be great to have a new colleague interested in ethics or regulation (that said, I am not on the hiring panel). www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Professor in Artificial Intelligence (Chair) - AC2605LS
Professor in Artificial Intelligence (Chair) - AC2605LS, School of Computer Science Salary: Grade 9/by negotiation Start Date: As soon as possible , <p style="text-align: justify;"><span>The Unive...
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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
📅 Save the date! 8-9 May 'A New Direction in Intellectual Property Treaty-Making?' will be an unmissable event! Check out the agenda👇 @cblpleeds.bsky.social @lsjleeds.bsky.social @grahamdutfield.bsky.social @subhajitbasu.bsky.social @iszpotakowski.bsky.social #IndigenousPeoples #HumanRights #Equity
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Igor Szpotakowski @iszpotakowski.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
A programme of a two-day international conference on 'A New Direction in Intellectual Property Treaty-Making?' hosted by @lawatleeds.bsky.social @cblpleeds.bsky.social on 8–9 May 2025 is now available online. The conference is part-funded by the Society of Legal Scholars 👇
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A New Direction in Intellectual Property Treaty-making? Winning Against the Odds for Human Rights, Equity, and Indigenous Peoples
This conference aims to contribute to global discussions on IP treaty-making and explore how marginalised groups can successfully influence treaty outcomes.
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michael veale @michae.lv · 28/03/2025
if this area of law and practice seems like w mess, that’s because it is. @vmantouvalou.bsky.social and I have a forthcoming piece about the practical and legal difficulties accessing user messages/device data on their personal devices using various information rights here… doi.org/10.31219/osf...
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Igor Szpotakowski @iszpotakowski.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Excited to see my paper 'Self-Regulation and Pre-Market Licensing as Methods of Controlling GenAI in the People's Republic of China – Preliminary Observations' finally published in Polish as part of my cooperation with the University of Warsaw! Great to see this in print. @lawatleeds.bsky.social
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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I've got a pile of books awaiting review for the Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, on Equity; private law theory; and public/private law intersection. If you'd be interested, drop me a DM/email whether PhD/ECR, practitioner, or experienced academic. Usually comes with a free hardback copy!
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Andres Guadamuz @technollama.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The end of digital property I've been thinking a lot about cyberpunk recently for various reasons. Not only have I been re-reading some old classics such as Neuromancer and Snow Crash, but I am starting to see many worrying trends depicted in dystopian novels in everyday life. But perhaps one of…
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The end of digital property
I've been thinking a lot about cyberpunk recently for various reasons. Not only have I been re-reading some old classics such as Neuromancer and Snow Crash, but I am starting to see many worrying trends depicted in dystopian novels in everyday life. But perhaps one of the biggest misses from the genre when describing future technologies has been the Metaverse, that vast online space where we would be spending most of our daily existence via the use of virtual reality.
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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Check out this new article about Dr @iszpotakowski.bsky.social's recent research on generative AI models! 👇 tinyurl.com/mvevvu9u @cblpleeds.bsky.social #AI #LLM #GenerativeAI #AIRegulation
Background picture of Warsaw. #News flare. Smiling photo of Dr Igor Szpotakowski in bottom left. Text reads: 'Dr Igor Szpotakowski questions current gaps in AI regulation. Through two events in February, Dr Szpotakowski disseminated his research findings on important concerns regarding generative AI models.'
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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Would any legal or political philosopher on here be willing to share a (successful) visiting fellowship application with me? Pint on me first time you are in the North of England!
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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
📣 New book alert!! 'The Future of Geographical Indications: European and Global Perspectives', co-edited by Dr @anzapp.bsky.social, is out now with Edward Elgar Publishing. Read more below! tinyurl.com/mpusvt6n @cblpleeds.bsky.social #HigherEd #AcademicSky #LawSky
Image of Halloumi on a griddle to left. To right, image of Dr Zappalaglio’s edited book. A smiling portrait of Dr Zappalaglio in a circle at the bottom
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Ignacio Cofone @ignaciocofone.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
At the Institute for Ethics in AI, we’re looking to hire a postdoc fellow in law working on AI ​law/regulation together with the fabulous Oriel College, starting ​this fall (2-3 ys). Oxford will announce the details in the coming weeks but please share with people who might be interested
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Igor Szpotakowski @iszpotakowski.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
On Monday 17.02 I had the pleasure of presenting our paper with @lilianedwards.bsky.social & Gabriele Cifrodelli at "AI and Scots Law: Transforming the Future" at Uni of Dundee. Big thanks to dr Lorna Gillies & dr Michiel Poesen for an amazing event with an impressive lineup of Law & Tech experts!
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Tristan Henderson @tnhh.org · 17/02/2025
This pretend lawyer is off to Dundee to discuss AI with some real lawyers @lilianedwards.bsky.social @andrewdmurray.bsky.social @burkhardschafer.bsky.social and semi-real lawyer @michae.lv
Programme for workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Scots Law: Transforming the Future
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Igor Szpotakowski @iszpotakowski.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
What a shift this morning! Interesting that the Chinese equivalent of the UK's AISI - 中国人工智能发展与安全研究网络 - could be translated as either 'China AI Development and 'Safety' Research Network' or 'Security' RN. If they ever decide to update their English name too, it wouldn’t be a big change!
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Lilian Edwards @lilianedwards.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
You can!! And the team supreme who wrote it will be riffing on it IN PERSON in Dundee on Feb 17th ! ( details shortly)
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Igor Szpotakowski @iszpotakowski.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Just a reminder that in the inaugural issue of #CambridgeForum on AI, you can find our article, "Private Ordering, GenAI, and the ‘Platformisation Paradigm’: What Can We Learn from a Comparative Analysis of Models’ T&C?" 👇 @lilianedwards.bsky.social @lawatleeds.bsky.social @cblpleeds.bsky.social
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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The organisers invite submissions for panel papers addressing the conference theme and key questions. We encourage contributions from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including legal, social, economic, and cultural analyses. Submissions from ECRs and PGRs are particularly welcome.
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Call for Papers: A New Direction in Intellectual Property Treaty-making? Winning Against the Odds for Human Rights, Equity, and Indigenous Peoples
The conference organizers invite submissions for panel papers addressing the conference theme and key questions.
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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
CALL FOR PAPERS: In May, The School will be hosting a two-day international conference called 'A New Direction in Intellectual Property Treaty-making? Winning Against the Odds for Human Rights, Equity, and Indigenous People.' @cblpleeds.bsky.social
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Call for Papers: A New Direction in Intellectual Property Treaty-making? Winning Against the Odds for Human Rights, Equity, and Indigenous Peoples
The conference organizers invite submissions for panel papers addressing the conference theme and key questions.
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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Let’s kick off the new semester with fantastic news! 🎉 The School of Law is ranked 78th in the world, placing in the top 100 for Law in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025. 🌍 Learn more: lnkd.in/eZha2JFY
The School of Law building with the text: "The School of Law celebrates success in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025!"
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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Our meeting on family justice due to take place tomorrow is moving online due to the severe weather warning. Sign up here. www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Offences between (Blood) Relatives: Family Justice in Ancient Greece & Rome
We would like to draw your attention to our Call for Papers for the Workshop “Offences between (Blood) Relatives: Family Justice in Ancient Greece and Rome”. The Workshop will be held on 24th January ...
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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The School of Law welcomes new staff members! 👋 Meet them below: 👇 essl.leeds.ac.uk/law/news/art... @lsjleeds.bsky.social @iszpotakowski.bsky.social #AcademicSky, #LawSky, #LegalResearch, #LawSchool, #Law
From L-R top row: Drs Casano, Chong, James, Kim. 
Bottom row: Drs Lapatoura, Ma, Szpotakowski, Zappalaglio
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CREATe @create-glasgow.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
In our latest response piece Konstantinos Stylianou, Magali Eben, and Gabriele Cifrodelli explore the ongoing antitrust case against Google, seeking remedies to address the company’s monopolistic practices and advertising markets 💡
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CREATe Now Trending: the very complex game of finding a Chrome suitor – CREATe
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Dr Lachlan Urquhart @mooseabyte.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Our new paper on the "Right to Repair Cards: Aligning Law and Design For A More Sustainable Consumer Internet of Things" from NORDICHI, Uppsala last month dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... + a blog post from some of our team about our time there in Sweden ftf.wp.horizon.ac.uk/2024/11/28/f...
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The Right to Repair (R2R) Cards: Aligning Law and Design For A More Sustainable Consumer Internet of Things. | Proceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
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Ignacio Cofone @ignaciocofone.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Looking to supervise DPhil students on AI regulation or data protection at Oxford - particularly interdisciplinary or comparative law projects. Applications are open until January 29, with details here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/cour.... Please share with students who may be interested!
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DPhil in Law | Faculty of Law
Programme Full-time study for the DPhil usually comprises three to four years and part-time six to
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CREATe @create-glasgow.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
📢 Call for Papers: ISHTIP 2025 🎉 Join the ISHTIP Annual Workshop on Intellectual Property and Capitalism 🏛️ 📅 25-26 June 2025 📍 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid More info here 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2024/11...
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Call for Papers: ‘Intellectual Property and Capitalism’, ISHTIP Annual Workshop, June 2025 – CREATe
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Law and Futures Research Group @lawandfutures.bsky.social · 11/09/2024
Dr Tanya Krupiy published an article for the Tiempo de Paz magazine 'Can artificial intelligence technology help public authorities and civil society to evaluate the compliance of military operations with international humanitarian law? The case study of Ukraine'. Link below 👇
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REVISTA 153 – Revista Tiempo de Paz
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Law and Futures Research Group @lawandfutures.bsky.social · 20/05/2024
Join us this Wednesday, May 22nd at 1:00 PM BST in the Conference Room of Newcastle Law School for a #LawAndFutures seminar. Prof. Aisling McMahon will discuss 'Patents & Bioethics within the European Biotech Directive: The Case of Synthetic Human Embryos & IVG'. Don't miss it!
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Law and Futures Research Group @lawandfutures.bsky.social · 07/03/2024
Check out the latest blog post by Dr Tanya Krupiy on the need to update the Equality Act 2010 for Artificial Intelligence. Available now on the Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog! ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/artificial-i...
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Igor Szpotakowski @iszpotakowski.bsky.social · 19/02/2024
A new seminar of Law and Futures Research Group of Newcastle Law School will take place this Wednesday at 3 pm!
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Law and Futures Research Group @lawandfutures.bsky.social · 19/02/2024
Happy to announce the next seminar on Law and Futures Research Group, which will take place on Wednesday, February 21st, at 3 pm. Our visiting PhD student, Martina Recena, will present her topic: 'Is AI Creative? A Copyright Approach to Human and Artificial Creativity. Join us!
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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
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Law and Futures Research Group @lawandfutures.bsky.social · 10/01/2024
Happy to share that Prof. Lilian Edwards @lilianedwards.bsky.social, was quoted in a recent article in Nature, about the EU's AI Act! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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There are holes in Europe’s AI Act — and researchers can help to fill them
Scientists have been promised a front-row seat for the formulation of the EU’s proposed AI regulatory structures. They should seize this opportunity to bridge some big gaps. Scientists have been pro...
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Law and Futures Research Group @lawandfutures.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
Attention The next Law & Futures seminar happening this Wednesday at 13:00 (UK Time)! Dr @kamilmamak.bsky.social from University of Helsinki will be presenting his recently published book, ‘Robotics, AI and Criminal Law: Crimes Against Robots'. This presentation will be taking place via Zoom.
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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
This Friday. Online. Sign up. #RomanLaw www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Lukasz Korporowicz @lukaszkorporowicz.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
In a week, this amazing collection edited by Cerian Griffiths and me will be released by Routledge. More than two years of hard work. It was worth to see the results of the work of fifteenth authors from four continents! www.routledge.com/English-Law-...
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