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SCRIPT (AHRC Centre)
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SCRIPT is a Research Centre located at the School of Law in the University of Edinburgh
dedicated to studying intellectual property and technology law. SCRIPT is formerly known as the AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law. The Centre is funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council
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law, information technology law, and medical law and jurisprudence have remained constant, the themes covered have responded to changes in law, policy, and society more generally. The first five years of operation have witnessed the emergence of a number of networks in different areas of specialist expertise supplementing those already in existence by staff in the Centre and providing suitable platforms from which to take forward further research in key areas. Examples of such networks are contacts within the healthcare sector, human rights policymakers and competition lawyers, privacy and data protection advisors, and those involved in Creative Commons
policymaking. The broad aims of the Centre are to pursue ground-breaking research at the interface between law and technologies, seeking the appropriate balance to be struck between encouraging creativity and innovation while respecting the needs of the public domain.
The Centre also funds and administer SCRIPT-ed
, a journal of law and technology.
(2002-2007) and Professor Graeme Laurie (2007-Present). Past and present co-directors and associates include Professor Lilian Edwards
, Professor Charlotte Waelde, Mr Andres Guadamuz, Professor Burkhard Schafer, Dr Rachael Craufurd-Smith, Dr Abbe Brown, Mr Gerard Porter and Dr Smita Kheria.
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
dedicated to studying intellectual property and technology law. SCRIPT is formerly known as the AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law. The Centre is funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council
Arts and Humanities Research Council
Established in April 2005 as successor to the Arts and Humanities Research Board, the Arts and Humanities Research Council is a British Research Council and non-departmental public body that provides approximately £102 million from the Government to support research and postgraduate study in the...
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History and objectives
The SCRIPT Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law was originally established with private sector funding as SCRIPT (the Shepherd and Wedderburn Centre for Research in Intellectual Property and Technologies); the Centre has been running with AHRC funding since 2002. While the main research areas, those of intellectual propertyIntellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
law, information technology law, and medical law and jurisprudence have remained constant, the themes covered have responded to changes in law, policy, and society more generally. The first five years of operation have witnessed the emergence of a number of networks in different areas of specialist expertise supplementing those already in existence by staff in the Centre and providing suitable platforms from which to take forward further research in key areas. Examples of such networks are contacts within the healthcare sector, human rights policymakers and competition lawyers, privacy and data protection advisors, and those involved in Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
policymaking. The broad aims of the Centre are to pursue ground-breaking research at the interface between law and technologies, seeking the appropriate balance to be struck between encouraging creativity and innovation while respecting the needs of the public domain.
The Centre also funds and administer SCRIPT-ed
SCRIPT-ed
SCRIPT-ed is the online journal of the SCRIPT Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law SCRIPT based in the School of Law at the University of Edinburgh...
, a journal of law and technology.
People
The Centre has had two directors during its history, Professor Hector MacQueenHector MacQueen
Professor Hector L. MacQueen, FBA, FRSE, is a Scottish academic, a senior scholar of Scots law and legal history. He is Professor of Private Law at the University of Edinburgh and a former Dean of its Faculty of Law...
(2002-2007) and Professor Graeme Laurie (2007-Present). Past and present co-directors and associates include Professor Lilian Edwards
Lilian Edwards
Lilian Edwards is a UK academic and frequent speaker on issues of Internet law and intellectual property. She is on the Advisory Board of the Open Rights Group and the and is the Professor specialising in Internet law at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.- Academic career :Edwards has...
, Professor Charlotte Waelde, Mr Andres Guadamuz, Professor Burkhard Schafer, Dr Rachael Craufurd-Smith, Dr Abbe Brown, Mr Gerard Porter and Dr Smita Kheria.
See also
- SCRIPT-edSCRIPT-edSCRIPT-ed is the online journal of the SCRIPT Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law SCRIPT based in the School of Law at the University of Edinburgh...
- University of EdinburghUniversity of EdinburghThe University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
- Intellectual property organizationIntellectual property organizationIntellectual property organizations are organizations that are focused on copyrights, trademarks, patents, or other intellectual property law concepts....