Igor Szpotakowski

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Launching Sept '26: The new MSc in AI Ethics and Society.

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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

Out in September. Available to pre-order now from all good online bookstores. #HenryMaine #AncientLaw
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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.

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)

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

Congatulations, Igor!

#GeoBlocking #Copyright #CopyrightLaw #Academia #AcademicSky #LawSky @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

Read at: academic.oup.com/jiplp/advanc...

Link to the article: academic.oup.com/jiplp/advanc...

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

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 👇

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#IPLaw #IntellectualProperty #Indigenous #LawSky #AcademicLaw

Whether this is the ‘death of globalisation’ ultimately depends on how you understand globalisation. 🧵

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/...

📅 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

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.

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 👇

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...

Thank you @lawatleeds.bsky.social !

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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.

More information about the work here: essl.leeds.ac.uk/law/news/art...

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

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!

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…

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.'

Check out this new article about Dr @iszpotakowski.bsky.social's recent research on generative AI models! 👇

tinyurl.com/mvevvu9u

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#AI #LLM #GenerativeAI #AIRegulation

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!

Congratulations @anzapp.bsky.social !

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

📣 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

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

@lawatleeds.bsky.social @cblpleeds.bsky.social

Link to our paper: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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!

Programme for workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Scots Law: Transforming the Future

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