A comparative analysis of the intellectual property rights in relation to multimedia products in the European Union

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: FMBI972867

Project closed

Start date 1 February 1998

End date 31 October 1999

Funded under

• Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Total cost No data

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

University of Leicester
United Kingdom

Objective

Research objectives and content
- provide a legal definition of multimedia - investigation and comparison of the laws relating to multimedia in the Member States, the European Union and selected third countries
- evaluation of the existing regimes, suggestions for improvement, how to cope with a rapidly changing technology?
- trace the influence of social and economic factors - make a contribution to the creation of a Community wide environment in which the multimedia industry can develop and prosper
Training content (objective, benefit and expected impact) - familiarisation with intellectual property laws and other legal rules as applied in the area - developing an understanding of the technological aspects of multimedia - how to apply a comparative approach to a rapidly evolving subject - how to integrate elements of social and economic analysis of a subject defined and determined by technological factors - development of a draft of a legal framework which will allow the growth of the European multimedia industry, including in the currently less developed areas of the European Union
Links with industry / industrial relevance (22) The multimedia industry is currently proceeding amidst legal uncertainty. It essentially faces the following problems:
- uncertainty in the protection of its products - inability of clearing rights quickly and efficiently before marketing - different standards of protection and problems of choice of law - large scale copying - uneven competition environment within the European Union - insufficient fulfilment of its economic and moral obligations towards authors. This project will provide a clear insight in these problems and suggest ways to overcome them.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

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• social sciences › law

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Programme(s)

• FP4-TMR - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 0301 - Post-graduate research training grants
• TS01 - Political Sciences and Law

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships)

Coordinator

University of Leicester

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: University Road ; LE1 7RH Leicester ; United Kingdom
• Total cost: No data

Participants (1)

Not available

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Total cost: No data