Dr Ogulcan Ekiz

• LA-S00 Year Abroad

  This module gives students the opportunity to spend a year studying Law in a University abroad. It will allow students to develop their study of law in the context of a different legal system.

• LAA391 Intellectual Property Law

  Intellectual property law aims to protect ingenuity and creativity to foster cultural, technological and commercial innovation. Through specific rights, which include patents (for inventions), copyright (for, inter alia, literary, musical, dramatic and artistic works) and trade marks, intellectual property provides the tools needed to ascertain the protectability of incorporeal assets, determine their appropriability and address acts of infringement. This module provides an overview of the key areas of intellectual property law (patents, copyright and trade marks), exploring their effects on innovation and competition through real-life scenarios that analyse cutting-edge issues in the field (from IP for artificial intelligence to fan fiction, food copyright, BitTorrent and streaming platforms, use of photographs on social media, etc.).

• LACM19 IP Law in the Context of Creative Industries

  This module¿studies the impact of the fourth industrial revolution, precisely modern innovative technologies on law and regulation of intellectual property rights in the digital age.¿It¿focuses on the relationship between law, innovation and technological developments, and explores legal protection of intellectual assets created in the process of digitalisation. In the digital age, technology has become an integral part of our daily lives and classic human-to-human interactions have transformed into human-to-machine communications. Apart from the inevitable boost in e-commerce and automatisation powered by AI, big data and computation, our dependence on digital technologies and services has increased over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amidst these enormous changes brought by the fourth industrial revolution, digitalisation and intellectual property become hand in hand. Indeed, creative assets and intellectual property rights might become more vulnerable to thefts or infringement risks. Hence, governments and legal authorities strive to ensure appropriate regulation and protection which in turn facilitate digitalisation and provide more opportunities for innovative activities. The module is designed to give students a knowledge base of the legal doctrines and provisions that are applied to intangible outputs and intellectual property rights and their implications in the digitalised world. It gives an overview of the emerging technological developments and digitalisation trends and scrutinises their relationship with intellectual property rights created through transactions taking place in cyberspace.¿Upon critical evaluation of the nature and significance of intellectual property rights including¿copyrights, patents, trademarks, designs and similar rights¿in terms of technology, commercial interests and the law, the module underpins the increased importance of intangibles, such as brands, know-how and data in the digital economy. In this vein, the course sheds light on the private and public interests of businesses, enterprises, governments as well as the international community to ensure legal protection of intellectual property rights and explores national, regional (EU) and international aspects of the regulatory frameworks. The module further delves into the fundamentals of blockchain¿technology and smart contracts and their implications for the intellectual property ecosystem. Moreover, having regard to technological innovations experienced in the maritime industry and the government¿s Marine 2050 strategy, the course also looks at the intellectual property aspects of the AI-powered ships operating independently of human interaction. Finally, the module addresses intellectual property and technology disputes and their resolution.

Appointments & Affiliations

• Editor-in-Chief, Queen Mary Law Journal (QMLJ), (2021-2022)
• Organisation Board Member, Art/Law Network (ALN), (2019-2021)
• Artist member, Buyukdere35 Gallery, (2020-2021)
• Contributing writer, EEP Berlin, (2020)
• Artist member, FAM Illustrations Gallery, (2019-2020)

Memberships

• British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association
• Socio-Legal Studies Association
• The Stationers’ Company (2020-2023)

Interviews

• CC Station / Conversation with Ogulcan Ekiz
• Defying Authority / Interview with Seyda Ozdamar
• Autonomous Art Machines / Interview with Bager Akbay
• Layers of Creativity / Interview with Graham Rawle
• Interview with Basak Tuna
• Interview with Antonio Roberts